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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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John Park Webinar: Is It the Age of the Chiplet?

I first started paying attention to 3D packaging many years ago. Every year there…

• 5 min read
FOWLP , chiplets , 3D IC , more than Moore , interposer

Sunday Brunch Video for 12th April 2020

www.youtube.com/watch Made on my balcony (camera Carey Guo) Monday: From Castles…

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sunday brunch

Designing Chips for Hyperscale Data Centers: Tools

Yesterday's post, Designing Chips for Hyperscale Data Centers: IP , covered the high…

• 5 min read
cloud , cadence cloud , datacenter

Designing Chips for Hyperscale Data Centers: IP

Last week I wrote two posts about the progression from the first commercial computers…

• 5 min read
Design IP , IP , datcenter , Ethernet , 112g , SerDes

Online Support? There's an App for That!

You are probably working from home. So is pretty much everyone at Cadence, too. This…

• 3 min read
support portal , support app , Support , Cadence support

The Dynamic Duo

In the DC Comics world, the "Dynamic Duo" are Batman and Robin. In the Cadence product…

• 5 min read
dynamic duo , protium x , palladium z1 , Protium , Palladium , Emulation , FPGA prototyping

From Castles and Moats to Zero-Trust Networking

The way that we handle enterprise security has changed dramatically. In the days…

• 5 min read
security , zero trust networking , single sign-on

Sunday Brunch Video for 5th April 2020

www.youtube.com/watch Made in my living room (camera Carey Guo) Monday: RSA: Emerging…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Getting to Hyperscale Data Centers: PCs to Clouds

This post is a continuation of yesterday's post, Getting to Hyperscale Data Centers…

• 8 min read
PC , server , cloud , cadence cloud

Getting to Hyperscale Data Centers: Mainframes to Minicomputers

Over the years, the way computing has been delivered has gone through a number of…

• 8 min read
minicomputer , mainframe , IBM

The Integrand Story

Recently, Cadence acquired Integrand Software. I wrote a post about it, Designing…

• 8 min read
RF , integrand , radio

Linley Spring Processor Conference—In Your Own Living Room

The annual Linley Spring Processor Conference is coming up next week. It was planned…

• 4 min read
deep learning , linley processor conference , linley group , neural networks , AI

RSA: Emerging Threats, Ransomware, and IoT

I attended the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco. I wrote a post about some…

• 4 min read
security , ransomware , rsa conference , rsa , IoT

The Mythical Man-Month

This is a continuation of yesterday's post Fred Brooks "It Is a Humbling Experience…

• 5 min read
fred brooks , mythical man-month

Fred Brooks: "It Is a Humbling Experience to Make a Multi-Million Dollar Mistake…

Cadence's Intelligent System Design strategy is about designing the systems of today…

• 4 min read
fred brooks , frederick brooks , mythical man month , os/360

RSA 2020: The Cryptographers' Panel

One of the big draws on the first day of the RSA Conference is always "The Cryptographers…

• 8 min read
security , rsa conference , rsa , cryptographers' panel

2020 Is the Year of DDR5

I talked recently to Marc Greenberg, one of Cadence's experts on the memory market…

• 3 min read
ddr5 , Memory , DDR4

Turing Award: Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan

Last week, the ACM announced this year's Turing Award would go to Pat Hanrahan and…

• 5 min read
vlsi technology , turing award , graphics

Sunday Brunch Video for 22nd March 2020

https://youtu.be/b7ixzahr85s Made on my balcony (camera Carey Guo) Monday: Another…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Netflix and C...adence

Earlier in the week, I wrote about a couple of videos from Intel, about semiconductor…

• 1 min read
sunday brunch , video , intelligent system design

RSA 2020: From Sulu to Penn & Teller

I attended the RSA Conference in San Francisco recently. I guess that is going to…

• 6 min read
security , rsa conference , rsa

How Intel Manufactures Chips

I happened to be looking for something on YouTube recently when I came across this…

• 3 min read
Intel , fab

Digital Full Flow for 5/7nm

One constant in the semiconductor and EDA industries is, of course, Moore's Law.…

• 4 min read
Genus , P&R , Tempus , Voltus , Innovus , digital full flow , Synthesis , full flow

Another Year of CadenceLIVE—with Updated Schedule

It's not strictly true that it is another year of CadenceLIVE since we called the…

• 3 min read
CDNLive , cadencelive

Another Year, Another Book of Breakfast Bytes

There is a new edition of A Year of Breakfasts. How do you get a copy? You can get…

• 3 min read
a year of breakfasts , book

Breakfast Nibbles: Predictions for 2020...Plus How Did I Do in 2019?

Last year in my post Breakfast Nibbles: Predictions for 2019 , I made various predictions…

• 3 min read
5G , Automotive , predictions , deep learning , cloud , EUV , nibbles

Exponential Growth

In the semiconductor industry, we've been dealing with the exponential growth associated…

• 5 min read
exponential , rule of 70 , moore's law

The Future's So Bright You've Gotta Wear Shades

The Cadence website looks different, doesn't it? We are obviously in the middle of…

• 2 min read
computational software , website , intelligent system design , branding
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