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Ann Mutschler

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Ann Mutschler is senior executive editor at Semiconductor Engineering.

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Managing Electrical Communications Better
By Ann Mutschler - 14 Feb, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler Managing the electrical components of signal paths between IC, package, board and system is no small task, and it’s only growing in complexity. Understanding how to correctly optimize the communications within a system is critical given that the I/O power is becoming a significant portion of the overall chip power as the number of bits and the speed at which t... » read more

Thermal On My Mind
By Ann Mutschler - 14 Feb, 2013 - Comments: 0

Oh heat, how I miss thee… in the dead of winter of course. And while heat is a good thing for my garden, it’s not so great when it comes to my, your and everyone’s electronic devices. I’ve been reflecting a lot on this topic since researching thermal management for my article, “Too Hot To Handle.” You see, I have a favorite laptop. It’s a MacBook Pro with a nice, large screen a... » read more

Apple’s Impact On Battery Power
By Ann Mutschler - 17 Jan, 2013 - Comments: 0

More than one person I’ve spoken with lately has pointed out the fact that battery life is no longer the most important thing when a consumer is choosing a smartphone. Wait! I thought power was the #1, be all end all in the mobile area. It was, until the Apple iPhone showed up on the scene and stole the show, dazzling consumers with the touch screen, unique features, and very Apple-like ex... » read more

What Happened To Statistical Static Timing Analysis?
By Ann Mutschler - 19 Dec, 2012 - Comments: 0

About five years ago if you listened to the marketing messages in the EDA industry, you would have thought it would be impossible to produce chips without statistical static timing analysis (SSTA). Fast forward to now and the industry seems to have put this approach on the back burner. So what happened? “The idea was that if you modeled your design instead of using a corner-based approa... » read more

Keeping Pace With Moore’s Law
By Ann Mutschler - 19 Dec, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler As the number of transistors doubles with each move to a smaller manufacturing process technology, there are questions as to whether the current cadre of place and route tools will be able to keep in lock step. Have no fear, assured Saleem Haider, senior director of marketing for physical design and DFM at Synopsys. “For the increase in densities that we get with... » read more

Are There Enough Cooks In The Kitchen?
By Ann Mutschler - 06 Dec, 2012 - Comments: 0

We work in a fascinating industry, without a doubt, and I watch with interest to see the new technologies that the industry decides to adopt. finFETs and FD-SOI are some really cool technologies, in particular, with great promises. You might also know that we follow innovations in the world of chip design and manufacturing every week from academia and research institutes on all of our communiti... » read more

Experts At The Table: The Sky Isn’t Falling
By Ann Mutschler - 15 Nov, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler Semiconductor Manufacturing and Design sat down recently to discuss how the industry is making 3D ICs a reality today with Sylvan Kaiser, chief technology officer at Docea Power; Steve Smith, senior director for 3D-IC strategy at Synopsys; and Ahmed Jerraya, director of strategic design programs at CEA-LETI. SMD: How far are we from having the models we need to ena... » read more

Cellular Stranglehold?
By Ann Mutschler - 08 Nov, 2012 - Comments: 0

Do you ever feel like you are completely at the mercy of your cellular service provider? Yeah, me too. Not only did I have to change providers when I relocated, I had to buy a new phone of course. Since my old phone and my new phone were both iPhones, I thought for sure I could use the same car charger….but no dice. This fact has bothered me for quite some time because it made no sense to ... » read more

Experts At The Table: The Sky Isn’t Falling
By Ann Mutschler - 18 Oct, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler SemiMD sat down recently to discuss how the industry is making 3D ICs a reality today with Sylvan Kaiser, chief technology officer at Docea Power; Steve Smith, senior director for 3D-IC strategy at Synopsys; and Dr. Ahmed Jerraya, director of strategic design programs at CEA-LETI. For part one of this series, click here. SemiMD: Because CEA-LETI has direct expe... » read more

Experts at the Table: Black Belt Power Management
By Ann Mutschler - 11 Oct, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler Low-Power/High-Performance Engineering sat down to discuss rising integration challenges caused by an increasing amount of black-box IP with Qi Wang, technical marketing group director, solutions marketing, for the low-power and mixed-signal group at Cadence; J. Bhasker, architect at eSilicon Corp.; Navraj Nandra, senior director of product marketing for analog an... » read more

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