Blog Review: Sept. 7


In a video, Cadence's Kishore Kasamsetty contends that one-size-fits-all DDR PHY no longer works and looks into the unique requirements of different application segments. Synopsys' Eric Huang gives a brief overview of the five components required for USB certification. Mentor's Andrew Macleod presents a way Apple Cars could rake in revenue beyond the vehicle itself. When it comes to hi... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing


Chipmakers AMD has entered into a long-term amendment to its wafer supply agreement (WSA) with GlobalFoundries for the period from Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2020. Today, GlobalFoundries’ Fab 8 in Malta, N.Y. is playing a big role in providing leading-edge foundry capacity for AMD's graphics and processor products. As part of the amended deal, AMD will grant to West Coast Hitech, a subsidia... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 31


Mentor's Harry Foster presents the 2016 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study, beginning with trends in FPGA design and an investigation into the verification effort it takes. Synopsys' Viral Sharma warns that while AMBA AXI exclusive access may look simple at first glance, the possibility of different scenarios and combinations poses a challenge. Cadence's Paul McLellan loo... » read more

Cars, Security, And HW-SW Co-Design


Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss parallel hardware/software design with Johannes Stahl, director of product marketing, prototyping and FPGA, [getentity id="22035" e_name="Synopsys"]; [getperson id="11411" comment="Bill Neifert"], director of models technology, [getentity id="22186" comment="ARM"]; Hemant Kumar, director of ASIC design, Nvidia; and Scott Constable, senior member of ... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 24


Cadence's Christine Young relates a talk by IEEE president-elect Karen Bartleson, who stresses the need for technologists and policy makers to work together to shape the future of the Internet. In his latest video, Mentor's Colin Walls muses about creeping elegance in embedded software development. Synopsys' Michael Posner considers whether USB Type-C should replace the 3.5mm headphone ja... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 17


Mentor's Andrew Macleod listens in on the most pressing electrical engineering and embedded software challenges in the automotive industry today, in an IESF presentation by Paul Johnston. Many flash memory protocols have appeared, and Synopsys' Rahul Ramesh Chaudhari delves into ONFi in particular. Cadence's Paul McLellan digs into the challenges facing the development and roll out of 5G.... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 10


Is the end near for FinFETs? Applied's Mike Chudzik digs into the impact of rising parasitic resistance and parasitic capacitance and the challenges of scaling to 5nm. Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out the method UC Berkeley is using to build RISC-V processors. Mentor's Colin Walls warns that in C even the simplest things, like the declaration of variables, have pitfalls for the unwary. ... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 3


Mentor's Andrew Macleod presents three hours of highlights from this year's IESF automotive conference in Detroit with topics from making cars more affordable to reaching an efficiency of 54.5 MPG. Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out the state of the smartphone landscape now that consolidation in the market seems to be complete at the Linley Mobile Conference. Synopsys' Eric Huang consider... » read more

The Week in Review: IoT


Deals Analog Devices this week agreed to purchase Linear Technology for $60 a share in cash and stock, a proposed purchase worth about $14.8 billion. The transaction will wrap up next year, if antitrust regulators and Linear Tech’s shareholders give it the green light. Both chip companies are very active in Internet of Things technologies, with ADI acquiring Switzerland-based SNAP Sensor ear... » read more

Blog Review: July 27


Mentor's Tom Fitzpatrick investigates how to add new behavior to an existing testbench with the UVM factory class. Synopsys' Srinivas Vijayaragavan and Pooja Gupta dig into new features of SAS 24G, including how its effective speed was doubled to 24G though signaling rate remains at 22.5G. Cadence's Paul McLellan highlights a presentation from the SEMI/Gartner Market Symposium focused on ... » read more

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