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
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ASIC Verification in 2026: Key Challenges and Industry Trends
What Major Challenges Are Verification Engineers Facing in 2026? As semiconductor devices continue to grow in complexity, ASIC verification is becoming one of the most demanding stages of chip development. Modern designs integrate billions of transistors, heterogeneous IP, AI accelerators, … 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
Siemens and Arm Use Hardware-Assisted Verification for AGI CPU Validation
Siemens and Arm Use Hardware-Assisted Verification for AGI CPU Validation Hardware-assisted verification is becoming increasingly important as AI chips grow larger, more complex and more software-dependent. A recent collaboration between Siemens and Arm demonstrates how hardware-assisted verification (HAV) is helping … Read More