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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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Everything That's New About Ethernet

IEEE 802.3 is the standard number for various flavors of Ethernet. With Ethernet…

• 6 min read
Ethernet standards , Ethernet , 802.3 , IEEE , Breakfast Bytes

DARPA: All Must Have Prizes

At CDNLive Boston, the invited keynote was by Dr. Bill Chappell of DARPA's Microsystems…

• 4 min read
CDNLive , cdnlive boston , robotics , autonoous vehicles , craft , microsystems technology office , darpa

Electronic Design Automation Handbook

Way back in 2006, Luciano Lavagno, Lou Scheffer, and Grant Martin, all then at Cadence…

• 4 min read
TCAD , Electronic Design Automation , system design , EDAC , Testing , implementation , Circuit Design , process design , Breakfast Bytes , verification , book

Facebook's Aquila Flies...and OpenCellular

In Barcelona in February I attended a "keynote' with Mark Zuckerberg which was actually…

• 4 min read
aquila , Facebook , opencellular , zuckerberg , internet.org

What’s for Breakfast? Preview September 12th to 16th (video)

https://youtu.be/eDeD0mg7D54 Monday: My review of Electronic Design Automation…

• less than a min read
CDNLive , palladium z1 , AMD , H.265 , IEEE 802.3 , cdnlive boston , Ethernet , Emulation , codec , netflix , h.264 , vp9 , video codec , darpa

Cadence's History with MIPI

I talked last week to Kevin Yee, Sachin Dhingra, and Moshik Rubin about the history…

• 6 min read
Automotive , MIPI , mipi devcon , mobile

SiFive: a RISC-V Fabless Semiconductor Company

A couple of weeks ago I talked to Krste Asanović and Jack Kang of SiFive. Jack is…

• 3 min read
risc-v , fabless , sutter hill ventures , freedom unleashed , freedom everywhere , sifive , foundry

CDNLive Boston Overview

CDNLive Boston took place last week. It is really CDNLive East Coast, and there were…

• 6 min read
CDNLive , Power Integrity , cdnlive boston , Signal Integrity , Breakfast Bytes

RISC-V Gathering Momentum

I've been writing quite a bit about RISC-V (pronounced "risk five") since I think…

• 4 min read
krste asonovic , risc-v , codasip , NVIDIA , google , andes , cortus , Breakfast Bytes , sifive , hp enterprise

Happy Birthday, HP 12c—35 Years and Counting

Last year was the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law. One consequence of Moore's Law…

• 3 min read
hewlett-packard , hp 12c , CMOS , hp12c , calculator , Breakfast Bytes

What’s for Breakfast? Preview September 6th to 9th (video)

https://youtu.be/lD8VFUNds7o Monday: Labor Day. Tuesday: CDNLive Boston. I…

• less than a min read
risc-v , acquila , CDNLive , MIPI , Power Integrity , open cellular , cdnlive boston , mipi devcon , Facebook , Signal Integrity , sifive

MIPI SoundWire

The MIPI Alliance exists to standardize widely used interfaces in mobile, such as…

• 3 min read
USB Type-C , MIPI SoundWire , MIPI , lightning , Soundwire , RealTek

Aging and Self-Heating in FinFETs

At CDNLive in India, Cadence's Hany Elhak discussed aging and self-heating, and how…

• 3 min read
failure , CDNLive India , Spectre , self-heating , aging , FinFET

Piloted Driving: Audi's View

I hope it isn't a surprise to anyone reading this blog that the share of a vehicle…

• 3 min read
Automotive , Audi , automotive electronics , imec , itf brussels , itf

A Raven Has Landed: RISC-V and Chisel

In Game of Thrones, ravens are George RR Martin's way of getting information around…

• 4 min read
risc-v , riscv , chisel , raven , UC Berkeley , Breakfast Bytes

Provisioning Devices Securely

Asaf Ashkenazi of Cryptography Research (now part of Rambus) talked about provisioning…

• 3 min read
provisioning , security , cryptography research , IoT , wearables , linley mobile , Internet of Things , Breakfast Bytes

Who Put the Silicon in Silicon Valley?

I think the person who has the strongest claim to putting the silicon in Silicon…

• 5 min read
marc andreessen , William Shockley , Silicon Valley , Breakfast Bytes

What’s for Breakfast? Preview August 29th to September 2nd (video)

https://youtu.be/X-hVSQfbtFE

• less than a min read
self-heading , Apple , risc-v , Audi , CDNLive , autonomous driving , MIPI , isa , cdnlive boston , Soundwire , aging , FinFET , ADAS , piloted driving , Krste Asanović , instruction set architecture

Wearables: Growing at 38% CAGR?

At what has now become the Linley Mobile and Wearables Conference, Linley pointed…

• 3 min read
smartwatch , quaqlcomm , Linley , wearables , smart watch , mobile

CDNLive India Keynote

The keynote at CDNLive Bengaluru was given by Michal Siwiński. Since day 1 of CDNLive…

• 2 min read
CDNLive India , SDE , system design enablement , Breakfast Bytes

SEMICON Best of the West: Coventor

SEMICON West runs a sort of award program called Best of the West. Companies submit…

• 3 min read
semicon west , semi , Coventor , semulator3d , best of the west

Perspec Modeling

The post A Perspective on Perspec earlier this week introduced the idea of Perspec…

• 3 min read
Perspec , perspec system verifier , UML , system verilog

What's for Breakfast? August 22nd

http://youtu.be/ZkZQAW6Gl7M Monday: At SEMICON West the winner of the "Best of…

• less than a min read
provisioning , security , Intel , CDNLive India , linley group , shockley , wearables , Qualcomm , Fairchild , a16z , cdnlive bengaluru , Coventor , mobile , Silicon Valley

Palladium and Protium Platforms, the Hardware Twins

The Palladium Z1 is an enterprise-level emulation system. If you don't already know…

• 4 min read
palladium z1 , Protium , Palladium , Emulation , FPGA prototyping

Omnia Simulation in Tres Partes Divisa Est

"Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est" were the opening words to Julius Caesar…

• 3 min read
verilog-xl , Verilog , rocketick , rocketsim , simulation

A Perspective on Perspec System Verifier

Today we have UVM, the universal verification methodology. This is great for verifying…

• 4 min read
Perspec , perspec system verifier , cache coherency , ARM , power

What's for Breakfast? August 15th

It's verification week this week, with 5 posts about various aspects of Cadence's…

• 1 min read
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Verification Technology Update

At CDNLive in Bengaluru last week, Michal Siwiński gave a technology update on verification…

• 4 min read
Perspec , Protium , VIP , Palladium , Incisive , Indago , JasperGold , Breakfast Bytes , vManager , verification
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