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Podcast EP5: Verification, Evolution and Revolution

Podcast EP5: Verification, Evolution and Revolution
by Daniel Nenni on 01-29-2021 at 10:00 am
Categories: EDA

Dan and Mike are joined by Dr. Bernard Murphy. Bernard has recently published a book on entrepreneurship and the importance of storytelling. In this podcast, Bernard talks about his journey from a PhD in Nuclear Physics at Oxford University to a storied career in EDA and verification. Bernard discusses a fundamental shift in… Read More

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CEO Interview: Tuomas Hollman of Minima Processor

CEO Interview: Tuomas Hollman of Minima Processor
by Daniel Nenni on 01-29-2021 at 6:00 am
Categories: CEO Interviews, IP, Minima Processor

Tuomas Hollman Minima CEO

Tuomas is an experienced senior executive, with proficiency that ranges from strategy to product development and business management. He began his semiconductor industry career at Texas Instruments, serving for 15 years in increasingly important roles, including general management and profit and loss responsibility for… Read More

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A Brief History of Perforce

A Brief History of Perforce
by Daniel Payne on 01-28-2021 at 10:00 am
Categories: EDA, Perforce

helix core workflow min

In 2020 Perforce acquired Methodics, a provider of IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM) tools, and Daniel Nenni blogged about that in July 2020, but a lot has happened since Perforce was founded in 1995. In the beginning Christopher Seiwald founded Perforce in his Alameda basement based on his background as a software developer, and… Read More

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Probing UPF Dynamic Objects

Probing UPF Dynamic Objects
by Tom Simon on 01-28-2021 at 6:00 am
Categories: EDA, Events, Siemens EDA

Probing UPF Dynamic Objects

UPF was created to go beyond what HDL can do for managing on-chip power. HDLs are agnostic when it comes to dealing with supply & ground connections, power domains, level shifters, retention and other power management related elements of SoCs. UPF fills the breach allowing designers to specify in detail what parts of the design… Read More

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Register Automation for a DDR PHY Design

Register Automation for a DDR PHY Design
by Daniel Nenni on 01-27-2021 at 10:00 am
Categories: Agnisys, EDA

Six Semi Graphic

Several months ago, I interviewed Anupam Bakshi, the CEO and founder of Agnisys. I wanted to learn more about the company, so I listened to a webinar that covered their latest products and how they fit together into an automated flow. I posted my thoughts and then I became curious about their customers, so I asked Anupam to arrange … Read More

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Change Management for Functional Safety

Change Management for Functional Safety
by Bernard Murphy on 01-27-2021 at 6:00 am
Categories: Automotive, EDA, Synopsys

safety min

By now we’re pretty familiar with the requirements ISO 26262 places on development for automotive safety. The process, procedures and metrics you will apply to meet various automotive safety integrity levels (ASIL). You need to train organizations. In fact you should establish a safety culture across the whole company or line… Read More

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System-level Electromagnetic Coupling Analysis is now possible, and necessary

System-level Electromagnetic Coupling Analysis is now possible, and necessary
by Tom Dillinger on 01-26-2021 at 10:00 am
Categories: Ansys, Inc., EDA

FlexMesh min

With the increasing density of electronics in product enclosures, combined with a broad range of operating frequencies, designers must be cognizant of the issues associated with the radiation and coupling of electromagnetic energy.  The interference between different elements of the design may result in coupling noise-induced… Read More

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Calibre DFM Adds Bidirectional DEF Integration

Calibre DFM Adds Bidirectional DEF Integration
by Tom Simon on 01-26-2021 at 6:00 am
Categories: EDA, Siemens EDA

Siemens EDA DFM flow

GDS and LEF/DEF each came about to support data exchange in different types of design flows, custom layout and place & route respectively. GDS (or stream format) was first created in the late 1970s to support the first generation of custom IC layout tools, such as Calma’s GDSII system. Of course, the GDS format has been updated… Read More

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HCL Provides an On-Ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass

HCL Provides an On-Ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass
by Mike Gianfagna on 01-25-2021 at 10:00 am
Categories: EDA, HCL Software

HCL Provides an On Ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass

Last August I detailed a webinar about HCL Compass, a tool that provides low-code/no-code change management capability for enterprise scaling, process customization and control to accelerate project delivery and increase developer productivity. There is a lot of activity these days to migrate various enterprise applications… Read More

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New Intel CEO Commits to Remaining an IDM

New Intel CEO Commits to Remaining an IDM
by Robert Maire on 01-25-2021 at 6:00 am
Categories: Intel Foundry, Semiconductor Advisors, Semiconductor Services
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Pat Gelsinger Intel CEO

-Intel good results had a little extra help to be great
-New CEO commits to remaining an IDM versus fabless
-Claims of strong progress on 7NM fuel optimism inside
-Outsourcing to TSMC will not go away but will increase

A good quarter but with some silicon enhancements from ICAP

Intel reported Revenues of $20B and EPS of $1.52, which… Read More