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The state of agentic AI in chip design tools in 2026

By Shane Downing Published

Premium Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens all offer agentic AI for chip design, largely built on Nvidia's stack, with varying claims of autonomy.

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‘This is how AI should be used’ — OpenAI head of hardware breaks down the AI-assisted design of its Jalapeño ASIC

By Jake Roach Published

OpenAI says AI-assisted Jalapeño chip design "established a new baseline" for the industry, and there is already a lot of interest from others to learn how the company pulled it off.

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Silicon is starting to design silicon — how AI is being used in chipmaking, from EDA tools to OpenAI's Jalapeño and beyond

By Anton Shilov Published

Premium How close is AI to designing the very same chips it runs on? We explore how artificial intelligence is being used in modern chip design today.

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Synopsys debuts Autopilot platform for developing chips autonomously using AI

By Shane Downing Published

Premium Synopsys unveiled seven AgentEngineer agents on its new Autopilot platform, with general availability planned for the end of 2026.

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Intel expects 14A to be 'within 5%' the performance of TSMC's A14

By Anton Shilov Published

Intel's Naga Chandrasekaran now claims that Intel 14A node will deliver performance 'within 5%' of TSMC's A14 technology, a claim that requires a closer examination.

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ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026

By Anton Shilov Published

ASML calls EU authorities to help create demand for European chips as Europe's share in its revenue drops to 0% in 2026.

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TeraFab
Elon Musk's Terafab hits a roadblock before making a single chip, receives cease-and-desist order

By Anton Shilov Published

Tera-Fab wants its name back.

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US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking

By Jowi Morales Published

The rush to build semiconductor plants in the U.S. is fueling the demand for engineers and technicians.

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Analyst firm says ASML unlikely to back particle accelerator chipmaking tech

By Anton Shilov Published

With progress that ASML makes with its LPP EUV light sources for its scanners, the company is barely interesting in adopting particle accelerator-based FEL sources.

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Piecemakers bets edge AI devices will diverge from reliance on HBM

By Shane Downing Published

Premium Nanya-backed DRAM designer PieceMakers began trading in Taipei on Sept. 16 on a bet that AI inference memory won’t be HBM.

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