Special Report
Semiconductor R&D Crisis Ahead
Too many choices and uncertainty turn ROI for new chip architectures into riskier gambles – and force a rethinking of what’s next.
Top Stories
Moore’s Law Tail No Longer Wagging The Dog
Industry mixed over how to define the changes and what they are, but there is no doubt fundamental change is under way.
Asynchronous Is Mostly Academic
Asynchronous logic promises a number of benefits in some specific application areas, but is it ready for mainstream adoption?
Can EDA Keep Growing?
Analysis: If there are fewer companies at the leading edge, what does that mean for the tools vendors? There are no simple answers, but it’s not all bad.
Where Do We Stand With CDC?
Today’s approach to clock domain crossing; the importance of architecture; evolving CDC methodologies; the designer’s perspective.
Without Moore’s Law: EDA
Companies continue to move forward for performance, power and area benefits, but the underlying economics are changing significantly.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling argues that the rising ability of huge numbers of people to program electronics will have far-reaching effects, in Everyone Is A Programmer.
Technology Editor Brian Bailey follows up on last week’s Supreme Court ruling that was logical but not particularly profound in Programming Is Not Patentable.
Mentor Graphics’ Jon McDonald finds it isn’t always obvious who inside an organization is best qualified to create blueprints in Which Group Should Create System Models?
Synopsys’ Achim Nohl digs into the upcoming ACPI standard and the slew of changes ahead in Linux And The Big Bad Wolf.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister observes these are interesting times, with EDA smack in the middle, in Game Of Eco Systems.
Arteris’ Kurt Shuler examines what really makes IP commercially useful—and harder to develop—in 3 Challenges Of Delivering Configurable Semiconductor IP.
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna contends that confusion over what to build can be quickly resolved by having the right set of tools in Semiconductor Self-Service: The Next Wave.
