tag: Semico Research

IoT Roadblocks: Speed Bumps Or Major Road Closure?
By Joanne Itow - 17 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0

The Internet of Things promises to be a big volume market and continues to grab headlines as companies race forward to prepare for its highly anticipated exponential growth. Huge market size numbers are being tossed around in every article and presentation. But when will the IoT really make an impact and what will it look like? Are we setting ourselves up for a false start? The technology fo... » read more

The New Face Of MCUs
By Ann Mutschler - 10 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0

For years, the humble microcontroller was known as the workhorse of white goods and other embedded applications that required some amount of processing, but not as much as a microprocessor would provide. Much has changed since then. Today’s MCUs are the star components in fast-growing and increasingly sophisticated application areas such as automotive, smartphones and the Internet of Thing... » read more

Blog Review: March 26
By Ed Sperling - 26 Mar, 2014 - Comments: 0

Synopsys’ Eric Huang has discovered a video of Superman using a GoPro camera (scroll down to bottom of page). So this is what it’s like to stop bullets with your hand. Cadence’s Tom Hackett zeroes in on mobile interfaces in a video—SoC fabric, memory and chip-to-chip. Nice whiteboard drawing. Mentor’s Anil Khanna looks at a methodology for developing high-performance embedded so... » read more

The Next Bigger Things
By Ed Sperling - 13 Mar, 2014 - Comments: 0

When the Internet of Things really started making headlines several years ago—the concept had been around since at least the early 1990s—the assumption was that most of the semiconductors involved in sensing and communicating would be simple, highly limited, and developed using older technology. As the concept evolves and grows, however, it’s beginning to take on a whole new texture. R... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 26
By Ed Sperling - 26 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Got enough time for verification? How about a verification conference? In preparation for DVCon, Real Intent’s Graham Bell grills a panel of experts on where design ends and verification begins. The answer: It depends. Mentor’s Dennis Brophy points to the new version of the Universal Verification Methodology as a reason to attend DVCon next week. Even if you don’t plan to attend, ther... » read more

New Rules For DRAM
By Jim Feldhan - 20 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

By Jim Feldhan DRAM revenues grew by more than 30% in 2013. Average selling prices increased more than 45% as capacity constraints especially for LPDRAM, motivated the transition from 2GB density parts up to 4GB DRAM units declined by almost 10%. Revenue growth rates of more than 30% combined with a declining unit base are not new to the memory market. But 2013 was a pivotal year for DRAM. ... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 12
By Ed Sperling - 12 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Mentor’s Colin Walls adds his perspective to a recent survey by Jim Turley, asking which part of the embedded system development process engineers would rather not change. The choices were the chip, the OS and the tools. Any guesses as to the winner? Cadence’s Richard Goering conducts an interview based on a new branch of circular logic—the CERN supercollider where the Higgs Boson was... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 29
By Ed Sperling - 29 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

ARM’s Ellie Stone returns from the Mobile Games Forum in London with some insights about where the future competition will come from. No. 4 on her list is the big surprise. Cadence’s Brian Fuller has unearthed an old black & white AT&T video that makes you wonder how they created wire. So that’s what happens when you heat a semiconductor with a Bunsen burner. What’s the real val... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 22
By Ed Sperling - 22 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Mentor’s Anil Khanna believes Nest’s approach should be incorporated into the entire power grid. The ramifications of that are interesting to ponder. Speaking of Nest, Cadence’s Brian Fuller looks at the implications of the $3.2 billion acquisition of the company by Google. Will Google get it right? Maybe. Synopsys’ Richard Solomon has come up with a new definition for New Year’... » read more

Blog Review: Dec. 18
By Ed Sperling - 18 Dec, 2013 - Comments: 0

Cadence’s Brian Fuller looks back at electronics innovation this past year from the perspective of a 2012 event—with a heavy emphasis on going vertical in both chip architectures, transistors and in business. Things are looking up, sort of. Mentor’s Colin Walls finds social media is getting much more interesting. As proof, he’s joined a discussion about embedded C programming and st... » read more

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