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Four Kinds of AI in Chip Design, and Only Two of Them Pay the Bills

People say "AI in chip design" like it means one thing. It doesn't. Here is how to split four distinct…

May 23, 2026 7 min read

Verification

A few years back, a team I consulted for was six weeks from tape-out on a large networking SoC. Their…

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LLMs and AI copilots are entering chip design flows fast. But without the right guardrails, they introduce new classes of…

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Silicon Shock: 10 Semiconductor & AI Moves That Defined April 2026

TSMC unveiled A13/A12/N2U nodes. AI dethroned smartphones as TSMC top revenue driver. Foundry capacity wars locked out smaller players. Agentic…

May 01, 2026 6 min read

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FPGA vs ASIC: Choosing Your Semiconductor Path

FPGA or ASIC — Which Path Should You Choose? One of the most critical decisions in hardware engineering is choosing…

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