The Design Chronicles Blogs

Deep learning technologies are helping to make cars more reliable, buildings safer, social media channels more intuitive, and so on. “The capabilities that this technology has enabled is so powerful,” said Samer Hijazi, an engineering director in the...

Single-digit semiconductor market growth pales in comparison to the double-digit growth projected for imaging and computer vision applications—an anticipated next driver of SoC growth. Advances in imaging/vision-processing algorithms and related IP are...

Don’t miss your opportunity to become a Tensilica power user by attending the Tensilica Processors and Automotive Tracks at CDNLive EMEA. The Tensilica Track will take place on May 3 and the Automotive Track will feature sessions on both May 2 and May...

As Cadence celebrates 25 years of its Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (ADE), the company has also announced its next-generation platform, which promises an average of 10X performance and capacity improvement. There are new technologies within Virtuoso...

In the not-too-distant future, major city centers might operate fleets of autonomous vehicles to transport residents from point A to point B. People would have less need for car ownership, traffic congestion could decrease substantially, and cities could...

Dr. Ziyad Hanna, a Cadence VP of R&D in formal and automated verification, was recently appointed a visiting professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, England. Ziyad earned his Ph.D. from Oxford, researching “Abstract...

It’s 2048 and the world could be bursting with nine billion people. What will the West Antarctic ice sheet look like then? By how much will sea levels have risen? As the northern hemisphere—where most people live—continues to warm up, there could...

Belgium-based LnK develops MIPI SLIMbus test solutions, including a protocol analyzer, a traffic generator, and an audio bridge. When the company was developing its I2S-SLIMbus Audio Bridge, which links SLIMbus audio components with traditional audio...

“Each day we wake up to a world more brilliant than the one we said goodnight to.” —TSMC Technology Symposium opening video Achieving this brilliance calls for continued—and fast-paced—innovation. “What strikes me is how quickly we...

This year could mark a turning point for the integrated photonics industry, as we start to see more photonic and electronic circuits in mainstream applications. Photonics has long been studied in academia and in R&D teams and eventually explored mainly...

Every two days, we create as much information as we did from the beginning of time until 2003, according to Dr. Xin Li, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Every minute, we send...

There isn’t a silver bullet when it comes to verification efficiency. But having a standard test and stimulus specification language that is reusable across target platforms like emulation and simulation can be a huge productivity boost. That was the...

As designs grow more complex and development cycles get shorter, verification IP has taken on an increasingly critical role in helping engineers meet these challenges. Liron Stoler, a software architect in Cadence’s Verification IP (VIP) R&D team, is...

Most new electronic products consist of multi-function system devices made up of subsystems and connected into even larger systems. A system design enablement approach addresses the challenges of this trend by providing a holistic, solutions-focused framework...

From the hacking of VTech electronic learning devices to leaks in Juniper firewall equipment and the massive Takata airbag recall, 2015 was, unfortunately, a headline year for safety issues. Such high-profile product failures also put the vulnerability...

We’ve heard the projection: by 2020, the world will have 50 billion connected things. But can our Internet backbone truly scale to support this level of connectivity? “That highway only has so much capacity,” warns Dr. Ren Wu, founder and CEO of...

Rising test costs can be a real drag on your bottom line. If you’re looking for a way to trim your test costs, take a look at Cadence’s new Modus Test Solution. This DFT technology provides a way to drive compression ratios higher without a subsequent...

Will self-driving cars be able to react better than a person can when something unforeseen happens on the road? That’s just one of many questions that auto manufacturers and the electronics industry will need to address in the coming years. Sensors...

New Zealand-based Tait Communications is behind digital wireless communications systems that cities, emergency services departments, utilities, security agencies, telecommunications companies, and transportation agencies rely on to deliver their services...

There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about the state of security in electronic design. But at the same time, we can’t afford to dwell on the fact that software will always be buggy, and hackers, clever and cunning. “As we look at Moore...

Toward the end of last year, Cadence announced that it is working with Lumerical Solutions and PhoeniX Software to create a Virtuoso custom design platform-based design flow for electronic and photonic ICs. Using this integrated electronic/photonic design...

Remember the days when the audio system in a car consisted of an AM/FM radio and cassette tape deck? Or, if you are old enough, 8-track. Today, the soundtrack for your commute is literally a Pandora’s box, with in-car access to streaming services, satellite...

Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours? CDNLive Silicon Valley, scheduled for April 5-6, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, offers a prime opportunity for you to share your technical expertise, best practices, lessons learned, and other insights...

Without a doubt, there’s plenty of innovation happening in the electronics industry right now. The burning question is, how can engineers continue to accelerate this level of innovation while also achieving power, performance, and area (PPA) targets?...

Going to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) January 6-9? Carve some time out of your schedule to meet with Cadence’s technical experts, who will be on hand to share with you a variety of demos: Dolby Audio Premium on the Tensilica HiFi DSP ...