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Ann Mutschler

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Ann Mutschler is senior executive editor at Semiconductor Engineering.

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Thermal Is Still Simmering
By Ann Mutschler - 12 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

With the ever increasing sophistication in today’s high-performance [getkc id="81" kc_name="SoC"]s on top of sheer physics of device manufacturing, thermal is a much bigger concern than ever before. It is well understood that thermal and power are closely related, and there exists a vicious cycle between leakage power and temperature: leakage goes up, temperature goes up; temperature goes ... » read more

Automotive Drives Novel IP Demands
By Ann Mutschler - 12 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

In the past the automotive industry was a bit sleepy when it came to technologic innovations. Clearly, this is no longer the case. The automotive segment is now driving interesting capabilities and an unprecedented level of creativity by the IP and SoC engineering teams targeting this now-dynamic sector. Historically, electronics for automotive was very different from those aimed at consumer... » read more

Where Did Auto Innovation Begin?
By Ann Mutschler - 12 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

As far as how the current wave of electronic innovation started happening in the automotive industry, the genesis is likely multi-faceted. During a recent conversation, Cadence Fellow Chris Rowen recalled that there was an underlying recognition that the big opportunity to add value to a vehicle came from electronic systems and a recognition that there was a theoretical capability, for examp... » read more

Architecting For Optimal Interface IP Integration
By Ann Mutschler - 10 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the design and integration of complex interface [getkc id="43" comment="IP"] with Ty Garibay, VP of engineering at Altera; Brian Daellenbach, president of Northwest Logic; Frank Ferro, senior director of product management for memory and interface IP at [getentity id="22671" e_name="Rambus"]; Saman Sadr, director of analog design at Semtech; and Nav... » read more

System Bits: March 10
By Ann Mutschler - 10 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Surviving entanglement breakdown Researchers at MIT have discovered that preserving the fragile quantum property known as entanglement isn’t necessary to reap benefits. By way of background, the MIT team reminded that the promise of quantum information processing, i.e., solving problems that classical computers can’t, as well as perfectly secure communication depends on a phenomenon cal... » read more

Bringing Together The Physical, Digital Worlds
By Ann Mutschler - 05 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

With IoT and the Cloud exploding as the next big thing, engineering teams around the world are still scratching their heads as far the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of this genre that in many cases, leverages a good bit of existing technology reimagined in a new way. Of course, security underpins it all. The ‘what’ is really limitless, and actually, much of the ‘how’ is too given that... » read more

System Bits: March 3
By Ann Mutschler - 03 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Observing antiferromagnetic order in ultracold atoms Rice University researchers have simulated superconducting materials and made headway on a problem that’s vexed physicists for nearly three decades using ultracold atoms as a stand-in for electrons. The research team, led by Rice, included researchers from Ohio State University, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Cal... » read more

NXP To Buy Freescale For $16.7B
By Ann Mutschler - 02 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler & Ed Sperling Dutch semiconductor giant NXP Semiconductors will buy Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor for $16.7 billion—$11.8 billion in cash, $5.6 billion worth of debts, minus $696 million in cash reserves—creating a combined company with a broad-based product portfolio and projected annual revenue of more than $10 billion. Given the size of the deal... » read more

IP Market Booms At Advanced Nodes
By Ann Mutschler - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

As [getkc id="81" kc_name="SoC"] design and manufacturing costs rise, system OEMs are wringing as much of that increase as they can from ASIC vendors. The result is that engineering teams on the design and test side are being constrained by budgets at a time when complexity is rising and time-to-market pressures are increasing. At least one segment is benefiting from directly this. Budgetary... » read more

Processor Use Models Evolving
By Ann Mutschler - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

Application-specific processing is a very broad category. It includes processors that are tuned for a specific application domain such as vision processing or software-defined radio for high-end wireless, or voice trigger in IoT devices. This category also includes narrowly focused processors optimized for a specific [getkc id="81" kc_name="SoC"], with a specific application within the chip. An... » read more

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