Experts At The Table: AI/ML is driving a steep ramp in neural processing unit (NPU) design activity for everything from data centers to edge devices such as PCs and smartphones. Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss this with Jason Lawley, director of product marketing, AI IP at Cadence; Sharad Chole, chief scientist and co-founder at Expedera; Steve Roddy, chief marketing officer at Quadric; Steven Woo, fellow and distinguished inventor at Rambus; Russell Klein, program director for the High-Level Synthesis Division at Siemens EDA; and Gordon Cooper, principal product manager at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that discussion. To view part one of this discussion, click here. Part two is here.
L-R: Cadence’s Lawley, Expedera’s Chole, Quadric’s…