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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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How ARM Servers Can Take Over the World

One of the big themes of the Linley Data Center Conference last week was the possibility…

• 4 min read
ARMv8 , Intel , AMD , arm servers , red hat , broadcom , Qualcomm , AppliedMicro , ARM , linux

Care for Some Gates With Your Server?

One of the big themes from the Linley Data Center Conference earlier this month was…

• 4 min read
Intel , GPU , data center , Altera , HBM , cloud , High Bandwidth Memory , Stratix , datacenter , FPGA , cloud computing

Cadence at embedded world—ADAS, the Stepping Stone to Self-Driving Cars

Cadence will be at embedded world in Nüremberg from February 23 to 26. We will be…

• 3 min read
functional safety , vision processing , nüremburg , ECU , Automotive Ethernet , Tensilica , ISO 26262 , Embedded World , video processing , audioprocessing , Breakfast Bytes

Interface IP in Consumer Electronics

What is the consumer marketplace? It is a bit of a tautology, but it is electronic…

• 3 min read
IP , Consumer Electronics , interface IP , Breakfast Bytes

Software-Driven Hardware Verification

There is a transition going on in the system and semiconductor worlds. Some system…

• 4 min read
palladium z1 , virtual platform , Palladium , Emulation , software , Breakfast Bytes , verification

Where You Going? Barcelona (and Mobile World Congress)

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is later this month in Barcelona in Spain (actually in…

• 3 min read
mwc16 , barcelona , Mobile World Congress , MWC , Tensilica , tensilican vision dsp , tensilica hifi , Breakfast Bytes

Autonomous Vehicles and the Semiconductor Industry: a Double-Edged Sword

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how automotive companies are going to need to…

• 3 min read
Automotive , sidecar , lyft , ADAS , autonomous vehicles , general motors

Datacenter in a Can

Earlier this week I wrote about the Linley Data Center Conference and how Thermal…

• 3 min read
microsoft , data center , google , thermal , cooling , power

"Thermal is the New Power" and Melting Butter with Your Phone

For some time now, SoC design groups have had to optimize PPA: performance, power…

• 4 min read
thermal management , PPA , thermal , power

Linley Data Center Conference: FPGAs and ARMs in the Cloud

Next week, February 9-10, is the Linley Data Center Conference in the Santa Clara…

• 4 min read
Altera , linley group , Linley , cloud , xilinx , ARM , datacenter , Breakfast Bytes , FPGA , cloud computing

Modus Test Solution—Tests Great, Less Filling

Today Cadence announced the latest product in the "us" series of next-generation…

• 4 min read
modus test , low pincount test , modus , Test , codec , 2D elastic compression , test compression , Breakfast Bytes

Conway's Law and the Changing Structure of Automobile Companies

There is a law in business organization known as Conway's Law. This states that:…

• 4 min read
Apple , organizational structure , google , tesla , automobile companies , conway's law

Moore's Law from 50,000 Feet

Moore's Law is in the news again since Intel, having maintained for years that nothing…

• 5 min read
semiconductor economics , ray kurzweil , moore's law , kurzweil , NASA , Breakfast Bytes

DesignCon: the 16Gbps Show

I always find DesignCon a slightly weird conference to attend. I swim in the semiconductor…

• 5 min read
DesignCon , 16gbps , PCIe 4 , designcon16 , measurement , Signal Integrity , SerDes , Sigrity

Misfit Shine 2 Lasts for 6 Months on a Coin Cell. How Do They Do That?

You can't go for very long without hearing about the Internet of Things (IoT) in…

• 3 min read
ClariTek , IoT , Misfit , Shine 2 , Breakfast Bytes , Patrick Mannion

IEDM Examines Options for 5nm...Academics and Industry Examine the Options

At IEDM in December, there was a full-day course looking at the options for transistors…

• 3 min read
transistors , interconnect , feol , carbon nanotube , optical interconnect , FinFET , beol , IEDM , Breakfast Bytes , devices

Designing USB 3.1? You Need Sigrity 2016

The most important new connector in town (especially if that town was Las Vegas during…

• 4 min read
USB 3.0 , USB Power Delivery , USB Type-C , usb 3.1 gen 1 , usb 3.1 gen 2 , sigrity 2016 , USB , ibis-ami model , Sigrity , USB 3.1 , ces2016 , Breakfast Bytes

Embedded Neural Network Summit—How to Build a Silicon Brain

On February 9, Cadence is hosting an all-day Embedded Neural Network Summit., with…

• 2 min read
deep learning , enns , Tensilica , convolutional neural networks , embedded neural networks , Breakfast Bytes

16Gbps SerDes Multiprotocol Multilink PHY IP

In any advanced node, one of the most important pieces of IP is a high-performance…

• 4 min read
USB 3.0 , pcie4 , 10G-KR , USB , pcie3 , pcie2 , PCIe , 16 Gbps , SerDes , USB 3.1 , SATA , sata3 , Breakfast Bytes

Mobile Unleashed: a New Book About ARM

Mobile Unleashed is subtitled The Origin and Evolution of ARM Processors in Our Devices…

• 3 min read
mobile unleashed , mobile , ARM , arm history , Breakfast Bytes

What Happens in Vegas...May Be in Your Next Chip

Cadence was at CES last week showing the most recent additions to their vision, audio…

• 2 min read
USB Type-C , Consumer Electronics Show , CES , CES 2016 , Tensilica , HiFi DSP , audio weaver , ARM , Breakfast Bytes

Cars, Drones, 8K, and VR/AR—Consumer Electronics Show 2016

CES is held in January each year. It is the largest conference in Las Vegas, which…

• 6 min read
USB Type-C , Consumer Electronics Show , CES 2016 , las vegas , virtual reality , drones , Tensilica IP , autonomous vehicles , augmented reality , Breakfast Bytes

Tempus Has Over 200 Tapeouts Within 2 Years of Rollout

One of the challenges with any new tool is to drive adoption. There really is a …

• 3 min read
PBA , Tempus , adoption , path-based analysis , tapeout

Samsung CES Keynote: In Sync with Real Life

Yesterday it was Samsung's turn for a keynote at CES. Depending on exactly how you…

• 4 min read
microsoft , IoT , CES 2016 , Samsung , Corning , BMW

Drones in the Mini-Forest: Intel's Keynote at CES

Intel's CEO, Brian Krzanich, gave the opening keynote to CES on Tuesday night in…

• 4 min read
Intel , CES , Curie , Realsense , Internet of Things , Breakfast Bytes , Brian Krzanich

Moore's Law at 50: Are We Planning for Retirement?

There has been lots of speculation, especially this year with the 50th anniversary…

• 5 min read
greg yeric , moore's law , ARM , IEDM

Infrastructure: Connecting Mobile to the Cloud

Yesterday's blog post was about the mobile market. But, increasingly, mobile is not…

• 4 min read
computing , cloud-ran , c-ran , storage , infastructure , networking

I'm Goin' Mobile

"I'm goin mobile," The Who sang on one of the greatest albums of all time. Although…

• 3 min read
semiconductor IP , Internet of Things , mobile , system design enablement
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