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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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Simon Segars: Arm DevSummit Keynote...and Sir Clive Sinclair

Earlier this week it was Arm DevSummit (the summit previously known as TechCon).…

• 6 min read
sinclair , ARM7TDMI , arm devsummit , ARM

TSMC OIP: N3, N4, and PCIe 6.0

Next week is TSMC OIP 2021 (or, to give it its full name, TSMC 2021 Online Open Innovation…

• 2 min read
OIP , n4 , n3 , TSMC , pcie6 , pcie gen 6.0

Line Printers

I recently wrote a post Magnetic Tape Drives that you have to be old enough (over…

• 6 min read
computer history , line printer

Announcing Cadence Safety Solution and the Midas Platform...Turn Your Automotive…

Today, at CadenceLIVE Europe, we announced the Cadence Safety Solution, a new offering…

• 6 min read
Automotive , functional safety , cadencelive , ISO 26262 , fusa

The Benefits of a Common Methodology for Emulation and Prototyping

Recently Cadence presented a webinar Benefits of A Common Methodology for Emulation…

• 6 min read
dynamic duo , protium x2 , Protium , Palladium , palladium z2 , verification

Sunday Brunch Video for 17th October 2021

https://youtu.be/hzxc23WMLZk Made at Pebble Beach (camera Carey Guo) Monday: Jim…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Save the DATE: Design and Test Europe 2022, Antwerp

Design and Test Europe, normally known as just DATE, is back to its usual March schedule…

• 4 min read
DATE , date 2022 , design and test europe

Dieter Rams

I used to have this calculator, and I have a feeling it is actually somewhere in…

• 3 min read
hp12c , calculator , braun et66

Mission Critical 2021

Coming up on 20th October is this year's CadenceConnect Mission Critical event. It…

• 2 min read
Mil-Aero , mission critical , cadenceconnect

Thermal Live, the Celsius Webinar

Recently, Cadence presented a webinar Celsius Thermal Solver for Electronic Design…

• 3 min read
CFD , Celsius Thermal Solver , celsius , featured , FEM , thermal

Jim Hogan's Celebration of Life

In mid-September, Jim Hogan's children organized A Celebration of Life at his house…

• 5 min read
vista ventures , Hogan , Jim Hogan

Sunday Brunch Video for 10th October 2021

https://youtu.be/ATY2E8tvqgs Made on Lumen5 by me Monday: BlackHat: Do We Want a…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

ESD Alliance Webinar on Export Control with Cadence's Larry Disenhof

Recently the ESD Alliance organized a webinar on Understanding Export Regulations…

• 9 min read
export controls , esd alliance

Introducing the Integrity 3D-IC Platform for Multi-Chiplet Design

Today at CadenceLIVE Taiwan, we announced Integrity 3D-IC Platform. This is a new…

• 5 min read
system in package , Integrity , 3DIC , Innovus , integrity 3d-ic

JP Morgan Report: Dude, Where's My Stuff?

At the end of September, JP Morgan produced a report Dude, Where's My Stuff? (also…

• 6 min read
Automotive , Intel , Semiconductor , shortage

Magnetic Tape Drives

Do you know what this is? It's a write-protect ring from the days when all mainframe…

• 4 min read
tape reel , magnetic tape

BlackHat: Do We Want a National Cybersecurity Safety Board?

One interesting presentation at this year's BlackHat security conference was on whether…

• 6 min read
security , Safety , ntsb , Breakfast Bytes

Sunday Brunch Video for 3rd October 2021

https://youtu.be/dno9hmj2fQg Made with Lumen5 by me Monday: Tempus: Design Robustness…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

AWS: Amazon's Own Experience with EDA in the Cloud

At CadenceLIVE Americas there was a cloud track. Opening the day was David Pellerin…

• 3 min read
aws , cadence cloud , Amazon

Floating Point Numbers: Why 0.1 + 0.2 Is Not 0.3

Floating-point numbers are widely used for numerical calculations, including digital…

• 4 min read

A New Member of the Cadence 112G SerDes IP Family

Hyperscale data centers are bandwidth-hungry (and power-averse) and so the most important…

• 2 min read
112G-LR , Design IP , extended long reach , 112g , 112G-ELR

Supernaturally Fast Sorting

When I was in my mid-teens, I was writing a program (in FORTRAN) that required me…

• 7 min read
vlsi technology , quicksort , timsort , sorting

Tempus: Design Robustness

The latest release of the Tempus Timing Signoff Solution, 21.1, contains a lot of…

• 4 min read
Tempus , static timing , timing signoff

Sunday Brunch Video for 26th September 2021

https://youtu.be/Ivi2dTIcm9E Made at my garden gate (camera Carey Guo) Monday: Ten…

• less than a min read

September Update: Ransomware, Apple, Zero Trust, and More

It's only September 24, but this is the last Friday of the month so it's time for…

• 5 min read
Apple , rct , zero trust , designed with cadence , update , ransomeware

Why You Should Attend CadenceLIVE Europe in October

CadenceLIVE Europe is on October 19 and will be a digital event. Let me give you…

• 4 min read
CadenceLive Europe , cadencelive

Announcing Helium, Hybrid and Virtual Platforms with Multiple Gears

This morning Cadence announced the release of the Helium Virtual and Hybrid Studio…

• 4 min read
debug , virtual platform , hardware/software , helium

At a Digital Crossroads

Politico is not usually a place I go for material for this blog, but recently it…

• 6 min read
Micron , digital divide , fcc
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