Year: 2025

Breaking the “Chip Tape-out Winter”: Three Key Insights from the Successful Tape-out of Xiaomi’s Xuanjie O1 Chip and How Chinese Chips Can Break Through

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Breaking the "Chip Tape-out Winter": Three Key Insights from the Successful Tape-out of Xiaomi's Xuanjie O1 Chip and How Chinese Chips Can Break Through

Recently, according to the latest data released by Siemens on EDA tools, the chip industry is facing unprecedented technical challenges: the success rate of first tape-outs is plummeting to a historical low of 14% in 2025, a sharp decline from 24% two years ago—this means that eight out of ten chip design companies will fail … Read more

Chip Industry Faces Challenges: First Tape-Out Success Rate Drops to Just 14%

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Chip Industry Faces Challenges: First Tape-Out Success Rate Drops to Just 14%

The chip industry has recently been hit with concerning news: data from electronic design automation tools released by Siemens indicates that the current success rate for first tape-outs has plummeted to an unprecedented low of 14%. Just two years ago, this figure was around 24%, meaning the failure rate has surged by ten percentage points … Read more

First Tape-Out Success Rate at 14%, 1.4nm Process Costs Soar: Opportunities for Domestic EDA?

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First Tape-Out Success Rate at 14%, 1.4nm Process Costs Soar: Opportunities for Domestic EDA?

As chip scales continue to expand and design complexity increases, the development of EDA software has not kept pace. Recent statistics show that the first tape-out success rate for chips has hit a new low of only 14%. Previously, it was 28%, and even earlier it was 30%, showing a decline almost every year. This … Read more

Chip Industry Faces Challenges: Tape-out Success Rate Drops to 14%

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Chip Industry Faces Challenges: Tape-out Success Rate Drops to 14%

According to reports from Fast Technology, the semiconductor industry is facing unprecedented technical challenges, with the tape-out success rate for chips dropping to a historic low! Data from Siemens, an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company, shows that the success rate of the first tape-out (tape-out) for chips has fallen to a historic low of 14%, … Read more

First Tape-out: Success Rate Drops to 14%! (A Historical Low)

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First Tape-out: Success Rate Drops to 14%! (A Historical Low)

On June 2, Chip Ranking reported that the success rate of chip tape-outs has dropped to a historical low! According to Siemens EDA data,the success rate of first-time chip design tape-outs has fallen to 14%, a significant decrease from 24% two years ago. Eight out of ten companies failed their first tape-out. The reasons stem … Read more

A Comprehensive Review of the Technological Evolution of Large Multimodal Reasoning Models: From Modular Architectures to Native Reasoning Capabilities

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A Comprehensive Review of the Technological Evolution of Large Multimodal Reasoning Models: From Modular Architectures to Native Reasoning Capabilities

This study systematically reviews and analyzes the technological development of Large Multimodal Reasoning Models (LMRMs). It outlines the evolution of the field from early modular, perception-driven architectures to unified, language-centric frameworks, and introduces the cutting-edge concept of Native Large Multimodal Reasoning Models (N-LMRMs). The paper constructs a structured roadmap for the development of multimodal reasoning, … Read more

PaddleOCR’s Pytorch Inference Module

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PaddleOCR's Pytorch Inference Module

Overview In this project, we encountered a need for Optical Character Recognition (OCR). However, the best-performing <span>PaddleOCR</span> can only run on Baidu’s <span>PaddlePaddle</span> framework. In common projects, the more widely used Pytorch framework is often preferred. Installing PaddlePaddle separately not only makes the project overly bulky but may also lead to conflicts. In the previous … Read more

High-Performance Industrial IoT (IIoT) Monitoring System in C#

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High-Performance Industrial IoT (IIoT) Monitoring System in C#

In the era of Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology has gradually become the core of the manufacturing industry. By connecting devices to the network, interconnectivity between devices can be achieved, which improves production efficiency, optimizes production processes, and reduces production costs. To efficiently monitor and manage IIoT devices, developing a high-performance monitoring … Read more

Hyundai Introduces Ansible Motion’s VR Driving Simulator

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Hyundai Introduces Ansible Motion's VR Driving Simulator

Hyundai Motor Group is actively introducing Ansible Motion’s VR driving simulator to enhance its research and development capabilities. With the help of VR technology, Hyundai aims to reduce R&D costs and improve the competitiveness of future vehicles in the market. Reportedly, Ansible Motion’s VR driving simulator can accurately replicate real driving environments in a virtual … Read more

Ansible: From Introduction to Abandonment (Part 15)

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Ansible: From Introduction to Abandonment (Part 15)

Ansible-navigator exec Common Options and Explanations <span>ansible-navigator exec</span> is equivalent to <span>podman run -it –rm <image> /bin/bash</span> (default is <span>/bin/bash</span>), <span>ansible-navigator exec</span> is commonly used to execute Ansible Ad-Hoc. The available options are as follows: Parameter Meaning Example Default Value <span>exec_command</span> Specifies the command to run in the execution environment (EE) <span>ansible –version</span> <span>/bin/bash</span> <span>–exshell</span>, … Read more