Category Archives: ASIC Design

Sankalp Semiconductor Appoints Abhijit Dutta as Head of Mixed Signal Solutions

Sankalp Semiconductor, a design service company offering comprehensive digital & mixed signal SoC services and solutions, has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Abhijit Dutta in the key position of the head of Mixed Signal Solutions. In this capacity, Abhijit will be responsible for mixed signal design services and head the Sankalp

MosChip announces two acquisitions to strengthen Semiconductor Business Unit & CEO appointment

MosChip Semiconductor Technology, a Hyderabad-based leading Semiconductor & IoT technology company, has approved definitive agreements/arrangements for the acquisition of four companies, namely, Gigacom Semiconductor LLC, California, USA, Gigacom Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd, Visakhapatnam, FirstPass Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, and Institute of Silicon Systems Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad. MosChip is making these acquisitions

CEO Talk: Dr. Phil Troyk, Sigenics

This interview was held with Dr. Philip Troyk, CEO at Sigenics.
 

 
 
Tell me a bit about your background? How did you first get started with Sigenics?
 
 
I was, and am, a university professor and I saw a need for a custom semiconductor company that could

Silicon Creations Relies on Silvaco’s Custom Design Flow for New Advanced FinFET Designs

Silicon Creations, a supplier of high-performance semi-custom analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), and Silvaco Inc., a leading supplier of EDA software and design IP, today announced that Silvaco’s EDA tools have been successfully integrated into Silicon Creations most advanced FinFET design flow for IC designs. Silicon Creations relies on

HDL Design House Webinar: Reducing Integration and Verification Effort in SoC Design

Belgrade, Serbia – January 15th, 2019 – HDL Design House, provider of digital, analog, and back-end design and verification services and products in numerous areas of SoC, will host a webinar with Arm on SoC design and verification best practices for accelerated time-to-market on January, 29th, 2019. The webinar will

What are spare cells and why the heck do we need them?

Spare cells are basically elements embedded in the design which are not driving anything. The idea is that maybe they will enable an easy (metal) fix without the need of a full redesign.
 
Sometimes not everything works after tape-out, a counter might not be reseted correctly, a control signal