semiwiki.com

SemiWiki covers the semiconductor industry from a practitioner's angle, spanning chip design, manufacturing, EDA tools, IP, AI hardware, and the companies and events that shape the sector. Its content is organized as blog posts and forum threads, with categories that let you filter by technology area, vendor, or event. If you want industry analysis and community discussion rather than breaking news headlines, this is the kind of site you'd check.

Core technology areas

Based on the site's own category tags and recent posts, coverage clusters around:

• 3D IC — advanced packaging and stacked-die topics
• AI — AI workloads, accelerators, and how they intersect with chip design
• EDA — electronic design automation, including verification methods
• IP — semiconductor intellectual property, including RISC-V and processor cores
• Semiconductor — broad industry trends and history
• Events — conference and forum coverage

Companies and ecosystems in focus

Posts frequently center on specific vendors and their ecosystems. Recent examples include:

This mix shows the site treats the industry as an interconnected ecosystem — foundries, EDA vendors, IP providers, and chip designers all appear together.

Types of content you'll find

• Technical analysis — deep dives into verification algorithms, processor architectures, or design flows
• Industry trends — commentary on where the market and technology are heading
• Event reporting — summaries and takeaways from conferences like the TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum and the AI Infra Summit
• Historical and contextual pieces — for example, the decisions and people behind Silicon Valley's rise

How the content is produced

SemiWiki describes itself as "the open forum for semiconductor professionals." Articles are contributed by named community authors and industry commentators, and the forum threads let readers respond and discuss. That means the topic range is shaped by what contributors choose to write about, not a fixed editorial calendar — so coverage shifts with what's happening in the industry and what the community finds worth debating.

If your interest is a specific area — say, RISC-V, advanced packaging, or verification — the category tags are the fastest way to find relevant posts and follow ongoing threads.

SemiWiki's content is written by named individual authors and community contributors rather than by a single anonymous editorial team. Each post carries a byline, a posting date, and category tags, and authors have their own profile pages with links to their forum posts and articles. The site describes itself as "the open forum for semiconductor professionals," so contributions come from people working in or around the semiconductor industry who post under their own names.

How authorship is presented on the site

Every article and forum thread on SemiWiki shows the same basic attribution pattern. From the page evidence, a typical post includes:

• Author name — for example, "by Mike Gianfagna," "by Admin," "by Daniel Nenni," or "by Bernard Murphy"
• Posting date and time — for example, "09-30-2026 at 12:00 pm"
• Profile links — "View Profile," "View Forum Posts," "View Articles," and "Private Message"
• Category tags — such as 3D IC, AI, Events, Semiconductor, TSMC, Cadence, EDA, Quantum Computing, IP, or SiFive

This means you can usually tell who wrote a piece, when it was published, and what subject area it falls under before you read it.

Who the authors are

The bylines visible in the page evidence point to a mix of industry veterans and site administrators:

Two things are worth noting here. First, "Admin" appears as a posting account, but the article itself can still name a separate writer — as with Sunil Mehta. Second, some authors write from direct professional experience; Mike Gianfagna's ASIC post opens by describing time he spent in that business, which signals a practitioner perspective rather than pure reporting.

Why this matters for reading SemiWiki

Because posts are individually attributed, you can evaluate a piece by who wrote it and what they cover. If you want to follow a specific topic or writer, the "View Articles" and "View Forum Posts" links on each byline let you see that person's other contributions. The category tags also let you filter by subject area — for example, pulling up everything tagged EDA or TSMC.

The "open forum" framing means the content is not limited to a fixed staff. Professionals in the semiconductor field can post threads and articles, so the range of voices is broader than a single publication's newsroom. The trade-off is that quality and depth vary by contributor, so checking the byline and category is a reasonable first step before deciding how much weight to give a post.

Practical takeaways

• To find who wrote something: look directly under the headline for the "by [Name]" line and the timestamp.
• To see more from that author: use the "View Articles" or "View Forum Posts" links in the byline block.
• To browse by subject: use the category tags listed with each post.
• To gauge perspective: check whether the author describes hands-on industry experience, as with the ASIC post, or writes in a more general reporting style.

If your goal is to cite or follow SemiWiki content, the named byline and date give you what you need to attribute it accurately.

SemiWiki's homepage is the fastest entry point: it surfaces Recent Forum Threads and a Trending Now block, so you can see current discussion without navigating anywhere else. If you want a specific author's output or older threads, you'll need to go one level deeper into author profiles and pagination.

What the homepage gives you

The homepage is organized around a few repeating blocks:

• Recent Forum Threads — the latest discussion activity, listed with post titles and dates.
• Trending Now — a separate block highlighting what's currently drawing attention.
• Posts pagination — controls at the bottom of the thread list for moving to earlier pages.

Each thread entry typically shows the title, the author, a posting date and time, and a category tag. In the evidence excerpt, for example, entries carry dates like "09-30-2026 at 12:00 pm" and categories such as 3D IC, AI, Events, Semiconductor, and TSMC.

Reading a thread entry

A typical entry on the homepage follows this pattern:

The "Read More" link is what takes you from the teaser into the full post. Category tags are useful as a rough filter — if you only care about EDA or quantum computing, scan the tags before opening anything.

Finding more than the first page

The thread list doesn't show everything at once. Use the Posts pagination controls at the bottom of the list to step back through earlier entries. This is the main way to reach threads that have scrolled off the front page.

