tag: EDA

Experts At The Table: Improving Yield
By Ed Sperling - 07 Nov, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design sat down to discuss yield issues with Sesh Ramaswami, senior director of strategy at Applied Materials; Luigi Capodieci, R&D fellow at GlobalFoundries; Kimon Michaels, vice president and DFM director at PDF Solutions; Mike Smayling, senior vice president at Tela Innovations; and Mark Mason, director of data integration at Texas Instr... » read more

Plenty Wise, Less Foolish
By Ed Sperling - 25 Aug, 2011 - Comments: 0

Selling more tools to fewer large customers has always seemed like a tough proposition for the tools industry. Remarkably, it seems to be getting easier. In fact, the more chipmakers push into advanced geometries, the more engineering managers are speaking up at industry conferences about a direct correlation between the number of tools they buy and the amount of time and money they save. Th... » read more

The Other Green
By Ed Sperling - 05 Aug, 2011 - Comments: 0

The human memory is rather short when it comes to certain things. Energy efficiency is one of them. While they may cringe at paying $4 a gallon for gasoline to fill of their car, they were convinced that drastic measures were necessary when gas hit $1 a gallon. And while consumers collectively account for the vast percentage of energy consumed, individually they don’t consume enough to mak... » read more

The Growing Need For A Systems Approach
By Ed Sperling - 28 Jul, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Gabe Moretti Electronic computing systems have gone through an evolutionary cycle since the invention of the mainframe, and the process is continuing. Semiconductor technology, mostly based on CMOS fabrication methods, has enabled an increase in design complexity and device functionality that have revolutionized the world. But 20nm processes may be the last that obey Newtonian physics. T... » read more

Phased Loops
By Ed Sperling - 17 Jun, 2011 - Comments: 0

One thing that became clear at DAC this year is that the next big collision won’t be the technology itself. It will be the business infrastructure that supports the technology. The integration of IP, software, subsystems, and ultimately entire die and packages will have a major impact on the chip industry on all levels. For some companies it will be good. For others it will be bad. But for... » read more

Executive Briefing: Naveed Sherwani
By Ed Sperling - 06 Jun, 2011 - Comments: 0

Open-Silicon's CEO talks with System-Level Design about getting the business priorities of designing a complex SoC in line with the technology; why getting chips out the door on time is critical and why it's not happening. [youtube vid=OAQ9JxJKYHU] » read more

Tech Talk: Atrenta CTO
By Ed Sperling - 06 Jun, 2011 - Comments: 0

Bernard Murphy talks with System-Level Design about what's changing in the semiconductor design area, how 3D stacking will affect design and what's needed in EDA tools. [youtube vid=kT3vs4sldSk] » read more

One-On-One: Aart de Geus
By Ed Sperling - 01 Jun, 2011 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' CEO talks with Low-Power Engineering about the future of EDA, the changes in IP, stacked die and 20nm designs. [youtube vid=x9TKRC48OG0] » read more

Effects Unknown
By Ed Sperling - 22 Apr, 2011 - Comments: 0

f you really want to know what’s going on inside the IC design world, pick up a copy of the annual reports of the largest foundries. Then triangulate that with the earnings reports of the largest makers of computers and mobile electronics and the makers of EDA tools and IP. All three areas are experiencing a massive uptick, which is good news considering the travails of the past couple of ... » read more

5 Reasons For Change
By Ed Sperling - 04 Dec, 2009 - Comments: 0

One of the most intriguing trends to watch these days is in the area of diversification and differentiation. As we emerge from the worst downturn in the history of semiconductor design—in fact, the only time EDA has ever shown negative numbers other than accounting changes—companies are looking for new avenues of revenue growth that are significantly different than where they drew their r... » read more

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