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MIPI solutions for driving dual-display foldable devices

MIPI solutions for driving dual-display foldable devices
by Don Dingee on 11-04-2024 at 10:00 am

H3 FPGA with MIPI for driving dual display folding devices

Flexible LCD technology has spurred a wave of creativity in device design, including a new class of foldable phones and an update to the venerable flip phone. Besides the primary display inside the fold – sometimes taking the entire inside area – a smaller secondary display is often found outside the fold. Introducing the secondary… Read More


Notes from DVCon Europe 2024

Notes from DVCon Europe 2024
by Jakob Engblom on 11-04-2024 at 6:00 am

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The 2024 DVCon (Design and Verification) Europe conference took place on October 15 and 16, in its traditional location at the Holiday Inn Munich City Centre. Artificial intelligence and software were prominent topics, along with the traditional DVCon topics like virtual platforms, RTL verification, and validation.

Keynotes:

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KLAC – OK Qtr/Guide – Slow Growth – 2025 Leading Edge Offset by China – Mask Mash

KLAC – OK Qtr/Guide – Slow Growth – 2025 Leading Edge Offset by China – Mask Mash
by Robert Maire on 11-02-2024 at 8:00 am

KLAC 2024
  • KLA put up an OK Quarter & Guide with modest growth & outlook
  • 2025 remains slow growth as leading edge offset by China slowing
  • China sanctions remain a “great unknown”- impact unclear
  • Reticle biz getting squeezed from both high & low ends
OK quarter with slight beat as always- Guide is OK as well

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Podcast EP258: How Pragmatic Semiconductor Opens New Markets with Non-Silicon, Bendable Technology

Podcast EP258: How Pragmatic Semiconductor Opens New Markets with Non-Silicon, Bendable Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 11-01-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Emre Ozer, Senior Director of Processor Development at Pragmatic Semiconductor. With 67 worldwide patents, and over 60 peer-reviewed publications to his name, he has extensive experience in CPU microarchitecture with particular expertise in performance modelling, fault tolerant CPUs, embedded machine… Read More


Podcast EP257: IC Mask Design’s Unique Layout Training with Ciaran Whyte – Always Ask Why

Podcast EP257: IC Mask Design’s Unique Layout Training with Ciaran Whyte – Always Ask Why
by Daniel Nenni on 11-01-2024 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Ciaran Whyte, one of the founding members of IC Mask Design. As Chief Technical Officer he is responsible for all technical activity and the development and administration of all training courses. Cíaran has been training layout engineers for over 25 years and has completed layout training with over 600 engineers… Read More


CEO Interview: Dr. Adam Carter of OpenLight

CEO Interview: Dr. Adam Carter of OpenLight
by Daniel Nenni on 11-01-2024 at 6:00 am

Adam Carter OpenLight CEO

Previously, Dr. Carter served as Chief Commercial Officer at Foxconn Interconnect and Oclaro. At Oclaro, he served as a member of the senior executive team from July 2014 to December 2018, when it was acquired by Lumentum Holdings for $1.85B. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Director and General Manager of the Transceiver… Read More


Adding an AI Assistant to a Hardware Language IDE

Adding an AI Assistant to a Hardware Language IDE
by Tom Anderson on 10-31-2024 at 10:00 am

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I’ve been working with AMIQ EDA for several years, and have frequently been impressed by new capabilities in their Design and Verification Tools Integrated Development Environment (DVT IDE) family. They just announced AI Assistant, which leverages large language model (LLM) technology. LLMs are much in the news these days,Read More


PQShield Demystifies Post-Quantum Cryptography with Leadership Lounge

PQShield Demystifies Post-Quantum Cryptography with Leadership Lounge
by Mike Gianfagna on 10-31-2024 at 6:00 am

PQShield Demystifies Post Quantum Cryptography with Leadership Lounge

Post-Quantum Cryptography, or PQC provides a technical approach to protect encrypted data and connections when quantum computers can cost-effectively defeat current approaches. Exactly when this will occur is open to much discussion, but the fact is this day is coming, some say in ten years. One of the imperatives is to deploy… Read More


Datacenter Chipmaker Achieves Power Reduction With proteanTecs AVS Pro

Datacenter Chipmaker Achieves Power Reduction With proteanTecs AVS Pro
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-30-2024 at 10:00 am

Alphawave Using proTeanTechs

As semiconductor technology advances and nodes continue to shrink, designers are faced with increasing challenges related to device complexity, power consumption, and reliability. The delicate balance between high performance, low power usage, and long-term reliability is more critical than ever. This growing demand … Read More


The Next LLM Architecture? Innovation in Verification

The Next LLM Architecture? Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 10-30-2024 at 6:00 am

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LLMs have amazing capabilities but inference run times grow rapidly with the size of the input (prompt) sequence, a significant weakness for some applications in engineering. State space models (SSMs) aim to correct this weakness. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur,… Read More