The drivers of chip design: AI, efficiency and geopolitics
This session took place on April 3, 2025
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AI, energy efficiency, and geopolitics are redefining the trajectory of modern chip design. As compute demands surge, particularly from AI training and inference, designers are exploring innovations to drive more performance per watt. However, these technical advances unfold against a backdrop of global supply chain constraints, export controls, and national investments. This session explores how these three forces; technological, operational, and geopolitical, are converging to shape the future of semiconductor development:
- AI workloads and the push for performance per watt
- Geopolitical dynamics and supply chain pressures shaping compute markets
- Chiplets, 3D stacking, and heterogeneous compute architectures
- General purpose versus custom accelerators: Efficiency trade-offs