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Blog Review: May 17
By Jesse Allen - 17 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Dana Neustadter examines the key industries driving Ethernet security, challenges to securing Ethernet networks, and the MACsec protocol that guards against network data breaches by encrypting data traffic between Ethernet-connected devices. Siemens' Stephen Chavez points to the improvements gained from design reuse in PCB design but warns that inefficient processes for managing an... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
By Susan Rambo - 12 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

Automotive, mobility Qualcomm signed a definitive agreement to acquire fabless semiconductor company Autotalks, maker of automotive-qualified vehicle-to-everything (V2X) SoCs, processors, sensors, V2X RF transceivers, and other products for use in automatic braking and cooperative perception systems (where a vehicle can see what another vehicle is seeing). Autotalks’ V2X products are dual-m... » read more

Rethinking Engineering Education In The U.S.
By Karen Heyman - 11 May, 2023 - Comments: 7

The CHIPS Act, as well as the ongoing need for talent, is causing both industry and academia in America to rethink engineering education, resulting in new approaches and stronger partnerships. As an example, Arizona State University (ASU) now has a Secure, Trusted, and Assured Microelectronics Center (STAM). The center offers an interdisciplinary approach to learning secure and trusted semic... » read more

Blog Review: May 10
By Jesse Allen - 10 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Alessandra Nardi and Uyen Tran explain how to meet quality, reliability, functional safety, and security requirements of automotive chips through thorough test programs, path-margin monitoring, and design failure mode and effect analysis (DFMEA). Cadence's Veena Parthan explores how computational fluid dynamics can help predict and model the generation, propagation, and mitigation ... » read more

Blog Review: May 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Thomas Andersen considers the requirements of AI-optimized chips that are resulting in exploration of different memory configurations, different types of memory, and different types of processor technologies and software components. Cadence's Girish Vaidyanathan considers the role of hierarchy and partitioning in custom design and looks at how a virtual hierarchy allows layout desi... » read more

EDA Posts Q4 2022 Revenue of $3.9B
By Ann Mutschler - 01 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

The ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, announced today in its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report that the Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 11.3% from $3.47 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 to $3.86 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022. The four-quarter moving average, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four, rose 12.6... » read more

Blog Review: April 26
By Jesse Allen - 26 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

Codasip's Tora Fridholm introduces the NimbleAI project, an effort to design a neuromorphic sensing and processing 3D integrated chip that implements an always-on sensing stage, highly specialized event-driven processing kernels and neural networks to perform visual inference of selected stimuli using the bare minimum amount of energy. Synopsys' Anjaneya Thakar discusses computational lithog... » read more

Smarter Ways To Manufacture Chips
By Anne Meixner - 20 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

OSAT and wafer fabs are beginning to invest in Industry 4.0 solutions in order to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs, but it's a complicated process that involves setting up frameworks to evaluate different options and goals. Semiconductor manufacturing facilities have relied on dedicated automation teams for decades. These teams track and schedule chip production, respond to equi... » read more

Supply Chain Resilience And Agility: Two Critical Sides Of The Same Coin
By Bettina Weiss - 20 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

Over the past three years of major global disruptions, the supply chains of many industries have sharpened their focus on resilience. Today, discussions on electronics industry resilience center on redundancy across suppliers, multi-tier supplier mapping, nearshoring, reducing the number of unique parts, regionalizing supply chains, and business continuity planning. Resilience connotes a st... » read more

Blog Review: April 19
By Jesse Allen - 19 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Soren Smidstrup and Kerim Genc explore how materials modeling helps battery designers explore the wide playing field for new battery materials and optimize performance by co-designing the structure and chemistry of new batteries, ultimately shortening development time and cost. Siemens' Stephen Chavez finds that enabling multiple engineers to work simultaneously within the same PCB... » read more

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