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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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Earth Day: What Will It Take to Get to Carbon Neutrality by 2050?

It's Earth Day today. So let's take a look at what it would take to make everyone…

• 9 min read
solar , wind , earth day , energy

DesignCon: Bespoke Silicon

Something I've been writing about for literally years is the trend toward system…

• 7 min read
bespoke silicon , DesignCon , microsoft , system design , ARM , designcon 2022 , Ansys

The Latest Addition to the Tensilica Family Is a Baby Neural Network Engine

Increasingly, AI processing is being done on-device rather than uploading to the…

• 2 min read

Fidelity CFD Software

This morning Cadence announced Fidelity CFD Software, a new generation of performance…

• 3 min read
CFD , Pointwise , Computational Fluid Dynamics , fidelity , NUMECA

Sunday Brunch Video for 17th April 2022

https://youtu.be/znZI5VUhQzc Made at San Jose Rose Garden (camera Carey) Monday…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

What Is a Lagrange Point in Space? And DALL·E 2

Monday is another Cadence recharge day, and Breakfast Bytes will not appear. It is…

• 6 min read
lagrange points , dall-e 2 , space , openai

Will the Semiconductor Industry Reach $1T by 2030?

I'm going to summarize the case for "yes" from McKinsey & Co, and the case for "it…

• 5 min read
DesignCon , semiconductor industry , growth rate

DesignCon 2022: The 224G Show

At DesignCon, there is often a theme that comes through, and this year there were…

• 4 min read
224G , pam4 , extended long reach , pam6 , 112g , long reach , SerDes

Secure Before You Fabricate

One thing that I have come into contact with recently is the notion that the US defense…

• 5 min read
security , Mil-Aero , prototyping , Protium , Palladium , Emulation

The Convergence of Photonic and Electronic ICs

At the recent DesignCon in Santa Clara, one of the keynotes was by John Bowers of…

• 4 min read
DesignCon , silicon photonics , photonics

Sunday Brunch Video for 10th April 2022

https://youtu.be/fmV1XVY-ZiI Made at Coyote Hills Regional Park (camera Carey) Monday…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Ericsson Cellular Network at TÜV Rheinland Test Center

At the end of March, I went to the TÜV Rheinland Test Center. TÜV stands for Technischer…

• 4 min read
Automotive , Ericsson , tüv , mobile

Identity Is the New Perimeter

On March 10th, Black Hat organized a webinar called Identity is the New Perimeter…

• 9 min read
security , black hat , orange

Sam Zeloof: Who Needs a Cleanroom When You Have a Garage?

At the end of last year, I was mindlessly looking at YouTube when their "algorithm…

• 3 min read
sam zeloof , garage

Jack Dongarra Receives Turing Award

Last week, the ACM announced that Jack Dongarra was being honored with the 2021 Turing…

• 4 min read
turing award , supercomputer

Intelligent System Analog Design

There are many perceptions about analog design that might have been true once. For…

• 6 min read
analog , Virtuoso , mixed signal , Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL

The All-Purpose EDA Keynote

Today, it is April 1st and so it is tempting to do some spoof post, but most of those…

• 5 min read
edagraffiti , Blogging , parody , keynote

DVCon: There Be Dragons!

At the recent DVCon, there was a panel session titled SoC Verification Hidden Dragons…

• 12 min read
formal , Emulation , DVcon , simulation , verification

ESD Alliance CEO Outlook (and the Kaufman Dinner)

The ESD Alliance has two events coming up in the next couple of months, both of which…

• 2 min read
kaufman dinner , semi , ceo outlook , esd alliance

The Framework Laptop and Right to Repair

You might have heard some discussion about "the right to repair" or R2R. Some of…

• 5 min read
framework laptop , right to repair , r2r

Cadence: Sustainable by Design

Last week, Cadence published the Cadence Sustainability Report 2021 (link at the…

• 5 min read
sustainability report 2021 , sustainability , power

March 2022 Update: Intel Video, India, Apple

Amazingly, it is already the last Friday in March (and so the last Friday in Q1,…

• 4 min read
Intel , Apple , transistor , m1 ultra , update , India

DVCon: UVM Birds of a Feather

At the recent DVCon 2022, there was a UVM Birds of a Feather meeting. UVM stands…

• 5 min read

3D Packaging Versus 3D Integration

A couple of weeks ago it was time for the 18th International Conference and Exhibition…

• 4 min read
system-in-package , SiP , chiplets , 3DIC

DesignCon is Back In-Person and Cadence Will Be there

DesignCon is coming up April 5th to 7th. It takes place in the Santa Clara Convention…

• 3 min read
DesignCon , system analysis , Signal Integrity , photonics , thermal

Cadence Runs on AMD Processors, and AMD Uses Cadence to Design Those Processors

AMD EPYC 7003 designed with Cadence tools, and Cadence tools run on the new chip…

• 3 min read
epyc , epyc 7003 , AMD , computational software

Sunday Brunch Video for 20th March 2022

https://youtu.be/C5tRh3gdAeo Made on my balcony (camera Carey) Monday: DVCon: PSS…

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Offtopic: Update

If you read Breakfast Bytes regularly, you will have noticed that I do a monthly…

• 6 min read
offtopic , update
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