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Blog Review: Nov. 24
By Jesse Allen - 24 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Paul McLellan introduces the theory and practice of datapath formal verification and explores two use cases of dot-product accumulate systolic design and hashing design. Siemens EDA's Rich Edelman shows that constructing an in-order UVM scoreboard doesn't have to be a difficult or complex task, and certainly simpler than replacing a laptop's keyboard. Synopsys' Gordon Cooper con... » read more

China Accelerates Foundry, Power Semi Efforts
By Mark LaPedus - 22 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 4

China has unveiled several initiatives to advance its domestic semiconductor industry, including a new and massive fab expansion campaign in the foundry, gallium-nitride (GaN), and silicon carbide (SiC) markets. The nation is making a big push into what it calls “third-generation semiconductors,” which is a misnomer. The term actually refers to two existing and common power semiconductor... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
By Susan Rambo - 12 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Automotive The U.S. Congress passed an infrastructure bill that includes mandates for the U.S. automobiles to install technology in new vehicles that will stop impaired drivers from driving a vehicle. Sec. 24220, the advanced impaired driving technology section of the bill says the Secretary of Transportation is responsible for coming up with standards after which the auto industry has at the ... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test
By Mark LaPedus - 05 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Packaging Amkor plans to build a packaging plant in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. The first phase of the new factory will focus on providing system-in-package (SiP) assembly and test services for customers. The investment for the first phase of the facility is estimated to be between $200 million and $250 million. “This is a strategic, long-term investment in geographical diversification and factory... » read more

Blog Review: Nov. 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

In a blog for Arm, Matthew Griffin of the 311 Institute warns that cybersecurity is an increasingly pressing problem, with large criminal organizations raking in large sums of money and attacks able to impact a wide range of physical systems. Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out Google's video encoder chip and how it helps lower the CPU recycles required by the vast number of videos uploaded t... » read more

Blog Review: Oct. 27
By Jesse Allen - 27 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Siemens EDA's Ray Salemi continues looking into using Python for verification by looking at how pyuvm simplifies and refactors the UVM TLM system to take advantage of the fact that Python has multiple inheritance and no typing. Cadence's Paul McLellan listens in as Larry Disenhof explains the impact that export regulations have on EDA tools and IP products and changes in a rapidly shifting l... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test
By Mark LaPedus - 22 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Chipmakers Apple has introduced its latest MacBook Pro notebooks built around the company’s new, in-house designed processors, dubbed the M1 Pro and M1 Max. The chips, to be incorporated in its 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro systems, are the most powerful devices developed by Apple. The CPUs in the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips deliver up to 70% faster performance than the first M1 device. Based ... » read more

China’s IC Industry Revenue On Track to Top $250 Billion In 2025
By Kim Sin - 21 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

In the short span of a decade, China’s semiconductor sector has exploded to become one of the largest in the world and match the region’s prominence as the biggest consumer of chips. From 2015 to 2020 alone, revenue of China’s integrated circuit (IC) industry – consisting of IC design, IC manufacturing, and packaging and test – expanded at a rapid clip of 20% CAGR (RMB) to $128 billio... » read more

Blog Review: Oct. 20
By Jesse Allen - 20 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Siemens EDA's Sumit Vishwakarma promotes ironing out preliminary bugs by using a real number model to describe an analog block as a discrete floating-point model and enable it to simulate in a digital solver at near-digital simulation speeds. Synopsys' Taylor Armerding explains how including security in the software development process from the beginning planning stages onward will help IoT ... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test
By Mark LaPedus - 15 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Chipmakers TSMC posted its results for the quarter and confirmed its long-awaited plans to build a fab in Japan. It’s not a leading-edge fab, but rather a plant for 28nm/22nm processes. “The company confirmed plans to build a new fab in Japan for 22nm + 28nm,” said Aaron Rakers, an analyst at Wells Fargo, in a research note. “An average 22/28nm fab costs ~$4-5B range per 45k wspm. Fab ... » read more

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