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

https://youtu.be/OttUOjIHJf0 Coming from the Cadence coffee bar (camera Sean…

• less than a min read
Automotive , microsoft , Raspberry Pi , CDNLive , cloud , raspberry pi zero w , EDAC , ISO 26262 , CDNLive Silicon Valley , ARM , synopsys , reliability , esd alliance , Mentor

Autonomous Is the New Mobile: Linley on Cars

Cars are everywhere these days. It doesn't really matter what sort of event you attend…

• 7 min read
Intel , NXP , NVIDIA , Linley , mobileye , autonomous , Qualcomm , ISO 26262 , ADAS , visionpx , Breakfast Bytes

We Live on a Radioactive Planet Bombarded by Cosmic Rays

We live on a radioactive planet bombarded by cosmic rays. As a result, high-energy…

• 5 min read
thermal neutrons , alpha particles , high energy neutrons , see , single event effects , Breakfast Bytes

Developing Fingerprint Readers for Developing World Medicine

Every aspiring 7-year old detective knows that fingerprints are unique. I actually…

• 4 min read
security , biometric , fingerprint , OrCAD , PCB design , Breakfast Bytes , simprints , Allegro

Retimers, Gearboxes, and the Drive to PAM4

If you listen to presentations about high-speed networking for datacenters, you will…

• 5 min read
Optical , gearbox , pam4 , fiber optic , Fiber , retimer , Ethernet , Breakfast Bytes

The Gargini Roadmap for Semiconductors

Paolo Gargini gave the opening keynote at GOMAC recently. It was titled The Secret…

• 10 min read
irds , Intel , paolo gargini , ITRS , gnomic , moore's law , Breakfast Bytes

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

https://youtu.be/3sofRincYsg Coming from CDNLive Silicon Valley (camera Sean…

• less than a min read
ser , linley group , ccix , SDE , single event error , cache coherency , open source , see , system design enablement , ISO 26262 , ADAS , autonomous vehicles

Pegasus Flies to the Clouds

There is a famous line in Lewis Carrol's Through the Looking Glass that could have…

• 5 min read
pvs2 , Physical verification , pegasus , Dracula , DRC , design rule check , PVS , Assura , Breakfast Bytes

Six Reasons to Go to DAC—Plus One Very Big One

There are thousands of good reasons to go to DAC this year. I'll give you seven in…

• 5 min read
dac54 , Costello , Joe Costello , dac43 , keynote , Design Automation Conference , Breakfast Bytes

What Keeps MGM's Head of Security Up at Night? Lightbulbs!

The trusted supplier day at GOMAC opened with a slightly off-topic, but fascinating…

• 8 min read
security , mgm , target , mgm resorts international , gomac , Breakfast Bytes

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

https://youtu.be/nvwMIujDzco Coming from Monterey CA (camera me) Monday…

• less than a min read
irds , PCB , security , Intel , DAC , paolo gargini , dac54 , ITRS , CDNLive , linley group , Linley , cloud , fingerprint , OrCAD , retimers , gomac , datacenter , networking

See Further by Standing on the Shoulders of...OpenVX

For power and performance reasons, video and vision processing are attractive to…

• 5 min read
khronos , Vision P6 , Tensilica , openvx , Breakfast Bytes

GOMAC: A Conference that Starts with the National Anthem

GOMACTech is the GOvernment Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology conference…

• 9 min read
gomac tech , spectrum , gomac , electromagnetic spectrum , gomactech , Breakfast Bytes

Autonomous Cars—Are We There Yet?

This is the second of two posts on the CASPA Symposium on Autonomous Driving. The…

• 7 min read
lidar , chinese semiconductor professionals association , caspa , ADAS , autonomous vehicles , Breakfast Bytes

CASPA's Autonomous Driving Symposium

Recently, CASPA, the Chinese-American Semiconductor Professionals Association, held…

• 6 min read
lidar , chinese semiconductor professionals association , caspa , ADAS , autonomous vehicles , Breakfast Bytes

ESD Alliance CEO Panel: April 6th

In the days when the ESD Alliance was still called EDAC, they used to organize a…

• 4 min read
cadence , ceo forum , EDA , ARM , synopsys , Breakfast Bytes , esd alliance , Mentor

My Breakfast with Lucio

There is a famous 1981 movie called My Dinner with Andre. If you've not seen it,…

• 5 min read
open source ip , IoT , lanza techventures , Lucio Lanza , Internet of Things , Breakfast Bytes , efabless

How Lucio Went from Italy to EDA via Intel

Tomorrow, I'll be talking about one of Lucio Lanza's latest areas of interest, having…

• 5 min read
Intel , olivetti , lanza techventures , Lucio Lanza , Daisy , Phil Kaufman , Breakfast Bytes

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

https://youtu.be/juyMucCfa-I Coming from the Cadence parking lot Monday…

• less than a min read
security , Automotive , autonomous driving , linley group , mgm resorts , linley autonomous , ADAS , gomac

The SDE Circle of Life Today

This is the second part of a two-part post about the SDE Circle of Life. The first…

• 5 min read
Automotive , SDE , mobile , system design enablement , iPhone

The SDE Circle of Life

There seems to be a big picture phenomenon that I like to call the System Design…

• 5 min read
Automotive , SDE , mobile , system design enablement

Léman Micro Devices: Blood Pressure on Your Smartphone

One of the most interesting things I saw at MWC was a meeting I had with Mark-Eric…

• 6 min read
Léman Micro Devices , medical electronics , mobile , cadence hosted design environment , blood pressure , Smartphone

TSMC Technology Symposium 28...22...16...12...7...

This is the second of two posts about last week's TSMC Technology Symposium. The…

• 7 min read
OIP , n5 , 12FFC , TSMC , TSMC Technology Symposium , n7+ , n7

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview March 27th to 31st 2017

https://youtu.be/-_33atq9vRY Coming from National Automobile Museum, Reno,…

• less than a min read
ESDA , circle of life , lanza techventures , Lucio Lanza , system design enablement , SDA , esd alliance , virtual dummy metal fill

TSMC Technology Roadmaps

TSMC had their annual Technology Symposium last week. As always, my post comes with…

• 6 min read
Automotive , n5 , IoT , TSMC , HPC , n7 , mobile , n10

CDNLive Silicon Valley Preview

Yes, it's that time of year again. Just like a cat has nine lives, Cadence has nine…

• 2 min read
microsoft , CDNLive , Santa Clara Convention Center , CDNLive Silicon Valley

Dracula, Vampire, Assura, PVS: A Brief History

Cadence was created from the merger of SDA and ECAD, as you probably know. SDA had…

• 9 min read
Extraction , Dracula , DRC , vampire , design rule check , Assura

Andy Bechtolsheim Keynote on the Future of Networking

At the recent Linley Cloud Hardware Conference, the keynote was given by Andy Bechtolsheim…

• 7 min read
andy bechtolsheim , arista networks , andreas bechtolsheim , linley cloud hardware conference , Linley
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