AI is not a one size fits all solution for approaching industrial problems, rather, it’s important to tailor different models to different applications to ensure the best results no matter the use case. Equally so, the chips that run these AI models should not be one size fits all either, with highly customized chips offering far better performance and efficiency when it comes to accelerating AI in everything from a datacenter to a smart camera. In this episode, host Spencer Acain is joined by Russell Klein, program director at Siemens EDA and a member of the Catapult HLS team, examines the needs of AI hardware through highly customized chip designs and how, through innovative applications, AI itself can increase the flexibility of the chip design process in novel ways. In this episode you will learn: · How AI is increasing the flexibility of the chip design process (1:26) · The importance of custom chips for AI use cases (11:57)
If the only constant is change, then AI represents the next big change for many tools and industries. High-level synthesis, one of the key tools in the semiconductor design process, is set to be one of the tools that receives a big upgrade from AI. Currently, HLS processes rely heavily on manual adjustments and hard-coded heuristics yet, with integrated intelligence, a new approach to chip design begins to emerge. In this episode, host Spencer Acain is joined by Russell Klein, program director at Siemens EDA and a member of the Catapult HLS team, explores the ways AI can bring even greater automation and intelligence to the chip design and manufacturing process. In this episode you will learn: · How AI enhances heuristics (0:30) · How AI will change the chip design process (2:41)
Chip design is one of the most complex and challenging tasks in the world, requiring specialized tools and knowledge far beyond what is needed in other fields. High-level synthesis (HLS) is a key tool to help address complexity and achieve efficient, optimized designs which are key in both modern smart products and cutting-edge AI. HLS and AI have strong synergies in improving ease of use, speed and efficiency. In this episode, host Spencer Acain is joined by Russell Klein, program director at Siemens EDA and a member of the Catapult HLS team to examine what HLS is and how it intersects with AI. Russ explains how AI benefits from HLS-designed chips and, in turn, how AI can help make a complex tool like Catapult more powerful. In this episode you will learn: · What is high-level synthesis? (0:30) · Improving efficiency with AI and HLS (2:38) · The potential of AI-assisted chip design (5:35)
New technology can offer a lot of promise for improving on long-standing techniques or developing innovative approaches to different challenges but, when it comes to adopting these new technologies into complex industries, there are always challenges to overcome. With advancements as complex as artificial intelligence and agentic AI, unlocking their full potential across the design and manufacturing process will take time, yet in so doing, achieve new heights of what is possible. In this episode, host Spencer Acain is joined Shirish More, AI Program Product Manager at Siemens and Michael Taesch, Senior Director of Product Management for NX Manufacturing to look at what it takes to deploy AI in industry, the challenges both technical and personal that must be overcome and why making the effort will be important in the years to come. In this episode you will learn: · What it takes to bring generative AI to industry (0:51) · The impact of AI industry going forward (7:31)
As it continues to develop, artificial intelligence is starting to be applied across many different sectors of industry with equally many different new technologies used to support that. Agentic AI represents one of the latest ways AI can be applied to more complex tasks including complex design and manufacturing processes that existing AI isn’t well suited for. In this episode, host Spencer Acain is joined Shirish More, AI Program Product Manager at Siemens and Michael Taesch, Senior Director of Product Management for NX Manufacturing explore the future of agentic and generative AI in design and manufacturing applications, what that will mean for the design process, and the role of AI as an assistant going forward. In this episode you will learn: · The future role of AI in design and manufacturing (0:58) · What is agentic AI? (7:51) · The transition from AI to coworker (12:23)