Special Report
New Challenges For Wearables
First of two parts: Devices will need to be designed from the ground up, and so far there isn’t enough information to determine what’s needed.
Top Stories
What Will Change In Design For 2015?
Changing markets and new capabilities provided by semiconductor companies provide opportunities and challenges for design companies. What developments can we expect to see in 2015?
Designing For Automotive
As the electronic content inside of cars continues to rise, so do the concerns about how reliable those components will be.
Unraveling Power Methodologies
What methodologies are being followed for the creation of low-power designs? One thing that is clear is that they are in a state of flux.
Signal Integrity Issues
Experts at the table, part one: The impact of increased density and more components; where the delays will be, or at least should be; how to reduce noise and clock jitter; what happens when new materials are added?
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling argues that as devices and systems increasingly become connected, everything and everyone needs to focus on energy efficiency, in Low Power Everything.
Cadence’s Brian Fuller found some hidden gems and unanswered questions in the chaos of the Consumer Electronics Show, in How I Survived CES.
Mentor’s Mathew Clark provides a tutorial on how to improve the reliability of systems and identify where problems are likely to show up, in IGBT Power Cycling And Lifetime Testing.
Synopsys’ Hezi Saar contends that smartphone developers must integrate interface IP that’s optimized for power, cost, and time-to market, in Image Sensor And Display Enhancements Drive Low-Cost Smartphone Growth.
Ansys-Apache’s Annapoorna Krishnaswamy finds the need for ubiquitous connectivity has created a need for systematic IP verification and validation, in IP Design Essentials For Reliability And SoC Integration.
Rambus’ Loren Shalinsky looks at what better TV resolution means for bandwidth, and what happens when we add 8K, in Digital TV: The Need For Speed.
Atrenta’s Larry Vivolo concludes that death is not an option for design teams, but neither is insufficient verification coverage, in Is Your IP-Verification Environment Trying To Kill You?
Calypto’s Anand Iyer contends that low power is about to go mainstream for design teams as the need for building efficiency into designs continues to grow, in (Low) Power Predictions 2015.
Executive Editor Ann Steffora Mutschler questions whether all the attention being paid to the automotive sector in regard to electronic content, translates into CES: THE Must-See Auto Show.
