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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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Sunday Brunch Video for 7th April 2019

https://youtu.be/DUu3M30lilE Made at CDNLive Silicon Valley (camera Sean) Monday…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

RSA: Public Interest Technologists

Yesterday, I wrote about the first half of Bruce Schneier's keynote at the recent…

• 7 min read
security , policy , schneier

RSA: Bruce Schneier

I have been following Bruce Schneier for a long time. He literally wrote the book…

• 5 min read
security , public interest technology , rsa , schneier

Geoff Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio Win 2019 Turing Award

This year's Alan Turing Award goes to Geoff Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio…

• 4 min read
deep learning , turing award , neural networks , AI

Bringing Clarity to System Analysis

Today, at CDNLive Silicon Valley, Lip-Bu Tan, Cadence's CEO, announced the Clarity…

• 4 min read
system analysis , 3d field solver , cloud , cadence cloud , Sigrity , clarity

CloudBurst: The Best of Both Worlds

I think if you were starting a new semiconductor company, you would go straight for…

• 3 min read
cloud , cloudburst , cadence cloud

Sunday Brunch Video for 31st March 2019

https://youtu.be/2_zmjd8wM0c Made on my balcony (camera Carey Guo) Monday: AI Index…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Twenty Years in the Matrix

It is hard to believe, but Sunday will be the 20th anniversary of The Matrix. It…

• 5 min read
simulation hypothesis , the matrix , simulation

Scaling EDA in the Cloud

Last year at DAC, we announced Cadence Cloud (for details see my post cleverly titled…

• 4 min read
cloud , causality , cadence cloud , amdahl's law

The Ladybird Book of Quantum Mechanics

I mentioned in passing in a recent post that when I was helping teach first-year…

• 4 min read
core memory , DRAM , ladybird

8 Ways to Get the Most out of CDNLive Silicon Valley

It's CDNLive! Well, not today, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2nd and 3rd at the Santa…

• 4 min read
CDNLive

AI Index

The 2018 AI Index Report , developed by scientists and researchers in the AI field…

• 4 min read
artificial intelligence , deep learning , AI

Sunday Brunch Video for 24th March 2019

https://youtu.be/FFd9mncMANI Made at SEMICON China (camera Tracy Zhu) Monday: The…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

RSA: The Director of the FBI

Christopher Wray, the current (and the 8th) Director of the FBI, wrapped up the opening…

• 6 min read
rsa , fbi

#learntocode

When a few hundred journalists were laid off recently, there was a lot of activity…

• 7 min read
computer science , learntocode

RSA Cryptographers' Panel

One big highlight of the RSA conference is always The Cryptographers' Panel. This…

• 14 min read
security , rsa , cryptography

RSA: From Helen Mirren to Tina Fey

The RSA Security Conference that took place in the first week of March was bracketed…

• 4 min read
security , rsa , cryptography

The World Wide Web Was Born 30 Years Ago This Month

In March 1989 at CERN, a guy called Tim-Berners Lee had an idea about how to get…

• 4 min read
Internet , tim-berners lee , CERN

Sunday Brunch Video for 17th March 2019

https://youtu.be/b5eJJcHiOoY Made at Cadence building 9 lobby (camera Sean) Monday…

• less than a min read
sunday brunch

Domain-Specific Computing 3: Specialized Processors

The last two days' posts have looked at the development of general-purpose processors…

• 8 min read
domain specific computing , special purpose architectures , GPUs , Dark Silicon , Tensilica , ARM

Domain-Specific Computing 2: The End of the Dark Ages

Yesterday looked at how general-purpose computer architecture changed during the…

• 5 min read
computer architecture , domain specific computing

Domain-Specific Computing 1: The Dark Ages of Computer Architecture

This is the era of domain-specific computing. Or, to use the words of Dave Patterson…

• 8 min read
computer architecture , domain specific computing , moore's law

Breakfast Buffet for February 2019

https://youtu.be/pNgkoWQE9A4 The three highlighted posts for February were: Who…

• less than a min read
Green Hills , Tensilica , 112g , buffet

MWC: Voice Enhancement, GPS, Ultrasound, and More

At the recent MWC Barcelona, the conference fka Mobile World Congress, Cadence had…

• 4 min read
alango , nestwave , MWC , Tensilica , sonarax

PSA: Americans Will Need Visas for Europe

From 2021, Americans will need a visa for Europe. You read it here first! That means…

• 6 min read
visa , Europe , schengen

Gin and Tonic: The Drink of Barcelona

One thing that is a big deal in Barcelona is gin and tonic, or G&T as it is usually…

• 6 min read
barcelona , MWC

CDNLive: Travels with a Bear

It's nearly time for the season of CDNLive events, which starts as always in Silicon…

• 5 min read
CDNLive

MWC Part Dos

Yesterday I wrote my first post about MWC19 Barcelona . Today is the continuation…

• 8 min read
5G , MWC , daimler , BMW , ARM
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