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Fully Automating Chip Design

Fully Automating Chip Design
by Hans Bouwmeester on 05-23-2024 at 6:00 am

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Design Productivity Gap

Twenty-five years ago, SEMATECH first alerted the world to a concern known as the design productivity gap: the observation that the ability to manufacture complex chips had started outpacing the capability of designers to create them by more than a factor of two. This concern was subsequently reiterated… Read More


2024 Starts Slow, But Primed for Growth

2024 Starts Slow, But Primed for Growth
by Bill Jewell on 05-22-2024 at 4:00 pm

Semiconductor Market Change 2024

The global semiconductor market in 1Q 2024 was $137.7 billion, according to WSTS. 1Q 2024 was down 5.7% from 4Q 2023 and up 15.2% from a year ago. The first quarter of the year is typically down seasonally from the fourth quarter of the prior year. However, the 1Q 2024 decline of 5.7% was worse than expected.

Major semiconductor companies… Read More


The Git Dilemma: Is Version Control Enough for Semiconductor Success?

The Git Dilemma: Is Version Control Enough for Semiconductor Success?
by Amit Varde on 05-22-2024 at 10:00 am

Data in Software Vs Semiconductor Design Flow

Git is a version control system that saves every change made to files. It offers powerful tools for managing these changes. This makes Git ideal for software development, as it lets you keep all project files in one place.

Software has grown in complexity, necessitating more collaboration among engineers across various time zones.… Read More


Mastering Copper TSV Fill Part 1 of 3

Mastering Copper TSV Fill Part 1 of 3
by John Ghekiere on 05-22-2024 at 8:00 am

Mastering Copper TSV Fill Part 1 of 3

Establishing void-free fill of high aspect ratio TSVs, capped by a thin and uniform bulk layer optimized for removal by CMP, means fully optimizing each of a series of critical phases. As we will see in this 3-part series, the conditions governing outcomes for each phase vary greatly, and the complexity of interacting factors means… Read More


From System Design to Drug Design. The Rationale

From System Design to Drug Design. The Rationale
by Bernard Murphy on 05-22-2024 at 6:00 am

Drug development cycle min

I’m guessing that more than a few people were mystified (maybe still are) when Cadence acquired OpenEye Scientific, a company known for computational molecular design aimed at medical drug/therapeutics discovery. What could EDA, even SDA (system design automation), and drug discovery possibly have in common? More than you… Read More


New Tool that Synthesizes Python to RTL for AI Neural Network Code

New Tool that Synthesizes Python to RTL for AI Neural Network Code
by Daniel Payne on 05-21-2024 at 10:00 am

Catapult AI NN tool flow – Python to RTL

AI and ML techniques are popular topics, yet there are considerable challenges to those that want to design and build an AI accelerator for inferencing, as you need a team that understands how to model a neural network in a language like Python, turn that model into RTL, then verify that your RTL matches Python. Researchers from CERN,… Read More


S2C and Sirius Wireless Collaborate on Wi-Fi 7 RF IP Verification System

S2C and Sirius Wireless Collaborate on Wi-Fi 7 RF IP Verification System
by Daniel Nenni on 05-21-2024 at 6:00 am

wifi7 success story

Sirius Wireless partnered with FPGA prototyping expert S2C to develop the Wi-Fi 7 RF IP Verification System, enhancing working efficiency and accelerating time-to-market for clients.

Wi-Fi 7 is the latest Wi-Fi technology, with speeds of up to 30Gbps, approximately three times the peak performance of Wi-Fi 6. This enhanced… Read More


An open letter regarding Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure

An open letter regarding Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure
by admin on 05-20-2024 at 10:00 am

Codasip UK Security Letter 1

Codasip announced a commercially available RISC-V processor with CHERI for license in October of 2023 and is demonstrating technology for IP provenance. 

Dear Members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee,

Let me start by applauding your hearing on 24 April 2024, and in particular the evidence of Professor John… Read More


How to Find and Fix Soft Reset Metastability

How to Find and Fix Soft Reset Metastability
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-20-2024 at 6:00 am

How to Find and Fix Soft Reset Metastability

Most of us are familiar with the metastability problems that can be caused by clock domain crossings (CDC). Early static analysis techniques can flag these kinds of issues to ensure there are no surprises later. I spent quite a bit of time at Atrenta, the SpyGlass company, so I am very familiar with these challenges. Due to the demands… Read More


Podcast EP224: An Overview of the Upcoming 2024 Electronic Components and Technology Conference with Dr. Michael Mayer

Podcast EP224: An Overview of the Upcoming 2024 Electronic Components and Technology Conference with Dr. Michael Mayer
by Daniel Nenni on 05-17-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Michael Mayer, the 2024 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) Program Chair. Michael is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Michael has co-authored technical publications and patents about… Read More