3 Ways To Improve Design Collaboration: Part 3


The first two blog posts in this three-part series focused on the design team’s capability to communicate efficiently. An accurate to-do list is the basis of providing accurate estimates for project release schedules. The Cliosoft VDD (Visual Design Diff) tool is an effective way to maintain a live and accurate “to-do list” for design engineers and managers alike. Additionally, it provide... » read more

Generative Design For EV Electrical Systems


Electric vehicles (EVs) are popularly held as the future of personal mobility and transportation. New electric car manufacturers are flooding the market while established OEMs divert more investment to electric vehicle programs in an attempt to stay ahead. Automotive electrical and electronic systems are becoming more complex, and the complexity is beginning to strain conventional design method... » read more

Synthetic Aperture And Plane Wave Ultrasound Imaging With Versal ACAP


Medical ultrasound is the most widely accepted and available form of diagnostic imaging today because of many significant advantages. It uses low-energy acoustic waves, and there are no known harmful side-effects on patients unlike potential ionizing radiation from X-rays or CT scans. Ultrasound can capture dynamic soft issue images, which X-rays cannot. Ultrasound systems are compact and trans... » read more

Security Verification Of Rambus’ CryptoManager Root Of Trust By Tortuga Logic


The confidentiality and integrity of cryptographic key material is critical to maintaining system security. A hardware root of trust, such as the Rambus CryptoManager Root of Trust, is designed to securely generate, store, and employ cryptographic keys. Tortuga Logic has independently verified the policies surrounding access to keys stored within registers in the CryptoManager Root of Trust usi... » read more

Guide To Application Security: What To Look For And Why


Does your organization do software development in-house? If you’d like to learn more about application security but don’t know where to start, this white paper will arm you with development and security fundamentals. Inside you'll find: Key concepts, terminology, and why DevSecOps and cloud development matters The trade-offs of different AppSec tools (e.g., SAST, DAST, IAST) and ... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 6


In a video, Synopsys' Tim Mackey and Laurie Carr discuss the most substantial threats to today’s IoT devices and what considerations IoT manufacturers need to keep in mind as they release new products, plus the role governments should play in IoT regulation. Cadence's Paul McLellan explains the recent breach caused by a hacked update of SolarWinds' network management software and what expe... » read more

Startup Funding: December 2020


AI hardware startups were hot in our December startup-funding focus, with two companies landing rounds exceeding $100M and plenty of others seeing investment. Two Chinese EDA companies received funding in a bid to boost the country's semiconductor ecosystem. One company providing control systems for fabs achieved $8M in Series A, and both autonomous driving and electric vehicles pulled in lots ... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: Jan. 5


Gallium oxide chips The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Colorado School of Mines, and Saint-Gobain Crystals have teamed up to develop manufacturing technologies and devices based on an emerging material called gallium oxide. This work is part of a three-year program, dubbed the Oxide Electronic Devices for Extreme Operating Environments project, which is funded by the U.S. ... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Jan. 5


Quiet qubits Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney recorded the lowest noise levels yet for a semiconductor qubit. Charge noise caused by material imperfections interferes with the information encoded on qubits, reducing accuracy. "The level of charge noise in semiconductor qubits has been a critical obstacle to achieving the accuracy levels we need for large-scale error-c... » read more

CEO Outlook: 2021


The new year will be one of significant transition and innovation for the chip industry, but there are so many new applications and market segments that broad generalizations are becoming less meaningful. Unlike in years past, where sales of computers or smart phones were a good indication of how the chip industry would fare, end markets have both multiplied and splintered, greatly increasin... » read more

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