Following a specific author

Every post links to the author's profile, which exposes several separate views:

• View Profile — the author's public profile page.
• View Forum Posts — everything that author has posted to the forums.
• View Articles — longer-form articles by the same author.
• Private Message — a direct contact option.

This is the practical route when you want one person's output rather than the site-wide feed. Authors visible in the current homepage content include Mike Gianfagna, Daniel Nenni, Bernard Murphy, and an account listed simply as "Admin."

A note on dates

The dates shown in the source material run into late 2026 (for example, September 30, 2026). Treat the dates exactly as displayed on the page rather than assuming they reflect today — the ordering on the homepage is what tells you what's newest.

Common snags

• Confusing forum threads with articles. They're separate views on an author profile. If you want discussion, use "View Forum Posts"; if you want the longer write-ups, use "View Articles."
• Missing older threads. If a topic isn't on the homepage, it hasn't disappeared — page back through the pagination controls.
• Assuming a category is a filter. The tags shown on each entry are labels, not necessarily clickable filters. To browse by topic, scan the tags across pages rather than expecting a single click to narrow the list.

SemiWiki's own content is published in English (the site is set to en-US), so there is no native multi-language edition of the site. However, the site does provide a Google Translate entry point, which means non-English readers can use machine translation to read articles and forum threads. The translation is handled by a third-party tool, not by SemiWiki itself, so it is not an official localized version.

What the Site Actually Provides

The presence of a Google Translate element means the site anticipates readers who are not comfortable in English, but it does not maintain separate language versions with edited or reviewed translations.

How Non-English Readers Can Use SemiWiki

1. Open the SemiWiki page you want to read (an article or a forum thread).
2. Use the Google Translate control on the page, or run the page through Google Translate in your browser.
3. Read the machine-translated text alongside the original English where terminology matters.

Expected result: you get a readable version of the content in your language, but technical terms, company names, and acronyms may be translated inconsistently. Semiconductor vocabulary (for example, process node names, EDA tool categories, or architecture names) is often best left in English even when the rest of the sentence is translated.

What to Keep in Mind

• It is machine translation, not localization. No editor reviews the output, so nuance in opinion pieces or forum discussions can shift.
• Forum posts vary in quality. SemiWiki hosts contributed articles and forum threads from many authors; machine translation amplifies unclear or idiomatic writing.
• No language-specific navigation. Menus, categories, and thread titles remain in English unless your browser or the translate tool converts them.
• Dates and names may be reformatted. Translation tools sometimes alter date formats or leave author names untouched, which is usually harmless but worth checking when you cite something.

Who This Works For

If you read English well enough to skim and only need help with dense passages, the Google Translate option is a practical supplement. If you need fully localized, editor-reviewed content in another language, SemiWiki as described here does not provide that — you would be relying entirely on a third-party translation layer.

SemiWiki is an open forum and industry news site for semiconductor professionals. It publishes contributed articles, event coverage, and technical commentary, and it hosts discussion threads where readers and authors respond to each other. It is aimed at people who work in or closely follow the chip industry — engineers, EDA and IP professionals, analysts, and industry observers — rather than at a general consumer audience.

What you find on SemiWiki

The site mixes editorial posts with forum activity. Based on its current front page, the main content types are:

• Contributed articles and blog posts written by named authors, each with a profile, forum posts, and articles link.
• Event coverage, such as the TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum.
• Technical and market commentary on topics like 3D ICs, AI, IP, EDA, and verification.
• Forum threads, listed under "Recent Forum Threads," where posts are dated and attributed.

Posts are organized under categories. Examples visible on the site include 3D IC, AI, Events, Semiconductor, TSMC, IP, SiFive, Cadence, EDA, and Quantum Computing.

Who writes it

SemiWiki describes itself as "the open forum for semiconductor professionals" and states it covers the semiconductor industry "so you don't have to." Content comes from community contributors and bloggers rather than a single editorial desk. Authors are identified by name and have their own profile pages, which is useful when you want to judge a post by who wrote it and what else they have published.

What the content looks like in practice

A few examples from the site show the range:

The SiFive/AMD post, for instance, reports that the two companies demonstrated an AI workload at the AI Infra Summit on September 15, 2026, with ROCm 10.0 running on SiFive's BigSky datacenter development server and SiFive P870-D CPUs. That is the typical shape of a SemiWiki item: a specific announcement or paper, explained with context and a stated reason it matters.

When SemiWiki is useful to you

• You want industry context around a product or event announcement. SemiWiki posts usually go beyond the press release to explain significance.
• You want to see who in the industry is talking about a topic. Author profiles and categories let you follow a thread of coverage.
• You want discussion, not just news. The forum format means posts can attract replies from other professionals.
• You are tracking a specific area such as EDA, verification, IP, or advanced packaging, and want recurring coverage.

When it may not fit

• You need primary sources or official specifications. SemiWiki is commentary and community content; go to vendor documentation or standards bodies for authoritative detail.
• You want peer-reviewed research. It summarizes and discusses work, including papers, but is not itself a journal.
• You need consumer-level buying advice. The audience is professional, and the framing assumes industry familiarity.

How to use it

1. Start from the front page to see recent posts and "Trending Now."
2. Use the category labels on a post to find related coverage.
3. Click an author's name to see their other articles and forum activity.
4. Read the forum threads alongside articles if you want reactions and counterpoints.
5. Note the publication date on each item — the site shows both posting and update dates, which matters in a fast-moving industry.

One practical caution: because content is contributed, quality and perspective vary by author. Treat each post as one informed view, check the date, and follow the underlying source when a decision depends on it.