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Points teams should consider about securing embedded systems

Points teams should consider about securing embedded systems
by Don Dingee on 07-18-2023 at 10:00 am

Connected devices in a home

Wishful thinking once prevailed that embedded systems, especially small embedded devices, rarely needed security, and if they did, simply installing a “secure” operating system or a security chip would keep them safe. Connecting devices big and small on the Internet of Things (IoT) shattered such insular thinking… Read More


Analog Circuit Migration and Optimization

Analog Circuit Migration and Optimization
by Daniel Payne on 07-18-2023 at 6:00 am

WiCkeD Flow, analog circuit optimization

The MunEDA User Group Meeting (MUGM)  has been an annual event since 2006, and this year there were some 80 participants from many customers that attended to share their experiences and learn how to get the best EDA tool results. I’ve been able to view the presentations and archived videos, so will share some of the interesting… Read More


Calibre’s next move – Correct-by-Construction IC Layout Optimization

Calibre’s next move – Correct-by-Construction IC Layout Optimization
by Peter Bennet on 07-17-2023 at 10:00 am

DesignEnhancer

Siemens EDA’s next move in its Calibre shift left strategy is the addition of correct-by-construction IC layout optimization for the most critical emerging physical design challenges. Calibre’s new DesignEnhancer product supports both custom and digital ICs and is already in use by several leading IC design companies. It … Read More


The Inconvenient Truth of Clock Domain Crossings

The Inconvenient Truth of Clock Domain Crossings
by Anupam Bakshi on 07-17-2023 at 6:00 am

Figure 3

Almost everything that we do in chip design and verification was invented to raise the abstraction above schematics and polygons. Register-transfer-level (RTL) design, functional simulation, logic synthesis, floorplanning, and more fall into this category. Even the notion of binary circuits is an abstraction. Underneath… Read More


SEMICON West 2023 Summary – No recovery in sight – Next Year?

SEMICON West 2023 Summary – No recovery in sight – Next Year?
by Robert Maire on 07-15-2023 at 6:00 am

Semicon west 2023

-SEMICON well attended but bouncing along the biz bottom
-Recovery seems at least a year away with memory even more
-AI creates hope but not impactful- Disconnect tween stocks & reality
-AMAT me too platform- Back end benefits from chiplets

SEMICON busy but subdued

SEMICON is certainly back to pre-covid levels or perhaps better.… Read More


Podcast EP172: RISC-V International, Today and Tomorrow with Calista Redmond

Podcast EP172: RISC-V International, Today and Tomorrow with Calista Redmond
by Daniel Nenni on 07-14-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. Prior to RISC-V International, Calista held a variety of roles at IBM, including Vice President of IBM Z Ecosystem where she led strategic relationships across software vendors, system integrators, business partners, developer communities, and broader engagement… Read More


CEO Interview: Rob Gwynne of QPT

CEO Interview: Rob Gwynne of QPT
by Daniel Nenni on 07-14-2023 at 6:00 am

Rob Gwynne

I am joined today by Rob Gwynne, Founder and CEO of QPT. He is a genuine polymath as his technical experience spans digital, analogue, mixed signal and RF electronics, EMC, radar, DSP, FPGA, software development (embedded, drivers, application level), advanced PCB layout and simulation, optics, precision instrumentation,… Read More


400 GbE SmartNIC IP sets up FPGA-based traffic management

400 GbE SmartNIC IP sets up FPGA-based traffic management
by Don Dingee on 07-13-2023 at 10:00 am

Achronix ANIC

Sustaining wire-speed 400 GbE transfers is only a first step in managing enterprise traffic. Adding rules-based filtering to sift packets in real time can stress most networking hardware to a breaking point, slowing down an entire network. Architects are trying to spread these loads, distributing intelligent traffic management… Read More


The Siemens Digital Industries Software View of AI and its Impact on System Design

The Siemens Digital Industries Software View of AI and its Impact on System Design
by Mike Gianfagna on 07-13-2023 at 6:00 am

The Siemens Digital Industries Software View of AI and its Impact on System Design

The impact of AI seems to be everywhere. Products are smarter, doing more of what used to be done by the humans. Complex tasks can be completed quicker and with greater accuracy and failures can now be predicted more reliably and repaired before they even occur. The AI technologies used to make all this happen and how those technologies… Read More


Transforming RF design with curated EDA experiences

Transforming RF design with curated EDA experiences
by Don Dingee on 07-12-2023 at 10:00 am

How to Design an RF Power Amplifier course screenshot

Access to sophisticated RF EDA tools is one thing. Effectively harnessing their capability in real-world use is another. Digital EDA and test & measurement providers have long recognized ongoing customer education needs for their solutions. Keysight is embarking on an initiative to develop curated EDA experiences with… Read More