I doubt there is anyone who hasn’t felt the impact of supply chain problems, from late ecommerce deliveries (weeks) to kitchen appliances (up to 6 months or more). Perhaps no industry has been more affected than auto makers, whose cars are now critically dependent on advanced electronics. According to a white paper recently released… 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 MoreHigh-Speed Data Converters Accelerating Automotive and 5G Products
While the trend towards System-on-Chip (SoC) has been gathering momentum for quite some time, the primary driver has been integration of digital components, spurred by Moore’s law. Integrating more and more digital circuitry into a single chip has been consistently beneficial for performance, power, form factor and economic… Read More
Podcast EP47: A Chat with Industry Legend Joe Costello
Dan and Mike are joined by EDA legend Joe Costello. Joe discusses his perspective on the state of the EDA industry and what opportunities and challenges lie ahead, He also gives a preview of the keynote he will present at the upcoming Design Automation Conference.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these… Read More
Webinar: Boosting Analog IC Layout Productivity
Digital IC designers use a well-known methodology with pre-designed standard cells and other IP blocks playing a major re-use role, however in the analog IC design world there are more nuanced requirements which often dictate that a new analog block be highly customized. The downside is that customizing analog IC layout takes… Read More
CDC for MBIST: Who Knew?
Now and again, I enjoy circling back to a topic on which I spent a good deal of time back in my Atrenta days – clock domain crossing analysis (CDC). This is an area that still has opportunity to surprise me at least, in this case looking at CDC analysis around MBIST logic. CDC for MBIST might seem strange. Isn’t everything in test mode synchronous… Read More
A Packet-Based Approach for Optimal Neural Network Acceleration
The Linley Group held its Fall Processor Conference 2021 last week. There were a number of very informative talks from various companies updating the audience on the latest research and development work happening in the industry. The presentations were categorized as per their focus, under eight different sessions. The sessions… Read More
S2C EDA Delivers on Plan to Scale-Up FPGA Prototyping Platforms to Billions of Gates
S2C has been a global leader in FPGA prototyping for nearly two decades now, and its FPGA prototyping platforms have closely tracked the availability of the latest FPGAs – including the latest FPGAs from both Xilinx and Intel. And they are definitely delivering on the promise to advance their prototyping solutions for hyperscale… Read More
Thick Data vs. Big Data
One of the challenges facing businesses in post-COVID-19 world is the fact that consumer behavior won’t go back to pre-pandemic norms. Consumers will purchase more goods and services online, and increasing numbers of people will work remotely just to mention few major changes . As companies begin to navigate the post-COVID-19… Read More
GM’s Postcard from Fantasyland
In the midst of what may well be the greatest electric vehicle debacle of the nascent EV era, General Motors put on a happy face telling investors two weeks ago that all things EV and autonomous were going swimmingly to plan with gumdrops and sugar plums coming on the road ahead. GM claimed before-end-of-year availability for the… Read More
Podcast EP46: Arteris IP – the role and impact of system IP
Dan is joined by industry veteran Charlie Janac, chairman, president and CEO of Arteris IP. Dan explores the various products that comprise system IP with Charlie, including the high growth markets he sees. Dan and Charlie also have an interesting discussion about autonomous driving – when and how it will likely be deployed… Read More



A Century of Miracles: From the FET’s Inception to the Horizons Ahead