By Maheen Hamid, CFO & COO at Breker Verification Systems
Maheen Hamid
2023: Semiconductor Industry’s Exciting Year
Megatrends in remote working, growth of AI, growing demand for EV, increasing end applications requiring significant compute power, all contribute to the semiconductor industry needing to remain at the forefront of innovation and strategic agility. This is even more pronounced as geopolitical tensions define the need for competitive and comparative advantages across regions. As such, despite supply chain challenges marking the pandemic era, design innovation has accelerated, catalyzed by initiatives such as the CHIPS Act and increasing commercialization and implementation of the RISC-V ISA. The industry will continue to grow at an accelerated pace in the near future, if the right investments are made to manage the development cycle.
New applications and industry trends are unveiling new verification challenges. RISC-V developments require novel verification approaches as the legacy investment in verification for today’s commercial processors cannot be repeated seamlessly. Growth in chip complexity and increased heterogenous integration strategies, for example, chiplets, open doors to new efficacy standards for system verification. Greater investment in front end verification can also help manage risks for back-end issues in the supply chain. A shift left methodology is no longer a nice to have, but a mandatory requirement for competitive advantage.
