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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 August 13th to 17th 2018

https://youtu.be/H03oGGaUfQo Coming from Stevens Creek Mini (camera Sean) Monday…

• less than a min read
Automotive , shockley , cloud , Fairchild , 5nm , 7nm , EUV

Breakfast Buffet for July

https://youtu.be/JQz3cseZcZc The three highlighted posts for July were: CDNLive…

• less than a min read

CHIPs in the Cadence Cafeteria

Last week it was the Annual San Jose Intern Showcase, in which the San Jose based…

• 4 min read
Interns , intern showcase , chips

CDNLive Japan: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Third Dimension

At CDNLive Japan, Tom Beckley gave the keynote Enabling the Fourth Industrial Revolution…

• 8 min read
cdnlive japan , Tom Beckley , Power Integrity , 4th industrial revolution , Signal Integrity , Thermal Analysis , Sigrity

Lung Chu on Semiconductor in China

I talked Friday about the Chinese American Semiconductor Professionals Association…

• 5 min read
China , semicon , semi

Simulation in the Cloud

Yes, despite the blue skies, Fridays are still cloudy. And, yes, this isn't Friday…

• 5 min read
rocketick , cadence cloud , xcelium , simulation

CASPA: Innovation with Chinese Characteristics

A couple of times per year, the Chinese American Semiconductor Professionals Association…

• 9 min read
risc-v , China , lithium battery , semi , lithium ion , caspa , sitri , battery , sifive

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview August 7th to 11th 2018

https://youtu.be/xPVzOfBHGlM Coming from Cadence Intern Showcase (camera Sean…

• less than a min read

ITF: CFETs and New Interconnect

At the imec technology forum (ITF) held the day before SEMICON West opened, two of…

• 8 min read
3nm , cfet , ruthenium , imec , itf

How to Pitch a Journalist

In the early part of my career, I was an engineer or an engineering manager. Then…

• 7 min read
journalism , marketing

GLOBALFOUNDRIES' CTO State-of-the-Roadmaps

At SEMICON I got to sit down with Gary Patton, the CTO of GlobalFoundries. They have…

• 8 min read
22fdx , 12fdx , gary patton , FinFET , GlobalFoundries , FD-SOI

Dave Patterson on Becoming a Computer Scientist...and Going Directly to Happines…

At SEMICON West, Dave Patterson (center) sat down for an interview with author John…

• 6 min read
turing award , RISC , UC Berkeley , dave patterson

Turning Fixed Costs into Variable Costs: Foundries and Clouds

One trend that has been accelerating for a couple of decades is turning fixed costs…

• 6 min read
EDA , cloud , cadence cloud , mobile , fixed cost

Breakfast Bytes Guide to Armenia

Every summer for a week I go hiking with a group of friends. We used to just go to…

• 9 min read
yerevan , genocide , khachkar , armenia , Virage Logic

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 30th to August 3rd 2018

https://youtu.be/HoEoMWal_48 Coming from DARPA ERI Summit at Palace of Fine Arts…

• less than a min read
interconnect , cfet , imec , cadence cloud , xcelium , GlobalFoundries , simulation , dave patterson

Trends, Technologies, and Regulations in China's Auto Market

At "Ludwigsburg", officially the International Autombil Elektronik Kongress, there…

• 5 min read
Automotive , China , volkswagen

Cadence Is MAGESTIC

Today at the Electronic Resurgence Initiative (ERI) Summit in San Francisco, DARPA…

• 4 min read
magestic , idea , electronic resurgence initiative , posh , eri , darpa

Nicolas's Recipe for Digital Marketing in EDA

This is the third (and final) post about the ESD Alliance workshop on digital marketing…

• 5 min read
digital marketing , esd alliance

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 23rd to 27th 2018

https://youtu.be/KwrfcMtbMDM Coming from CDNLive Japan (camera Asushi Tanaka)…

• less than a min read
Automotive , China , cloud , digital marketing , armenia , onespin , foundry

CDNLive Japan: 対応ポートフォリオ

As I said on Monday, I am in Japan this week for CDNLive. I haven't been in Japan…

• 6 min read
cdnlive japan , CDNLive , cadence cloud

Sigrity 2018—Into the 3rd Dimension

Cadence has talked about System Design Enablement for the last few years, taking…

• 5 min read
Tom Beckley , CDNLive , Signal Integrity , Sigrity , thermal , Breakfast Bytes

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation and Interconnect Workbench

I recently talked with Mr Takizawa of Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation…

• 4 min read
iwb , Interconnect Workbench , tdsc , Toshiba

The First Sushi I Ever Ate Was in Japan

In the first installment, I wrote about why I had to visit Japan in 1983, and the…

• 10 min read
karaoke , sushi , japan

VLSI's Secret Business...and a Trip to Japan

This week it is CDNLive Japan on Friday July 20th. I will be there so obviously this…

• 7 min read
rohm , sushi , japan

Palladium Cloud

Palladium cloud is one part of the Cadence Cloud offering. As you would guess from…

• 5 min read
palladium z1 , Palladium , cloud , cadence cloud

What's For Breakfast? Video Preview July 16th to 20th 2018

https://youtu.be/Rh4QOHVDzkk Coming from my deck (camera Carey Guo) Monday: VLSI…

• less than a min read
vlsi technology , iwb , cdnlive japan , CDNLive , Toshiba , japan , Breakfast Bytes

SEMICON West: The AI Tectonic Shift

At SEMICON West, there always seems to be a theme. Last year, it was China. See my…

• 8 min read
artificial intelligence , semicon , IBM , semicon west

Imec Technology Forum US

Every year, the Monday before SEMICON West, imec hosts ITF US, the US version of…

• 6 min read
Memory , Micron , 3D NAND , imec , DRAM , itf us
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