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The Week In Review: Design
By Ed Sperling - 06 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Tools Mentor Graphics rolled out embedded Linux software for AMD’s x86 G-series SoCs, code-named Steppe Eagle and its Crowned Eagle CPUs. Ansys-Apache and TowerJazz have created a power noise and reliability signoff design kit, including reference flow guidelines, test case examples and flow setup guidance. Synopsys updated its verification portfolio with static and formal tools for CD... » read more

Blog Review: June 4
By Ed Sperling - 04 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Sonics' Drew Wingard looks at the challenges of IP integration, from standards to re-use to the need for intelligence on the network. Given the focus on IP integration, as well as the myriad challenges, this is very timely information. ARM's Karthik Ranjan has an interesting theory about why Java developers wear glasses. Ansys' Justin Nescott unearths the five most interesting engineering... » read more

DAC Day One
By Brian Bailey - 03 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

The Design Automation Confeence got off to a roaring start today and the Synopsys breakfast and keynote were standing room only. The Synopsys breakfast brought together foundry (Samsung), IP developer (Arm) and tool provider (Synopsys) to talk about the growing requirements of ecosystems and partnership in order to make new processes available for production usage. Perhaps the most surprisin... » read more

System Bits: June 3
By Ann Mutschler - 03 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Controlling the growth of metal-crystals from single atoms In a breakthrough that allows for observation and direct control of the nano-world in motion, researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a method, called Nanocrystallometry, that allows for the creation of precise components for use in nanotechnology. The method uses a doped-graphene matrix to slow down and then trap at... » read more

Executive Insight: Aart de Geus
By Ed Sperling - 02 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

SE: What worries you most? De Geus: Everything I do is with high intensity, and what is of super high intensity right now—and there are challenges and opportunities in it—is that we have the confluence of some very big changes right now happening at the same time. On the technology side, there are multiple intersections. One is the intersection of another 10 years of Moore’s Law—finF... » read more

Elementary Not Too Early To Encourage Girls In Math And Science
By Ann Mutschler - 02 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Dr. Diana Marculescu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is this year’s recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Achievement Award, which honors Dr. Marculescu for her leadership and for providing a role model to women in engineering through both her research and her teaching. Semiconductor Engineering spoke wit... » read more

Opening Salvo At DAC
By Brian Bailey - 02 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

As always, DAC starts with a view of the state of the industry from Gary Smith and this year, Smith's view was a little different from previous years. For DAC 51, Smith no longer spoke of ESL as being the key to the future. In fact, he conceded that he may have been off a few years or a couple of decades on that one, but in the end he was right. This year his main message seemed to be that k... » read more

Executive Insight: Charles Janac
By Ed Sperling - 30 May, 2014 - Comments: 0

SE: What’s your biggest concern? Janac: Staying current. One of the things that is really important is to understand shifts in the marketplace. In the past, we looked at whether to target our interconnect solution at digital TV or mobility. This was actually a very interesting question in 2005. The DTV market looked better, but we were not getting enough evaluations. We were doing better i... » read more

The Week In Review: Design
By Ann Mutschler - 30 May, 2014 - Comments: 0

M&A ARM said it is acquiring Duolog Technologies, a player in design configuration and integration technology for the semiconductor industry. ARM said this will expand its position for deploying complex system IP including debug and trace IP. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Tools and IP ARM’s Cortex A9 core is at the heart of a new secure processor from Broadcom aimed at endpo... » read more

New Uses For Emulation
By Ed Sperling - 29 May, 2014 - Comments: 2

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the changing emulation landscape with Jim Kenney, director of marketing for emulation at Mentor Graphics; Tom Borgstrom, director of the verification group at Synopsys; Frank Schirrmeister, group director of product marketing for the System Development Suite at Cadence; Gary Smith, chief analyst at Gary Smith EDA; and Lauro Rizzatti, a verification ... » read more

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