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  • Christine Young
    The Road Ahead for Neural Networks in Embedded Systems
    By Christine Young | 2 May 2016
    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...
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    Design Chronicles | deep learning | convolutional neural networks | neural networks | embedded systems
  • Christine Young
    Imaging and Computer Vision: The Next Driver of SoC Growth (and Your Car)
    By Christine Young | 25 Apr 2016
    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...
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    vision systems | CDNLive | Computer Vision | face authentication | self-driving cars | Tensilica | image processing
  • Christine Young
    Dive Deeper into Automotive, CNN, Radar, and Audio Implementation
    By Christine Young | 20 Apr 2016
    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...
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    CDNLive EMEA | Tensilica | DSPs
  • Christine Young
    Built on a Rich History: 25 Years of Virtuoso Analog Design Technology
    By Christine Young | 18 Apr 2016
    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...
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    Virtuoso custom design | electrically aware design | Virtuoso Analog Design Environment | Layout | visualization | analog design | Modeling
  • Christine Young
    CDNLive Keynote: Expanding Your Opportunities with System Design Enablement
    By Christine Young | 11 Apr 2016
    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...
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    Virtuoso custom design | IoT | self driving cars | autonomous cars | Lip-Bu Tan | GlobalFoundries | CDNLive Silicon Valley
  • Christine Young
    Q&A: Dr. Ziyad Hanna on Emerging Needs in Formal Verification and His Oxford Professorship
    By Christine Young | 8 Apr 2016
    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...
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    Cadence Academic Network | Ziyad Hanna | Jasper | Oxford | JasperGold | Formal verification
  • Christine Young
    Jim Hogan on Self-Driving Cars and Sustainability
    By Christine Young | 4 Apr 2016
    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...
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    Design Chronicles | self driving cars | autonomous cars | tesla | system design | Jim Hogan | verification
  • Christine Young
    LnK Seeks Reliable IP for MIPI SLIMbus Audio Bridge Product
    By Christine Young | 30 Mar 2016
    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...
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    IP | MIPI SLIMbus | LnK | Evatronix
  • Christine Young
    TSMC Tech Symposium: Helping Designers Get Their Products Out the Door Faster
    By Christine Young | 28 Mar 2016
    “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...
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    Design Chronicles | innovation | Silicon Labs | TSMC Tech Symposium | TSMC | Dr. Mark Liu | xilinx | Rick Cassidy
  • Christine Young
    Persistence in Pursuing Photonics Paying Off for PhoeniX Software
    By Christine Young | 21 Mar 2016
    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...
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    PICs | photonic ICs | PhoeniX Software | OFC | Lumerical Solutions | photonics | Custom IC Design
  • Christine Young
    Carnegie Mellon Professor on Machine Learning's Role in Predicting the Future
    By Christine Young | 14 Mar 2016
    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...
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    Design Chronicles | Cadence Academic Network | chip performance | big data | Carnegie Mellon | machine learning
  • Christine Young
    DVCon Panel: Software-Driven Verification with Portable Stimulus
    By Christine Young | 7 Mar 2016
    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...
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    Design Chronicles | AMD | Mentor Graphics | Vayavya Labs | software driven verification | DVcon | Frank Schirrmeister | portable stimulus
  • Christine Young
    Q&A: Software Architect Liron Stoler Discusses Advancements in Verification IP
    By Christine Young | 29 Feb 2016
    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...
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    Verification IP | debug | VIP
  • Christine Young
    Discussing System Design Enablement with Academia in Asia
    By Christine Young | 22 Feb 2016
    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...
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    Cadence Academic Network | ASP DAC | IoT | EDA | system design | system design enablement
  • Christine Young
    Why a Rigorous Metric-Driven Verification Methodology Should Be a Critical Part of Your Safety Strategy
    By Christine Young | 16 Feb 2016
    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...
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    Design Chronicles | Metric Driven Verification | electronic safety | automotive IP | ISO 26262 | hardware software verification
  • Christine Young
    Making a Case for the Intelligent Internet of Things
    By Christine Young | 8 Feb 2016
    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...
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    artificial intelligence | deep learning | Ren Wu | big data | heterogeneous computing | neural network | AI
  • Christine Young
    Trim Your Test Costs Today
    By Christine Young | 4 Feb 2016
    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...
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    digital design | DFT | compression | Design Chronicles | modus | test costs
  • Christine Young
    Who's the Better Decision-Maker: Self-Driving Car or Human?
    By Christine Young | 1 Feb 2016
    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...
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    radar sensors | self driving cars | automotive electronics | ADAS | DSPs
  • Christine Young
    Tait Communications Achieves 25% Faster Library Creation Process
    By Christine Young | 28 Jan 2016
    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...
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    Design Chronicles | PCB design | library management | Tait Communications | Allegro
  • Christine Young
    Are You Investing Enough in Design Security?
    By Christine Young | 25 Jan 2016
    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...
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    security | Rambus | DesignCon | Design Chronicles | IoT | cryptography | Eric Bogatin | Paul Kocher
  • Christine Young
    Q&A: Distinguished Engineer Gilles Lamant on Why Photonics Is Going Mainstream
    By Christine Young | 18 Jan 2016
    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...
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    Virtuoso custom design | photonic ICs | Design Chronicles | PhoeniX Software | Lumerical Solutions | photonics
  • Christine Young
    Bringing More Efficiency into Embedded Audio Product Creation
    By Christine Young | 11 Jan 2016
    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...
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    audio product creation | embedded audio | audio processing | DSP Concepts
  • Christine Young
    Got a Technical Topic to Discuss with Your Peers? CDNLive Silicon Valley Call for Papers Closes Soon
    By Christine Young | 4 Jan 2016
    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...
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    CDNLive Silicon Valley | Cadence developers | call for papers
  • Christine Young
    Digital Implementation Summit: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Highlights Technologies to Accelerate Silicon Innovation
    By Christine Young | 14 Dec 2015
    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?...
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    22fdx | PPA | Digital Implementation | FinFET | GlobalFoundries | FD-SOI
  • Christine Young
    Face Detection, Virtual Surround Sound, and USB Type-C Demos at CES 2016
    By Christine Young | 7 Dec 2015
    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 ...
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    DSP | IP | USB Type-C | Design Chronicles | Consumer Electronics Show | CES 2016 | Dolby
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