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		SLEC is Not LECby Paul McLellan on 12-20-2013 at 3:00 pmCategories: EDA
 
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		One of the questions that Calypto is asked all the time is what is the difference between sequential logical equivalence checking (SLEC) and logical equivalence checking (LEC).
LEC is the type of equivalence checking that has been around for 20 years, although like all EDA technologies gradually getting more powerful. LEC is … Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		As I see the semiconductor industry going through significant changes and advances, yet ironically plagued by a growing perception that the pace of scaling is slowing, I was inclined to take a peek into what the industry experts say about the state of the industry and the future of Moore’s Law. Fortunately, at last week’s International… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		2013 was an up year for the stock markets as both the DJIA and the tech-heavy NASDAQ showed significant growth, so how did EDA and Semi IP companies do in the past 12 months? A quick stock plot from Yahoo Finance shows us that only two of the seven companies beat the NASDAQ: ARMH, MENT.… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		I spend about an hour a day reading blogs from EDA companies, foundries, independent bloggers and of course, SemiWiki. Richard Goering at Cadence assembled a top 10 list of the most popular blogs posted on their site in 2013, revealing that engineers were most interested in: FinFETs,  20nm and smaller nodes, memory technology and… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		We have posted several blogs related to Cadence IP strategy, or I should say new strategy.  Each of these blogs was dealing with a particular product, like PCI Express gen-3 Controller IP, latest DDR4 Memory Controller or Wide I/O. This approach was equivalent to describe trees, one after one, and finally ignoring the forest! It’s… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		Yes, it is that time of year again, DAC is coming and it is in San Francisco so you can bet we will break attendance records, absolutely.  I would like to call on ALL semiconductor IP companies to exhibit this year. IP is the center of the semiconductor design universe, DAC is the premier semiconductor design event, and San Francisco … Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		It is that time of year and once again Atrenta has produced a video wishing you all the best for the holiday season. They are so spread around the world it is not just Hanukkah and Christmas but the Asian Lunar New Year (end of January) and probably some more holidays I don’t even know about. Last year there was a competition to name… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		Formal approaches and security are a perfect match since you really want to prove that there are no holes in your security, rather than just being fairly confident. At the recent Jasper User Group meeting, Victor Purri presented some case studies in security verification.
The Jasper Security Path Verification (SPV) App is used… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is today part of our day to day life, at home as well as at our office we are using devices integrating HDMI ports. HDMI penetration is well illustrated by this picture (created in Dec. 2011 by In-Stat): from DTV to Game console, the devices belong to the Consumer Electronics market segments,… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
		
		
	
	
	
		Mentor is acquiring Oasys, subject to all the usual caveats about shareholder and regulatory approval. The shareholder paperwork went out earlier this week. The common stock is valueless so presumably the price is low (and Mentor historically has not paid high prices for its acquisitions).
So what is going to happen with the technology?… Read More 
	 
	
	
	
	
		
	 
	
	
 
		 
		
		
	
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