First-silicon success rate plummets to just 5% in latest Siemens EDA study
ai · x · 2026-09-14
The latest Siemens EDA industry study reports that first-silicon success — chips working on the first tape-out — has dropped to just 5%. The figure underscores how much harder design verification has become at advanced nodes, a notable signal for compute supply-chain timelines.
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