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Sid Sheth Bet on the Part of AI Everyone Forgot
In 2019, investors asked him what inference was. Seven years, several pivots and one near-empty bank account later, d-Matrix is shipping the hardware built for AI’s daily work: answering back.
Michal Siwinski Makes the Invisible Traffic Inside AI Chips Legible
The chips powering AI, cars and data centers are becoming cities in miniature. Michal Siwinski has built a career explaining why their roads, rules and security matter as much as their engines.
Harry Chan Is Building the Tiny Roads Inside Tomorrow's Machines
The eTopus founder spent three decades making data move faster. His real subject is resistance - in a circuit, on a morning run, and inside any team trying to turn a difficult idea into silicon.
Mark Wade Bet on Light Before AI Needed It
Silicon photonics was once an anti-buzzword. Mark Wade kept building anyway - from a CAD server in his Berkeley apartment to a $3.75 billion company preparing optical chiplets for the AI factory.
Frank Ferrante
Frank Ferrante is the CEO of ForwardEdge ASIC, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary dedicated to advancing U.S. domestic semiconductor chip design. A 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, Ferrante has held leadership roles at Intel (Senior Director of Military, Aerospace and Government), Wolfspeed (VP of Worldwide Automotive Sales and Marketing), and Altera. He is a vocal advocate for U.S. advanced manufacturing policy, having advised policymakers on the CHIPS Act, SHIP, and RAMP-C initiatives. Under his leadership, ForwardEdge ASIC achieved U.S. Government Trusted IC Vendor Status in February 2026 and selected the MIPS S8200 for mission-critical autonomous platform ASICs.