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Whiteboard Wednesdays - What's Driving Automotive Memory Trends and Technologies Today?

By Corrie Callenbach | 17 Oct 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays, the second in a three-part series, Scott Jacobson discuses the drivers that are changing the requirements for automotive memory models. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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automotive | Whiteboard Wednesdays | automotive electronics | ADAS | memory models
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Automotive Memory Trends and Technologies

By Corrie Callenbach | 10 Oct 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays, the first in a three-part series, Scott Jacobson takes a closer look and the market size of the automotive electronics industry and how this industry segment drives new requirements for memory models. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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automotive | Whiteboard Wednesdays | NAND flash | automotive electronics | memory models
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Complexity Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks: Results

By Corrie Callenbach | 3 Oct 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays, Raul Casas, systems architect IP group, discusses the results of Cadence method for complexity reduction of a convolutional neural network. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | convolutional neural networks | CNN
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Complexity Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks: Overview

By Corrie Callenbach | 26 Sep 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays, Raul Casas, systems architect IP group, talks about machine learning moving from servers to the edge where the power consumption budget is critical. Cadence developed a method for reduction of complexity of a convolutional neural network. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | machine learning | convolutional neural networks | CNN
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Implementation Challenges of Embedded Automatic Speech Recognition Systems

By Corrie Callenbach | 19 Sep 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays, Raul Casas, systems architect IP group, talks about the challenges in designing automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems for performance, cost, and power consumption. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | Automatic Speech Recognition
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Benchmarking Deep Learning Platforms: The Results

By Corrie Callenbach | 12 Sep 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Mengjun Leng follows up on last week's video where she introduced the project of evaluating the speed of different deep learning platforms. In this episode, she continues to share the preliminary evaluation results and highlights future work. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | deep learning
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Benchmarking Deep Learning Platforms

By Corrie Callenbach | 5 Sep 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays episode, Mengjun Leng investigates different deep learning platforms, such as Caffe, TensorFlow, MatConvNet, running on GPUs. We will talk about why and how we compare different platforms for their training and inference speed. In the next episode, we will share with your our preliminary evaluation results. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | deep learning
Whiteboard Wednesdays - ASR and the Breakthrough in the Deployment of Mass Market Devices

By Corrie Callenbach | 29 Aug 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Samer Hijazi, Senior Design Architect, does a deep dive into Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and the deep learning techniques that are driving this technology to the edge. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | deep learning | Automatic Speech Recognition | ASR
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Smart Speakers and Audio DSP Processing

By Corrie Callenbach | 15 Aug 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video Gerard Andrews discusses the three areas of smart speakers that require high-performance audio DSPs to process these features. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays - Introduction to Cadence USB Type-C VIP

By Corrie Callenbach | 1 Aug 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Asila Nahas describes the USB Type-C VIP and goes over the multiple designs the VIP can be used to verify. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Verification IP | Whiteboard Wednesdays | USB Type-C | VIP | USB | Type-C
Whiteboard Wednesdays - What is Post-Package Repair for LPDDR4 Memories?

By Corrie Callenbach | 25 Jul 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Marc Greenberg describes the post-package repair capability introduced in the LPDDR4 specification which is expected to increase in importance for future LP/DDR5 memories. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | Memory | DDR4 | LPDDR4
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Understanding the In-line ECC Architecture Required by LPDDR4 Automotive Memories

By Corrie Callenbach | 18 Jul 2017

In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Marc Greenberg explains the difference between error correcting code (ECC) implementation using a traditional sideband architecture vs. the new in-line ECC used in LPDDR4 which delivers improved error correction for sensitive applications like automotive electronics. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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automotive | Whiteboard Wednesdays | LPDDR4
Whiteboard Wednesdays - A Standard Approach to Lane Margining as Defined by PCIe 4.0

By Corrie Callenbach | 11 Jul 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, IP Architect Gopi Krishnamurthy explains the lane margining requirements of the PCI Express 4.0 specification. This spec standardized the previously ad hoc approaches to measuring lane performance in the face of crosstalk, reflection, and jitter caused by process, voltage, and temperature variations. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | PCIe Gen4 | PCIe | PCI Express
Whiteboard Wednesdays - 5 Unique Advantages of the Cadence IP Solution

