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Branko's Elephant Chart

There are several areas where semiconductor technology and society come together…

Paul McLellan 15 Dec 2016 • 5 min read

branko's elephant chart , world bank , global income distribution , Breakfast Bytes

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays - Automotive Functional Safety and the ISO 26262 Standard

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, the second in a three-part series, Charles…

References4U 14 Dec 2016 • less than a min read

Automotive , Whiteboard Wednesdays , functional safety , automotive electronics , Charles Qi , ISO 26262

System, PCB, & Package Design

Why Move Up to Allegro 17.2-2016? New Design Level Checks! (Reason 9 of 10)

The Allegro PCB 17.2-2016 release is loaded with enhancements related to the DRILL…

edhickey 14 Dec 2016 • 2 min read

Allegro 17.2 , PCB design , Allegro PCB Editor , Why Move Up to 17.2

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Introducing the New Search Functionality in Hierarchy Edit…

Are you still crawling through the set of tabs, panes, or tables in the Hierarchy…

kmayank 14 Dec 2016 • 2 min read

Search , HED , Virtuoso Video Diary , hierarchy editor

Breakfast Bytes

RISC-V: Codasip, BaySand, and More

Recently the RISC-V Fifth Workshop took place at Google in Mountain View. As always…

Paul McLellan 14 Dec 2016 • 3 min read

UltraSoC , risc-v , codasip , BaySand , Codeplay , Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes

Lip-Bu Tan Receives the Exemplary Leadership Award from GSA

Last week, Lip-Bu Tan, the CEO of Cadence, received the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary…

Paul McLellan 13 Dec 2016 • 5 min read

gas , cadence , fsa , fabless , TSMC , Lip-Bu Tan , morris change exemplary leadership award , Morris Chang , Breakfast Bytes

Academic Network

Meet the BarCamp Concept!

BarCamp was inspired by an invitation-only participant-driven conference, named Foo…

ChristinaK 12 Dec 2016 • 2 min read

virtual platforms , Cadence Academic Network , BarCamp , Formal AMS Verification , System-level Sensitivity Analysis , edaBarCamp , Highly distributed embedded platforms

Breakfast Bytes

IEDM: 7nm from TSMC and IBM/GLOBALFOUNDRIES/Samsung

At IEDM last week, there were papers in eight parallel tracks for three days. At…

Paul McLellan 12 Dec 2016 • 3 min read

IBM , Samsung , TSMC , 193i , FinFET , GlobalFoundries , 7nm , EUV , Breakfast Bytes

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Using the New IE-Card Based Setup in ADE Explorer

Interface Element (IE) Setup can be one of the most challenging parts in AMS Designer…

GarimaSharma 9 Dec 2016 • 5 min read

Analog Design Environment , ADE Explorer , AMS in ADE , AMS Designer , IE Card Setup , ADE , Virtuoso Video Diary

Breakfast Bytes

Tensilica at CES: Hololens Will Be There, Will You?

It's a new year soon. And that means New Year Resolutions. I will go to the gym.…

Paul McLellan 9 Dec 2016 • 3 min read

hololens , Consumer Electronics Show , CES , vision processing , ADAS , autonomous vehicles , Breakfast Bytes , HiFi Audio

System, PCB, & Package Design

How to Tailor Your PCB and IC Package Modeling With "Cut and Stitch" to Generate…

As an experienced SI expert, you likely apply multiple solvers and simulators to…

Sigrity 8 Dec 2016 • 3 min read

3D full wave extraction , cut and stitch , Signal Integrity , serial link compliance , SerDes , Sigrity , PowerSI

Breakfast Bytes

Can Computers Think? Or Understand Chinese?

I have been working with computers for a long time. I first learned to program in…

Paul McLellan 8 Dec 2016 • 5 min read

searle , artificial intelligence , Chinese room , Turing test , neural nets , Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview December 12th to 16th

https://youtu.be/wtOOIg32ma8 Monday: Lip-Bu Tan is honored by GSA with the Maurice…

Paul McLellan 7 Dec 2016 • less than a min read

risc-v , codasip , IBM , branko's elephant chart , Samsung , TSMC , gf , Lip-Bu Tan , silicon photonics , photonics , gsa , GlobalFoundries , 7nm , IEDM , maurice chang

Breakfast Bytes

IEDM: The Big Decisions for 5nm

The Sunday of IEDM there were two all-day short courses . The one I attended was…

Paul McLellan 7 Dec 2016 • 6 min read

SADP , gas , contact liner , horizontal nanowire , lelele , lex , 193i lithography , cobalt , copper , contact , LELE , FinFET , 5nm , le2 , nanowire , vertical nanowire , le3 , EUV , IEDM , gate all around , Breakfast Bytes

Whiteboard Wednesdays

Whiteboard Wednesdays—What's New with PCI Express Gen4

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, the last of a 3-part series, Lana Chan…

References4U 6 Dec 2016 • less than a min read

Whiteboard Wednesdays , PCIe Gen4 , PCIe

Verification

Perspectives on Developing EDA Standards

Last week, my colleague Paul McLellan published a blog post on the standardization…

tomacadence 6 Dec 2016 • 4 min read

uvm , 1394 , pswg , Perspec , OVM , USB , IEEE 1500 , Accellera , VCX , VCi , PCI , portable stimulus

Analog/Custom Design

Virtuoso Video Diary: Extending Trunks for Selected Nets While Routing

You must have come across and experienced the capabilities of Pin to Trunk routing…

Parula 6 Dec 2016 • 3 min read

Pin to Trunk , Virtuoso Space-based Router , Trunk Extending , Virtuoso Video Diary , Extending Trunks , Custom IC Design

Verification

Bluetooth 5: Making Your Smart Home a Reality

We all know the futuristic vision of the world just around the corner. The vision…

Priyab 5 Dec 2016 • 3 min read

Verification IP , Bluetooth Low Energy , IoT , VIP , BLE , Tensilica , design , mobile , and Verification IP , Bluetooth 5 , Bluetooth 5.0 , Smart Home

Breakfast Bytes

James Adams Talks About How Raspberry Pi Was Designed

I wrote recently about Eben Upton's presentation about the genesis of business-card…

Paul McLellan 5 Dec 2016 • 4 min read

ARM Techcon , Raspberry Pi , raspberry pi foundation , raspberry pi 3 , OrCAD , Sigrity , Breakfast Bytes , Allegro

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