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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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The Intel Museum

During the summer, while the living is easy and the fish are jumping, each Friday…

• 3 min read
Intel , business plan , microprocessor , Breakfast Bytes , intel museum

Secret Key Generation with Physically Unclonable Functions

Yesterday, I wrote about automotive security from a big-picture level. Today let…

• 4 min read
trng , physically unclonable function , puf , aes , prng.trivium , rijndael , Breakfast Bytes

One Thing Could Shut Down this Party—Automotive Cybersecurity

Ofer Ben Noon, CEO and co-founder of Argus Cybersecurity, had the job of raining…

• 4 min read
security , Automotive , Wannacry , Automotiv Elektronik Kongress , Argus Cybersecurity , Breakfast Bytes

Meet the Newest Member of the Tensilica Family, the HiFi 3z DSP

As NVIDIA's Jensen Huang pointed out a few weeks ago, and I covered in my blog post…

• 4 min read
linley group , HiFi , hifi 3z , Tensilica , Breakfast Bytes , linley iot conference

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 31st to August 4th 2017

https://youtu.be/9bkl9KLReDI Coming from hyperspace (camera Sean, editing me…

• less than a min read
autonomous trucks , 3D transistors , Samsung , mercedes-benz , imec , batteries , tesla , samsung sdi , computer history museum , itf

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang on Accelerating the Race to Autonomous Cars

Jensen (Jen-Hsun) Huang is CEO of NVIDIA. If you know anything about NVIDIA, it is…

• 5 min read
Automotive , NVIDIA , nvidia drive , ADAS , jensen huang , Breakfast Bytes

Short Papers

Yesterday my post was Cadence Academic Network Asia and it was just what it says…

• 4 min read
zero word paper , shortest thesis , david rector , john conway , dennis upper , kurt gödel , john nash , shortest paper , Breakfast Bytes

Cadence Academic Network Asia

I sat down with Tracy Zhu to find out about the academic network in Asia Pacific…

• 4 min read
China , Taiwan , Cadence Academic Network , Breakfast Bytes , university program

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 24th to 28th 2017

https://youtu.be/Dgy8LrCe13s Coming from the Intel Museum (camera Sean) …

• less than a min read
Automotive , NVIDIA , nvidia drive , IoT , puf , secret key generation , cybersecurity , jensen huang , intel museum

Bosch: Future of Connected Mobility

At the conference in Ludwigsburg that I attended, Volkmar Denner, head of management…

• 5 min read
5G , Automotive , Bosch , ludwigsburg , ADAS , automobil elektronik kongress , Breakfast Bytes

The Four Ts: Trade, Tax, Talent and Technology Funding

If you work in the semiconductor industry, and you probably do if you are reading…

• 6 min read
semicon , semi , technology funding , trade , talent , Breakfast Bytes , tax

SEMICON: China, China, China

I have been at SEMICON West recently. Just a little introduction in case you don…

• 5 min read
China , semicon , semiconductor equipment , semicon west , Breakfast Bytes

CDNDrive: Automotive Functional Safety

At CDNLive in Munich, Cadence's Robert Schweiger gave a walkthrough all of the things…

• 3 min read
Automotive , functional safety , iso 9001 , asil b , ISO 26262 , fusa , Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 17th to 21st 2017

https://youtu.be/vzXHenSMfoM Coming from the Cadence campus (camera Sean) …

• less than a min read
Automotive , China , Cadence Academic Network , semicon , semicon west

CDNDrive: Cadence Automotive IP Solutions

At CDNLive in Munich, Cadence's Robert Schweiger gave a walkthrough all of the things…

• 6 min read
Automotive , DSP , Vision P5 , LPDDR4 , Automotive Ethernet , Tensilica , ADAS , Breakfast Bytes

CactusNet: Moving Neural Nets from the Cloud to Embed Them in Cars

At the recent Autosens conference in Detroit, Cadence's Michelle (Xuehong) Mao presented…

• 4 min read
autosens , Vision C5 , Tensilica , cactusnet , dnn , Breakfast Bytes

CactusNet: One Network to Rule Them All

There is a widening split in the approaches being taken by academic attempts to built…

• 5 min read
Automotive , Low Power , cactusnet , dnn , neural networks , CNN , Breakfast Bytes

Triple Witching Hour for Automotive

In New York, there is an occasion four times a year known as the "triple witching…

• 8 min read
electric traction , Automotive , uber , shared ownership , autonomous vehicles , Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 10th to 14th 2017

https://youtu.be/hEhCQwICR4g Coming from the Computer History Museum, Mountain…

• less than a min read
Automotive , functional safety , deep learning , cactus net , Automotive Ethernet , Tensilica , convolutional neural nets , cactusnet , CNN

The Kansas City Walkway Collapse—The Answer

Yesterday, I wrote about The Kansas City Hyatt Walkway Collapse . I showed a close…

• 2 min read
root cause analysis , engineering , Breakfast Bytes , kansas city walkway collapse

The Kansas City Hyatt Walkway Collapse—A Puzzle

It is coming up to July 4 week. Cadence will be shut down and Breakfast Bytes will…

• 3 min read
root cause analysis , engineering , Breakfast Bytes , kansas city walkway collapse

System in Package

At DAC, Dick James gave a fascinating presentation on system in package, or SiP,…

• 6 min read
Apple , system in package , SiP , fiji , AMD , nokia , Texas Instruments , Sony , Breakfast Bytes , CMOS image sensor

Eating in Your Car—Mixed Signal Automotive Lunch

The Wednesday of DAC means the Cadence Mixed-Signal Lunch. For the Digital Lunch…

• 10 min read
AMS , ST , analog , Bosch , Virtuoso , digital , amkor , mixed signal , UC Berkeley , Breakfast Bytes

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 3rd to 7th 2017

https://youtu.be/iGQHYEbzcII Coming from the Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany…

• less than a min read
root cause analysis , engineering , kansas city walkway collapse

Table for 7—Lunch at the Leading Edge

On Tuesday, Cadence hosted a lunch focused on 7nm digital design and signoff. Jim…

• 8 min read
digital design , TSMC , renasas , mediatek , signoff , 7nm , ARM , Breakfast Bytes

China's IC Industry: Today and Tomorrow

Professor Wei Shaojun of Tsinghua University presented on China's IC Industry: Today…

• 5 min read
China , fabless , manufacturing , Breakfast Bytes

One-on-One with Lip-Bu Tan

Monday was Lip-Bu's turn for a chat with Ed Sperling. The same event last year was…

• 6 min read
Ed Sperling , Automotive , 54dac , SDE , Mobile World Congress , Lip-Bu Tan , machinelearningdeeplearning , Internet of Things , system design enablement , Design Automation Conference , datacenter , Breakfast Bytes

DAC Opens with an Enlightened Keynote

The opening keynote of DAC was by Joe Costello. Joe, of course, was the first CEO…

• 10 min read
Joe Costello , 54dac , IoT , Internet of Things , enlighted , Breakfast Bytes
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