Experts At The Table: The Power Problem


Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss the issues in low-power design with Vic Kulkarni, general manager and senior vice president of the RTL business unit, Apache Design Solutions; Pete Hardee, solutions marketing manager at Cadence; Bernard Murphy, chief technology officer at Atrenta, and Bhavna Agrawal, manager of circuit design automation at IBM. What follows are excerpts of that convers... » read more

Experts At The Table: The Power Problem


Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss a broad swath of power issues with Vic Kulkarni, general manager and senior vice president of the RTL business unit, Apache Design Solutions; Pete Hardee, solutions marketing manager at Cadence; Bernard Murphy, chief technology officer at Atrenta, and Bhavna Agrawal, manager of circuit design automation at IBM. What follows are excerpts of that conversa... » read more

Experts At The Table: Nice To Have Vs. Need To Have


Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss what’s essential and what isn’t in EDA with Brani Buric, executive vice president at Virage Logic; Kalar Rajendiran, senior director of marketing at eSilicon; Mike Gianfagna, vice president of marketing at Atrenta, and Oz Levia, vice president of marketing and business development at Springsoft. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE... » read more

Experts At The Table: Nice To Have Vs. Need To Have


Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss what’s essential and what isn’t in EDA with Brani Buric, executive vice president at Virage Logic; Kalar Rajendiran, senior director of marketing at eSilicon; Mike Gianfagna, vice president of marketing at Atrenta, and Oz Levia, vice president of marketing and business development at Springsoft. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE... » read more

Experts At The Table: Verification Nightmares


By Ed Sperling Low-Power Engineering sat down with Shabtay Matalon, ESL marketing manager in Mentor Graphics’ Design Creation Division; Bill Neifert, CTO at Carbon Design Systems; Terrill Moore, CEO of MCCI Corp., and Frank Schirrmeister, director of product marketing for system-level solutions at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE: How important is a high-leve... » read more

Experts At The Table: Verification Nightmares


By Ed Sperling Low-Power Engineering sat down with Shabtay Matalon, ESL marketing manager in Mentor Graphics’ Design Creation Division; Bill Neifert, CTO at Carbon Design Systems; Terrill Moore, CEO of MCCI Corp., and Frank Schirrmeister, director of product marketing for system-level solutions at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE: What’s the big problem in ... » read more

Experts At The Table: Low-Power Management And Verification


By Ed Sperling Low-Power Engineering moderated a panel featuring Bhanu Kapoor, president of Mimasic; John Goodenough, director of design technology at ARM; and Prapanna Tiwari, corporate applications engineer at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of their presentations, as well as the question-and-answer exchange that followed. Prapanna Tiwari: Traditional techniques like clock-gating an... » read more

Experts At The Table: Low-Power Management And Verification


By Ed Sperling Low-Power Engineering moderated a panel featuring Bhanu Kapoor, president of Mimasic; John Goodenough, director of design technology at ARM; and Prapanna Tiwari, CAE manager at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of their presentations, as well as the question-and-answer exchange that followed. Bhanu Kapoor: There are two types of power you need to consider: Dynamic power, ... » read more

Expert Shootout: Parasitic Extraction


Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss parasitic extraction with Robert Hoogenstryd, director of marketing for design analysis and signoff at Synopsys, and Carey Robertson, product marketing director for Calibre Design Solutions at Mentor Graphics. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE: What changes with at 22nm and beyond with structures like FinFETs? Robertson: It’s no... » read more

Expert Shootout: Parasitic Extraction


Low-Power Engineering sat down to discuss parasitic extraction with Robert Hoogenstryd, director of marketing for design analysis and signoff at Synopsys, and Carey Robertson, product marketing director for Calibre Design Solutions at Mentor Graphics. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. LPE: Does parasitic extraction get more complex as we move into multicore chips? And if so, wh... » read more

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