Market Trends & Industry Updates

DVCon US 2027 Open Call: Submit Your Design and Verification Work

DVCon U.S. 2027 submissions are now open The call for submissions for DVCon U.S. 2027 is now open, giving ASIC design and verification professionals the opportunity to share their latest work, methodologies and real-world experiences with the wider semiconductor community. … Read More

Intel Ireland Investment: €5 Billion Boost for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Intel Ireland Investment: €5 Billion Boost for Semiconductor Manufacturing Intel has announced a €5 billion investment to expand its Leixlip campus in County Kildare. The investment will increase production capacity for advanced chips used in AI, cloud computing and high-performance computing, further … Read More

Semiconductor News (June 2026): AI, ASIC Design, EDA & Verification

Semiconductor News (June 2026): AI, ASIC Design, EDA & Verification June continued many of the trends that have defined the semiconductor industry throughout 2026. AI is increasingly influencing every stage of chip development, from autonomous design tools and cloud-based workflows … Read More

Verification Futures UK 2026: Speakers, Sessions and Why It Matters

What to Expect at Verification Futures UK 2026 Tomorrow, verification engineers, researchers, EDA vendors, and semiconductor professionals will gather in Reading for Verification Futures UK 2026, one of the UK’s leading events dedicated to design verification. Co-located with Semiconductors Futures … Read More

Ireland Strengthens Its Silicon Island Ambitions with New €71M Semiconductor Research Centre

Ireland Strengthens Its Silicon Island Ambitions with New €71M Semiconductor Research Centre Ireland has taken another significant step toward becoming a global semiconductor hub with the announcement of Rinn Semiconductors, a new national research centre backed by nearly €71 million … Read More

Semiconductor Event Calendar Q3 – Q4 2026 for ASIC Design Verification Engineers

Key Conferences & Must-Attend Events for ASIC Design & Verification Engineers As we move through 2026, the semiconductor industry continues to accelerate across AI hardware, chiplet-based design, and verification complexity. For ASIC design and verification engineers, the second half of … Read More

Semiconductor News: May 2026 Roundup

Semiconductor News: May 2026 Roundup The semiconductor industry continues to move at full speed as AI infrastructure demand reshapes everything from chip design workflows to memory supply chains. May 2026 brought another wave of developments across EDA, AI silicon, verification, … Read More

Silicon Island: Ireland’s Semiconductor Strategy – A Year On

From Strategy to Signals: What’s Changed Since Silicon Island Launched? When Ireland first unveiled its Silicon Island strategy in May 2025, it marked a significant shift in ambition for the country’s semiconductor sector. At the time, the strategy outlined a … Read More

From Smaller Transistors to Faster Systems: Huawei’s τ Law Explained

From Smaller Transistors to Faster Systems: Huawei’s τ Law Explained For decades, the semiconductor industry followed a simple formula for improving chip performance: make transistors smaller. This principle, widely known as Moore’s Law, helped drive the rapid evolution of smartphones, AI … Read More

Semiconductor Events Calendar 2026: The Must-Attend Industry Events for the Rest of the Year

Planning your calendar for the rest of 2026? This semiconductor event guide for 2026 highlights some of the most important conferences, expos and technical gatherings still to come this year. Whether you work in ASIC design, verification, embedded systems, FPGA … Read More