A recent EETimes article about memory IP vendors reminded me to follow up on my blogs about IP companies, which I believe are the best investments in semiconductor design today. It is a fluff piece, Mark LaPedus briefly mentions ARM, Synopsys, Virage Logic, and Denali, but his analysis is right on the mark. There is definitely money… Read More
A Century of Miracles: From the FET's Inception to the Horizons AheadThe Field-Effect Transistor (FET), a cornerstone of modern…Read More
Two Open RISC-V Projects Chart Divergent Paths to High PerformanceUp to now the RISC-V community has been…Read More
On the high-speed digital design frontier with Keysight’s Hee-Soo LeeHigh-speed digital (HSD) design is one of the…Read More
Samtec Ushers in a New Era of High-Speed Connectivity at DesignCon 2026As I’ve discussed before, Samtec has a way…Read MoreEDA is DEAD
Years ago I bought my ancestral home, the house where my beloved grandparents lived, the place in which I grew up. It was more an emotional investment than a financial one, much more. After completely renovating it with my keyboard hardened hands, reliving much of my childhood, I joined the ranks of the slum lords and rented the house… Read More
Jim Cramer’s CNBC Mad Money on Cadence!
For those of you who follow the market and play EDA stocks this will be a shocker! Jim Cramer, former Hedge Fund Manager, co-founder of TheStreet.com, and host of the CNBC’s Mad Money did a piece last week on Cadence. Apparently he did NOT read my piece on EDA being DEAD:
Cramer’s Wednesday “Tech Spec” pickswas Cadence Design Systems… Read More



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