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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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5G, Coming Soon to a Phone Near You

At the Linley Mobile Conference recently, the morning after Linley's keynote was…

• 3 min read
5G , Linley , simultaneous connectivity , mobile , Breakfast Bytes

CDNLive Bengaluru: Day 2

CDNLive Bengaluru takes place over two days. But it is organized very differently…

• 7 min read
NXP , CDNLive India , CDNLive , whats for breakfast , cdnlive bengaluru , implementation , tapeout

CDNLive Bengaluru: Day 1

As I did at the Design Automation Conference in Austin earlier this year, I will…

• 7 min read
CDNLive , bengaluru , bangalore , Breakfast Bytes , analog devices

CDNLive Bengaluru, a Long Journey

I've not been to Bengaluru for about 20 years, when I ran engineering at Compass…

• 3 min read
CDNLive India , bengaluru , Cadence India , Breakfast Bytes

What's for Breakfast? August 8th

This is the first weekly video "What's for Breakfast?" that previews the blog entries…

• 1 min read
risc-v , CDNLive India , CDNLive , preview , whats for breakfast? , cdnlive bengaluru , mobilemobile 5g , Breakfast Bytes

Breakfast Bytes Guide to Japan Travel

Cadence was shut down for the week of July 4th, so I went to Japan with a friend…

• 5 min read
tsukiji , kyoto , osaka , tourism , narita , kansai , japan , travel , haneda

Merger Mania

At the recent GSA Silicon Summit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View…

• 6 min read
Wally Rhines , merger mania , gsa silicon summit , mergers , gsa , Breakfast Bytes , acquisitions , Mentor

Chipworks Looks at Smartphones

Chipworks buys hundreds of devices every year and strips them down to look at the…

• 4 min read
Intel , Apple , Samsung , TSMC , Linley , wearables , mobile , GlobalFoundries , smartphones , Breakfast Bytes

Smartphones: Linley's Annual Review

Last week was the Linley Mobile Conference, although it is now the Mobile and Wearables…

• 3 min read
Apple , Samsung , wearables , mobile , Smartphone , Huawei

CDNLive Boston Preview

The full agenda for CDNLive Boston is now available. This is really "East Coast"…

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

Nokia's Rise and Fall...and Maybe Rise Again

If you live in the US, then it is hard to believe how dominant Nokia was in mobile…

• 7 min read
microsoft , nokia , elop , mobile , Breakfast Bytes , iPhone

IEDM, New This Year

It might seem a bit premature to be talking about IEDM since it isn't until December…

• 3 min read
International Electron Devices Meeting , 5nm test chip , IEDM

Gimme a G...Gimme a 3...Whatcha Got?...DSP

Today at the Linley Mobile and Wearables Conference in Santa Clara, Cadence is announcing…

• 2 min read
linley mobile and wearables , linley group , Fusion G3 , Linley , Tensilica , linley mobile , Tensilica Fusion G3 DSP , Breakfast Bytes

Pathfinding Beyond 5nm

One of the most interesting sessions that I attended at SEMICON West the week before…

• 4 min read
tunnel fet , IBM , carbon nanotube , semicon west , imec , coolcube , 5nm , FD-SOI , silicon nanowire

CDNLive India

CDNLive India is coming up on August 9th and 10th in Bengaluru. I will be there and…

• 2 min read
CDNLive India , CDNLive , bengaluru , bangalore

System-Level Functional Verification and Power Analysis

With DAC and other events during May and June, I am only now wrapping up stuff I…

• 2 min read
Functional Verification , Power Analysis , system level functional verification , system level power analysis

200mm Fabs Awaken

Modern fabs use 300mm (12") wafers. Older fabs have used 200mm (8") wafers since…

• 5 min read
semicon west , semi , fab outlook , 200mm , semi/gartner symposum

Economic Uncertainty, the Global Economy and Semiconductors

The Monday before SEMICON West starts, there are two events that run in parallel…

• 4 min read
semi/gartner symposium , semicon west , gartner , semi , hilltop economics , Breakfast Bytes

Linley Mobile Conference...and That ARM Deal

This year's Linley Mobile and Wearables Conference is coming up next week on July…

• 4 min read
softbank , Linley , Linley Mobile & Wearables Conference , ARM , Breakfast Bytes

Softbank Buys ARM for $32B

Over the weekend it seems that Softbank has closed a deal to acquire ARM Holdings…

• 4 min read
softbank , Mobile World Congress , ARM , sprint

The Future of Neural Networks...and Our Robot Overlords

Chris Rowen, the CTO of the Cadence IP group, wrapped up the recent seminar in Las…

• 4 min read
open datasets , training , neural networks , data scientist , privacy , CNN , Breakfast Bytes

Hierarchical Neural Networks

The German Traffic Sign Benchmark actually has the signs divided into groups: speed…

• 3 min read
neural networks , CNN , hierarchical neural networks

How to Optimize Your CNN

Convolutional neural nets (CNNs) are not programmed in the traditional sense, but…

• 4 min read
Low Power , cnn training , cnn optimization , neural networks , CNN , embedded neural nets

Power-Efficient Recognition Systems for Embedded Applications

Neural networks are hot. Las Vegas is hot, too. And there is a connection. In late…

• 4 min read
Chris Rowen , training , neural networks , CNN , embedded

Last Chance to See Tsukiji Fish Market

This doesn’t have much to do with Cadence or semiconductors. It has a lot to do with…

• 5 min read
tsukiji , renasas , japan , tsukiji fish market

Pieter Vorenkamp and IP at Cadence

Pieter Vorenkamp is the new(ish) senior VP and general manager of the semiconductor…

• 2 min read
IP , Pieter Vorenkamp , Breakfast Bytes

An Steegen's Secrets of Semiconductor Scaling

If you were asked where in the world the most leading-edge semiconductor research…

• 3 min read
scaling , an steegen , imec , FinFET , ITC , power , Breakfast Bytes , silicon nanowire

Designing for the Cloud

At the recent GSA silicon summit, there was a panel session on designing for the…

• 4 min read
cloud , accelerator , gsa silicon summit , gsa , datacenter
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