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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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Tensilica Can Improve Your Image

Why is image processing so important? To a first order approximation, all data is…

• 5 min read
Vision P5 , Vision P6 , vision c5 dsp , kirin 970 , image processing , Hisilicon , Huawei

The Book That Changed Everything

Academics have had a big influence on semiconductor design and design automation…

• 7 min read
introduction to vlsi systems , carver mead , lynn conway

CHIP: College Hire and Internship Program

For some time, Cadence had an informal internship program: if managers wanted to…

• 4 min read
Interns , Cadence Academic Network , recruitment , graduates , hiring

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview November 6th to 10th 2017

https://youtu.be/P3O79m4r-PM < Coming from the Cadence building 10 lobby (camera…

• less than a min read
security , ARM Techcon , Simon Segars , security manifesto , mobile , Russia , social engineering , ARM

Cadence Academic Network Is Ten Years Old

Yes, it's true, the Cadence Academic Network is having its tenth anniversary. The…

• 5 min read
mannheim , Cadence Academic Network , asic competence center

Rob Rutenbar Is Recipient of 2017 Kaufman Award

This year's recipient of the Kaufman Award is Rob Rutenbar. He has a big connection…

• 8 min read
neolinear , Coursera , rob rutenbar , university of illinois , MOOC , Kaufman Award , cmu , kaufman award dinner , c2s2 , Voci Technologies , university of pittsburgh , analog design , Breakfast Bytes

October 2017 Breakfast Buffet

https://youtu.be/2HhOBOftlv4 Coming from the roof of Cadence building 10 (camera…

• less than a min read
China , AMD , linley group , semi , cdnlive taiwan , armmobile , pss , microprocessor , portable stimulus

Andrew Kahng on the Last Semiconductor Scaling Levers

It's going to be academic week here on Breakfast Bytes. There is an anniversary coming…

• 9 min read
scaling , EDA , cloud , andrew kahng , machine learning , moore's law , Breakfast Bytes

Decoding Formal Club: Arm and Arteris

At the latest meeting of the Decoding Formal Club, organized by Oski and sponsored…

• 8 min read
Jasper User Group , JUG , oski decoding formal club , formal , Oski , Breakfast Bytes , Formal verification

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview October 30th to November 3rd 2017

https://youtu.be/JQVYmENG0gw Coming from the Cadence booth at Arm TechCon …

• less than a min read
ARM Techcon , Rutenbar , Cadence Academic Network , scaling , introduction to vlsi systems , intern , mead and conway , kahng , Kaufman Award , esd alliance

Why Was Arm Successful in Mobile?

I think that Arm was successful in mobile (and subsequently in other markets) due…

• 5 min read
mobile , Silicon Valley , ARM , Breakfast Bytes

Mike Muller Gets Emotional at Arm TechCon

As usual, Arm TechCon opened with a keynote by Mike Muller, Arm's CTO. His son is…

• 6 min read
security , IoT , Mike Muller , ARM , Breakfast Bytes , Techcon

Xcelium Simulation on Arm Servers

Paul Otellini RIP Paul Otellini was CEO of Intel from 2005-2013. He died in his…

• 4 min read
ARMv8 , Intel , x86 , cloud , mobile , ARM , microprocessor , datacenter , Breakfast Bytes

Putting the Bad Guys in an Arm Lock

This morning Arm announced their Platform Security Architecture (PSA), a new way…

• 6 min read
security , ARM Techcon , mirai , platform security architecture , psa , ARM , Breakfast Bytes , Techcon

Education, Occupation, and You: Vishal Kapoor at SJSU

Earlier this week, Jim Hogan hosted the next evening at San Jose State University…

• 8 min read
san jose state university , vishal kapoor , san jose state , cognitive science , cognitive era , sjsu , Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview October 23rd to 27th 2017

https://youtu.be/-9hc6xBOPFw Coming from SJSU Theater (camera Sean) Monday…

• less than a min read
ARM Techcon , formal , Arteris , mobile , ARM , Formal verification

Mark Papermaster: Moore's Law Plus

Recently, I wrote about Robert Lang's presentation on Computational Origami . He…

• 4 min read
epyc , has , chiplets , rocm , AMD , 3DIC , 2.5D IC , Breakfast Bytes

How to Build and Connect a Trillion Things: Arm TechCon Preview

Rob Aitken is digging a bit deeper into what it would really take to connect a trillion…

• 7 min read
security , ARM Techcon , trust , IoT , Internet of Things , ARM , Breakfast Bytes

The Empire Long Divided Must Unite

Chinese children are familiar with the opening lines of Romance of the Three Kingdoms…

• 6 min read
organization , functional organization , corporate cad cycle , CEO , three envelopes , Breakfast Bytes

Are We There Yet? Metric-Driven Signoff

Are we there yet? All verification suffers from the problem of trying to decide when…

• 4 min read
CDNLive , Metric Driven Verification , ST Microelectronics , MDV , simulation , Breakfast Bytes , vManager , verification

Rowen on Vision, Innovation, and the Deep Learning Explosion

The keynote for the second day of the Linley Processor Conference was by Chris Rowen…

• 5 min read
Chris Rowen , deep learning , linley processor conference , deeplearningmachinelearning , Computer Vision , Tensilica , vision , neural networks , Breakfast Bytes

Linley Gwennap on the Microprocessor Market

Linley Gewennap always gives the opening keynote for the Linley Microprocessor Conference…

• 6 min read
Automotive , Intel , risc-v , linley processor conference , deeplearningmachinelearning , processor , AMD , linley group , IoT , Tensilica , Internet of Things , ADAS , ARM , Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview October 16th to 20th 2017

https://youtu.be/CUabZn_-1_M Coming from a cartoon world (camera Sean) Monday…

• less than a min read
metric driven signoff , Metric Driven Verification , AMD , semi , vishal kapoor , sjsu , Jim Hogan , strategic materials conference , Oski , Formal verification

The Rise of the China IC Industry

At the SEMI Strategic Materials Conference, SMC, Lung Chu, who heads up SEMI China…

• 5 min read
IC , SEMI China , China , semicon china , Lung Chu , SEMI Strategic Materials Conference , smc , Breakfast Bytes

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Last week was the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC), held in Orlando…

• 6 min read
women in computing , grace hopper , telle whitney , anita borg institute , Breakfast Bytes

Logical Equivalence Checking to Get Smart

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a TV show called "Get Smart." It was…

• 5 min read
conformal lec , cdnlive korea , logical equivalence checking , LEC , conformal smart lec , Breakfast Bytes

Computational Origami

At the recent Decoding Formal Club meeting, organized by Oski and sponsored by Cadence…

• 4 min read
computational origami , robert lang , origami , Breakfast Bytes , Formal verification

EDPS: The Remains of the Day

EDPS is the Electronic Design Process Symposium, historically held in Monterey, but…

• 12 min read
deep learning , electronic design process symposium , EDPS , Test , machine learning , design , Breakfast Bytes
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