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What Is Zonal Architecture? And Why Is it Upending the Automotive Supply Chain?

Earlier this week I wrote about the electric vehicle (EV) transition, how it is happening…

Paul McLellan
• 7 min read
ota , Automotive , tier-1 , featured , zonal architecture

The Automotive Electric Vehicle Transition

The only really interesting part of the automotive industry is the electric vehicle…

Paul McLellan
• 8 min read
Automotive , Electrification , featured , ev , nev

Richard Goering, 1952-2023

I have some sad news to report. Richard Goering passed away last month at the age…

Paul McLellan
• 3 min read
featured , Richard Goering , EETimes
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Security for IoT Is a Requirement, Not a Choice

It is hard to attend any sort of meeting to do with semiconductors without hearing…

• 4 min read
security , IoT , Internet of Things , gsa , Breakfast Bytes

Gary Patton: What's Next? Markets and Technology

One of the keynotes at the imec technology forum last month was by Gary Patton, the…

• 3 min read
Automotive , IoT , imec , GlobalFoundries , Breakfast Bytes

99.7% of Transistors Manufactured Are Memory

I was in Brussels a couple of weeks ago to attend imec's annual technology forum…

• 5 min read

RISC-V—Instruction Sets Want to Be Free

I had never heard of the RISC-V (pronounced five, not vee) instruction set until…

• 5 min read
risc-v , instruction set , krste asanovic , isa , RISC , UC Berkeley , instruction set architecture

Seamless Verification

At DAC, Cadence had their now traditional verification lunch. Brian Fuller returned…

• 6 min read
DAC 2016 , DAC , palladium z1 , virtual platform , Palladium , dac53 , Emulation , FPGA prototyping , simulation , Breakfast Bytes , Formal verification , verification

An Steegen: Controlling the Semiconductor Funnel

Last week I was in Belgium for imec's international technology forum (ITF). For me…

• 4 min read
itf2016 , IBM , an steegen , imec , 5nm , 7nm , 10nm

Securing the IoT for Billions of Possible Intrusion Points

At the Linley IoT conference a few weeks ago, one of the presentations was by NXP…

• 3 min read
security , NXP , linley group , encryption , Linley , Breakfast Bytes , linley iot conference

Lip-Bu's Fireside Chat with Ed Sperling—With Real Fire

Usually the phrase "fireside chat" is just a figure of speech, but Wednesday's came…

• 7 min read
Ed Sperling , DAC 2016 , DAC , EDA , Lip-Bu Tan , semiconductor IP , Design Automation Conference , Breakfast Bytes , 53dac

DAC News, Wednesday

The last day of the DAC tradeshow is the best...said nobody ever. After two days…

• 9 min read
DAC 2016 , DAC , Apple , AMD , Denali Party , dac53 , Lip-Bu Tan , netflix , Breakfast Bytes , 53dac

DAC News, Tuesday

Tuesday, the second day of DAC. Last night I learned that in Texas there is a third…

• 8 min read
DAC 2016 , DAC , risc-v , GPU , NVIDIA , dac53 , barbecue

DAC News, Monday

Monday is always a hectic start to DAC. If you have been in the industry for decades…

• 7 min read
dac2016 , DAC , NXP , Heart of Technology , lars reger , Lucio Lanza , cadence verification lunch , 53dac

DAC News, Sunday

Gary Smith EDA Traditionally the start of DAC is a short presentation by Gary…

• 5 min read
DAC 2016 , DAC , Gary Smith EDA

DAC: My Guide

DAC starts this weekend. So what should you go to? I'll tell you what my plans are…

• 3 min read
dac2016 , DAC , NVIDIA , Gary Smith EDA , Heart of Technology , Denali Party , dac53 , Cooley , 53dac

ITF Keynote: IC Innovation—the Heartbeat of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Luc van den Hove, the CEO of imec, gave the opening keynote at the imec Technology…

• 4 min read
Gordon Moore , neuromorphic computing , smart cities , IoT , system technology co-innovation , imec , itf brussels , Internet of Things , luc van den hove , moore's law , itf

Inside Secure Writes the Book on IoT Security for Dummies

At the Linley IoT conference recently, one of the presentations was by Steve Singer…

• 4 min read
security , data in use , data at rest , security for dummies , IoT , inside secure , Linley , iot security for dummies , data in motion , Breakfast Bytes , linley iot conference

DAC: the Curtain Rises on the Cadence Theater

As in previous years, a highlight of the Cadence booth at DAC is the theater, where…

• 4 min read
DAC , Cadence Academic Network , Cadence Theater , dac53 , Design Automation Conference , 53dac

Breakfast Bytes: Post #150

This is the 150th blog post here at Breakfast Bytes since I arrived at Cadence in…

• 3 min read
IP , EDA , Semiconductor , Breakfast Bytes

3D Xpoint: Is It a Game-Changer?

You have probably at least heard of 3D Xpoint. This is a memory technology jointly…

• 4 min read
Intel , Memory , Micron , flash , memory hierarchy , 3dx , DRAM , Breakfast Bytes , 3d xpoint

Andrew Kahng on Industry-Academia Cooperation

At CDNLive Silicon Valley, Professor Andrew Kahng of UCSD gave a presentation titled…

• 4 min read
ucsd , Cadence Academic Network , CDNLive , academia , kahng , CDNLive Silicon Valley

CDNLive: Routing at 10nm

At CDNLive Silicon Valley, Geeta Garg and Chad Hale of ARM, and Ming Yue of Cadence…

• 3 min read
CDNLive , Routing , implementation , 10nm

What Is RocketSim? Why Did Cadence Acquire Rocketick?

I talked to Uri Tal last week, who has just joined Cadence as a result of the Rocketick…

• 3 min read
dac2016 , gate-level simulation , DAC , Functional Verification , NVIDIA , RTL simulation , Incisive , dft simulation , rocketick , rocketsim , intel capital , Breakfast Bytes

Linley IoT Conference: Security and...Well, Just Security

Mike Demler gave the keynote at the Linley IoT conference a couple of weeks ago.…

• 5 min read
security , IoT , industrial , Linley , wearables , Internet of Things , power , consumer , Breakfast Bytes

It's HOT in Austin in June

Every DAC, Heart of Technology (HOT) organizes an event. This year it will be held…

• 2 min read
dac2016 , DAC , CASEA , HOT , Heart of Technology , Jim Hogan , Breakfast Bytes

Party Like It's 1999—How the Denali Party Started

As everyone in EDA knows, Denali threw a party at every DAC for what seems like forever…

• 3 min read
dac2016 , DAC , Denali Party , disco inferno , Denali , Breakfast Bytes

CDNLive EMEA: Memories Are Made of This

At CDNLive in Munich, Amjad Qureshi talked about High-Speed DDR and LPDDR Memory…

• 4 min read
LPDDR , CDNLive EMEA , memory IP , DDR , memory interface IP

EDPS Cyber Security Workshop: "Anything Beats Attacking the Crypto Directly"

Many of the security breaches that you read about are the results of software failures…

• 5 min read
security , fault injection , side channel attack , Monterey , differential power analysis , EDPS , riscure , cyber security , Breakfast Bytes

Can You Trust Your IoT Supplier?

A few weeks ago, Nest announced that it was shutting down Revolv. You probably don…

• 4 min read
alphabet , IoT , revolv , tesla , Internet of Things , nest , Breakfast Bytes

CDNLive EMEA: Do You Know What a FIT Is?

ADAS changes everything about automotive and requires a whole new range of skills…

• 6 min read
functional safety , CDNLive EMEA , automotive design , FIT
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