
By Bolaji Ojo
What’s at stake:
The chips design world ran into a new thicket with the emergence of artificial intelligence as a serious area of product interest for semiconductors companies and systems’ makers. But designing AI chips isn’t quite the same as designing chips for SoCs, says industry veteran Moshe Zalcberg. Interestingly, he notes, the problems engineers encounter designing AI chips can also be solved by AI. But is the industry at that point now?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer the stuff of fables. It is here, happening all around us even if it hasn’t reached the striking magical levels of sci-fi movies. It will get there someday, though, observers note. But getting there will require copious amounts of high-end chips, memory, connectors and advanced processes.
Moshe Zalcberg as CEO of Veriest has been involved for years in chips design and chips verification. In a discussion with the Ojo-Yoshida Report, Zalcberg noted that designing and verifying AI chips will be faster if the industry can master the art of using AI to exponentially improve the processes. In essence, artificial intelligence can supply the intelligence and brute muscle required for AI to reach its full potential.