By Corrie Callenbach | 27 Jun 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett explains five unique advantages of the Cadence IP solution. These advantages enable on-time delivery of high-quality IP and system expertise that enables our customers to create highly differentiated and market-leading SoCs. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Verification IP | Design IP | Whiteboard Wednesdays | IP | PHY IP | memory IP
Whiteboard Wednesdays - 3 Market Forces Driving Commercial IP Adoption

By Corrie Callenbach | 13 Jun 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett explains the 3 forces driving SoC design teams to integrate off-the-shelf interface IP from commercial vendors rather than design the IP themselves. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Design IP | Whiteboard Wednesdays | IP | interfaces
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Von Neumann's 5 Bottlenecks and CCIX - Part 2

By Corrie Callenbach | 6 Jun 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett completes the story of the evolving von Neumann computer architecture and the adaptations driven by recent cloud computing challenges. The effort to overcome these challenges has led to the development of a new industry standard called the Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (CCIX). (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | ccix
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Vision C5 DSP: A Solution to Current Challenges and Trends in CNN

By Corrie Callenbach | 30 May 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Megha Daga talks about how Cadence did a complete inside-out study and came up with the Tensilica Vision C5 DSP to solve the current challenges and evolving trends in the field of CNN. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | convolutional neural networks
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Convolutional Neural Network Challenges: Bandwidth Requirement

By Corrie Callenbach | 23 May 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Megha Daga takes a deep dive into bandwidth requirements, one of the biggest challenges in Convolutional Neural Network and presents some ideas on how to handle these requirements. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | convolutional neural networks | bandwidth
Whiteboard Wednesdays – Tensilica Fusion G6 DSP Takes on Automotive ADAS Radar Applications

By Corrie Callenbach | 17 May 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Pushkar Patwardhan gives an overview of the instruction set architecture (ISA) and features of the Tensilica Fusion G6 DSP, a new DSP in the Fusion G DSP Family. He compares the features of the Fusion G3 and G6 DSPs, showing the increased capabilities and performance of the Fusion G6 DSP. After describing the typical radar processing pipeline, he outlines the features of...

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DSP | Whiteboard Wednesdays | fusion G6 | Fusion G3 | radar | Tensilica | Fusion DSP Family
Whiteboard Wednesdays - CNN Challenges: Compute Requirement

By Corrie Callenbach | 9 May 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Megha Daga takes a deep dive into compute requirements, one of the biggest challenges in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and some ideas on how to handle them. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | convolutional neural networks
Whiteboard Wednesdays – Introduction to Cadence Tensilica Vision C5 DSP

By Corrie Callenbach | 2 May 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Pulin Desai describes the main features of the Vision C5 DSP, the first standalone Neural Network DSP IP, and how it is positioned with the rest of the Vision DSP offering. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | Vision DSP | convolutional neural networks | CNN
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Von Neumann's 5 Bottlenecks and CCIX - Part 1

By Corrie Callenbach | 28 Apr 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett traces the evolution of the von Neumann computer architecture through a series of adaptations intended to bypass processing bottlenecks that appeared as more and more demands were placed on computing systems. This provides a historical lens with which to view the recent development of the CCIX interconnect standard. (Please visit the site to view this video...

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | ccix
Whiteboard Wednesdays - Convolutional Neural Network Challenges

By Corrie Callenbach | 25 Apr 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Megha Daga takes a closer look at the compute requirements and memory bandwidth challenges that are faced in Convolutional Neural Networks today. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | convolutional neural networks
Whiteboard Wednesdays - USB Type-C and the 5 Barriers to New Standards

By Corrie Callenbach | 11 Apr 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett explains why the USB Type-C interface took longer than expected to show up in consumer electronics. He breaks down the 5 reasons for the delay and why they also apply to the adoption of all new standards. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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USB Type-C | Standards | USB
Whiteboard Wednesdays - A Real-Life Encounter with 3 Benefits of USB Type-C

By Corrie Callenbach | 4 Apr 2017

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett describes his experience as a user of a new laptop incorporating the USB Type-C interface. He explains the 3 main features of USB Type-C and the 3 key benefits that the interface delivers. (Please visit the site to view this video)

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Whiteboard Wednesdays | USB Type-C | USB