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Blog Review: May 24
By Jesse Allen - 24 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Mentor's Andrew Patterson questions who should have control over who sees the vast amounts of data generated by automobiles and how it is used. In a series of posts, Cadence's Meera Collier considers philosophical questions from the angle of computer science. Synopsys' Eric Huang has a lighthearted look at today's world of robots. Rambus' Aharon Etengoff points to Director of National ... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 19 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Market research Intel retained its No. 1 position as the largest semiconductor manufacturer and grew its semiconductor revenue 4.6% in 2016, according to Gartner. Samsung Electronics continued to maintain the No. 2 spot with 11.7% market share. The largest mover in the top 25 was Broadcom, which moved up 12 places in the market share ranking, according to the firm. Worldwide silicon wafer a... » read more

The Week In Review: IoT
By Jeff Dorsch - 19 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Conferences It’s been an action-packed week at Internet of Things World. The show was co-located at the Santa Clara Convention Center with the Connected & Autonomous Vehicles conference. There were lots of deals announced and many products or services debuted at IoT World, which has grown enormously in four years, from 700 attendees at its first event in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2014 to some 14... » read more

The Week In Review: Design
By Jesse Allen - 19 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

M&A Consultancy Sondrel acquired IMGworks, formerly the design services unit of Imagination. Sondrel says it plans to focus on design services for ADAS systems, AI, and machine vision and learning devices. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tools Cadence expanded its formal verification platform, JasperGold, adding linting and clock domain crossing apps that address RTL signoff ... » read more

Blog Review: May 17
By Jesse Allen - 17 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Robert Vamosi digs into last Friday's massive ransomware infection that impacted the UK health system, a Spanish telecom, and many other organizations running unpatched Windows – and whether there's a second version out there. Cadence's Paul McLellan reports on the latest developments and future of FD-SOI from the SOI Silicon Valley Symposium. Mentor's Joe Hupcey III chats wit... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 12 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Market research Intel held a slim 4% lead over Samsung for the number one position in terms of chip sales in the first quarter, according to IC Insights. But as reported, Samsung is on pace to displace Intel as the world’s largest semiconductor supplier in the second quarter, according to the firm. Meanwhile, in the ranking, SK Hynix and Micron made the biggest moves. And there was one new e... » read more

The Week In Review: IoT
By Jeff Dorsch - 12 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Conferences The Internet of Things World conference is on tap next week at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley. There will be more than 250 exhibitors on the show floor, with 11,000 attendees expected. More than 400 speakers will make presentations over three days, May 16-17-18. ON Semiconductor will have a number of IoT-related products to demonstrate at its booth, including i... » read more

The Week In Review: Design
By Jesse Allen - 12 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Tools Synopsys debuted a tool to replay RTL simulation data on a gate-level netlist for power analysis the company says is accurate within 5% of signoff. The tool, PowerReplay, is design to be used in combination with PrimeTime PX gate-level power analysis for earlier and faster generation of gate-level switching data. IP ClioSoft launched a design reuse ecosystem for searching and com... » read more

Blog Review: May 10
By Jesse Allen - 10 May, 2017 - Comments: 0

Mentor's Scott Salzwedel checks out what's next for the New Horizons space probe when it comes out of hibernation later this year. Cadence's Paul McLellan provides a look at how NASA took on changing the organization's culture towards safety after the space shuttle Columbia accident. Synopsys' Robert Vamosi points to recent malware that may be affecting between 100K and 200K Windows boxes... » read more

U.S. Fab Investments Rise
By Jeff Dorsch - 09 May, 2017 - Comments: 1

Thin Film Electronics is opening a chip fabrication facility in San Jose, Calif., that will produce devices on rolls of flexible materials, using technology similar to inkjet printing, rather than the standard semiconductor production equipment geared toward silicon wafers. At the same time, Samsung Electronics and GlobalFoundries are expanding their wafer fabrication plants in Austin, Texas... » read more

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