tag: Cadence

Blog Review: March 11
By Jesse Allen - 11 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

How are sensors like a scallop's eyes? Rambus' Patrick Gill guides you through day in the life of the mollusk to show how inspiration for IoT was found in the sea. Cadence's Dimitry Pavlovsky discusses some of the intricacies associated with creating VIP for processor interconnect systems such as CHI, and how other tools are necessary to complete the task. Following Google's warning of a ... » read more

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Jesse Allen - 06 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Mergers & Acqusitions Mentor Graphics acquired Tanner EDA, bolstering their position in tools for analog, mixed-signal and MEMs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NXP joins forces with Freescale. The merger carries a $16.7 billion price tag and potentially creates a new leader in the automotive and MCU markets. Standards Accellera sent UVM 1.2 off to the IEEE P1800.2 working... » read more

Enabling ISO 26262 Qualification
By Cadence - 05 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

ISO 26262 focuses on the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems that are installed in series production passenger cars. This adaptation of IEC 61508 is for the automotive sector and affects all systems containing software- or hardware-based electrical, electronic, or electromechanical components. ISO 26262 covers many aspects of safety-related automotive software production, i... » read more

Blog Review: March 4
By Jesse Allen - 04 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Is gate-level simulation still necessary? Mentor's Gordon Allan asserts it is, and gives a list of reasons why the pain is worth the peace of mind. Synopsys' Aron Pratt concludes his series on parameterization strategies with a process that allows the testbench to make use of parameterized interfaces without imposing limits on VIP access. Should you use EUV or quadruple patterning for 7nm... » read more

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Jesse Allen - 27 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

Mergers & Acquisitions NXP acquired Quintic’s Bluetooth Low Energy and Wearable businesses, adding BLTE to their low power RF-connectivity portfolio. The team of approximately 65 is expected to join NXP when the deal closes in Q1 2015. Tools Cadence unveiled the integration of Forte's Cynthesizer with their own C-to-Silicon Compiler. The result is the Stratus high-level synthesis... » read more

Mentor Graphics Buys Tanner EDA
By Ed Sperling - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 4

By Ed Sperling & Brian Bailey [getentity id="22017" e_name="Mentor Graphics"] has just purchased [getentity id="22561" e_name="Tanner EDA"] for an undisclosed sum, according to sources close to the deal. The acquisition moves Mentor squarely into the analog and mixed signal tools world, while positioning it to play a much bigger role in the Internet of Things market. Mentor isn't t... » read more

Partition Lines Growing Fuzzy
By Ed Sperling - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

For as long as most semiconductor engineers can remember, chips with discrete functions started out on a printed circuit board, progressed into chip sets when it made sense and eventually were integrated onto the same die. The primary motivations behind this trend were performance and cost—shorter distance, fewer mask layers, less silicon. But this equation has been changing over the past ... » read more

Incremental Design Methodologies
By Brian Bailey - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

There are times when we become stuck in the past, or choose to believe something that is no longer true or actually never was true. As we get older, we are all guilty of that. History tends to rewrite itself, especially given that this industry is aging. One of these situations occurred recently, and comments from an industry luminary didn’t align with the thoughts and memories of other peopl... » read more

First Time Success And Cost Control
By Brian Bailey - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

First time success has been the ultimate goal for semiconductor companies due to escalating mask costs, as well as a guiding objective for the development of EDA tools, especially in the systems and verification space. These pressures are magnified for the [getkc id="76" comment="Internet of Things"] (IoT), especially the edge devices. Have system-level tools been able to contribute to first ti... » read more

Processor Use Models Evolving
By Ann Mutschler - 26 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

Application-specific processing is a very broad category. It includes processors that are tuned for a specific application domain such as vision processing or software-defined radio for high-end wireless, or voice trigger in IoT devices. This category also includes narrowly focused processors optimized for a specific [getkc id="81" kc_name="SoC"], with a specific application within the chip. An... » read more

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