Top Stories

The Multiplier And The Singularity
AI makes interesting reading, but physics will limit just how far it can go and how quickly.

Power State Switching Gets Tougher
Understanding and implementing power state switching delays can make or break a design.

Mobile Processors Move Beyond Phones
Qualcomm, other vendors look to autos, drones, and other applications.

2017: Manufacturing And Markets
The future of Moore’s Law, new architectures and packaging, and a spike in automotive, artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality.

Blogs

Editor In Chief Ed Sperling examines how bureaucracy can mess up the semiconductor supply chain, in Border Tax Shakeup.

Executive Editor Ann Steffora Mutschler points to neural networking as the rising star in computer science, with some caveats, in What’s Missing In Deep Learning?

Synopsys’ Marc Greenberg observes that DRAM is moving beyond infotainment into safety-critical applications, in When DDR DRAM Is Right For Automotive Systems.

Rambus’ Jeff Kaady calls out the most important elements in SerDes design, in The Challenges Of Designing 28G and 56G SerDes IP.

ANSYS’ Youngsoo Lee contends that chip-package-system co-design helps produce more cost-effective and reliable chips, in 7nm Design Success Necessitates A Multi-Physics Approach.

Mentor Graphics’ Russell Klein compares tackling a bug to catching a jewel thief, in Finding Evasive System-Level Bugs Using Memory Consistency Algorithm.

Cadence’s Tom Anderson argues that even without a UPF file, having a portable stimulus model saves time and effort, in Multiple Dimensions Of Low-Power Verification With Portable Stimulus.

ARM’s Prithi Ramakrishnan looks at how evolving standards enable new generations of applications, in IoT Will Grow Faster With More Flexible Wireless Design.