Semiconductor Legend Wally Rhines on TSMC Dominance, AI Boom & EDA Future
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About this edition
Key highlights: Why globalization is giving way to regional self-sufficiency—and what it means for wafer fabs worldwide TSMC's unbreakable dominance in foundries and why challengers like Intel face massive hurdles in the service-oriented model The explosive HBM memory boom driven by AI/GPUs, shortages, sky-high prices, and the inevitable cycle correction ahead AI servers: Not a bubble yet—demand outpaces apps, but innovations like scalable multi-core architectures could slash power needs Open-source EDA's real-world limitations vs. commercial tools' critical support at tape-out Silvaco's pioneering role: Oldest public EDA company (est. 1984), TCAD leadership in wide-bandgap/power, and first-mover AI-driven digital twins for virtual process development at 2nm+
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