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AI Chip Design Hits Crossroads in Agentic Era
As AI reshapes compute, memory, and networking, chipmakers are racing to rethink design workflows, embrace agentic AI, and overcome the next wave of data, power, and talent constraints.
Mid-Year Report: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Cybersecurity
From Chinese hackers hiding in US power grids for 300 days to AI agents that fight back autonomously, security expert Sean Grimaldi reveals which 2025 predictions hit, and what’s coming next.
Mid-Year Report: AI Demonstrates Double-Edged Impacts in 2025
Gina Rosenthal discusses how AI is transforming everything from cybercrime and fraud detection to government operations this year, revealing both breakthrough innovations and costly failures.
Synopsys Finalizes $35B Ansys Deal for Design Dominance
The merger creates a “silicon to systems” engineering powerhouse, unifying chip design and simulation to tackle AI complexity and reshape the future of smart product development.
Agentic AI in Engineering: From Vision to Workforce Transformation
At the crossroads of Synopsys and Microsoft innovation , agentic AI is no longer a future vision – it’s a catalyst for technical acceleration and a redefinition of engineering roles.
Stanford’s Daniel Wu on Trust, Agents & the Future of AI
From agentic and embodied AI to trust and human capacity, Stanford’s Daniel Wu shares how infrastructure and intentionality will shape the next era of AI transformation.
Synopsys Accelerates Chip Design with NVIDIA Grace Blackwell, AI
At GTC, Synopsys announced a new suite of electronic design automation tools that harness NVIDIA’s Grace Blackwell architecture to accelerate the next generation of silicon development.
VAST & NVIDIA on the Insight Engine-DGX Collaboration
At GTC 2025, VAST’s John Mao and NVIDIA’s Tony Paikeday discuss their recent announcement and how AI infrastructure is evolving to meet enterprise demand, from fine-tuning to large-scale inferencing.
How PEAK:AIO is Powering the Future of AI and GPU Compute
As AI’s demand for faster data processing grows, PEAK:AIO delivers high-performance storage that eliminates bottlenecks—transforming industries from healthcare to conservation.
GTC 2025: AI Factories Take Center Stage
As NVIDIA takes the stage at GTC, we’re diving into DeepSeek’s impact, enterprise AI adoption, and the rise of agentic computing. Follow TechArena.ai for real-time insights from the AI event of the year.
Generative AI vs. Machine Learning: What's the Difference?
Generative AI is stealing the spotlight, but machine learning remains the backbone of AI innovation. This blog unpacks their key differences and how to choose the right approach for real-world impact.
The Evolution of Ransomware, Pt. 2
In this blog, Sean Grimaldi explores how triple extortion ransomware exploits data, reputation, and online presence—making traditional defenses like backups increasingly ineffective.
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Podcasts
Unleashing Generative AI for the World with Microsoft’s Nidhi Chappell
Allyson Klein chat’s with Microsoft GM Nidhi Chappell about her team’s amazing journey delivering the compute power to train Chat GPT and integrate generative AI power for the world.
Technology’s Role in the Fight Against Zootonic Pathogens with WSU’s Pilar Fernandez
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Washington State University professor Pilar Fernandez about how her team’s battle for better information about the spread against Lyme disease and other zootonic pathogens and how technology is arming the public with better data to keep individuals safe with this growing epidemic. Dr. Fernandez and fellow scientists have tapped advanced analytics and AI to track tick populations and enable proper identification of tick species as part of a larger community effort to fight this growing disease.
Getting Ahead of Generative AI with the CTO Advisor Keith Townsend
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with CTO Advisor Keith Townsend about how enterprises should ready themselves for generative AI integration into their business opportunity.
Improving Computing Accessibility with I-STEM
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Kartik Sawheny, founder of I-STEM, about his mission for delivering increased accessibility across computing and the challenges inherent in the industry today.
Achieving Sustainable Building Construction with Urban Machine
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Urban Machine CTO Andrew Gillies about how his company is achieving a breakthrough in sustainable construction through the AI and Robotics powered Machine.
Real-Time Supply Chain Control with Oii
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Oii CEO Bob Rogers about his team’s AI-based solution for real-time modeling and management of supply chains and the opportunity for AI to drive actionable solutions for business and society.
Cornelis Networks & AMD on Scaling AI Without the Chaos
From CPU orchestration to scaling efficiency in networks, leaders reveal how to assess your use case, leverage existing infrastructure, and productize AI instead of just experimenting.
Cornelis and OCP Examine Why AI Infrastructure Must Evolve
From the OCP Global Summit, hear why 50% GPU utilization is a “civilization-level” problem, and why open standards are key to unlocking underutilized compute capacity.
How Axelera Scales Inference From Edge to Data Center
In the Arena: Allyson Klein with Axelera CMO Alexis Crowell on inference-first AI silicon, a customer-driven SDK, and what recent tapeouts reveal about the roadmap.
Data Insights: AI in Healthcare with Dr. Rohith Vangalla
In this episode of Data Insights, host Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Dr. Rohith Vangalla of Optum to discuss the future of AI in healthcare.
Metrum AI’s Steen Graham on Multi-Agent AI and Smarter Storage
From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.
AI in Finance: Governance, Compliance, and Innovation
Anusha Nerella joins hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski to explore responsible AI in financial services, emphasizing compliance, collaboration, and ROI-driven adoption strategies.
