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The Tech Week that was January 20-24 2020

The Tech Week that was January 20-24 2020
by Mark Dyson on 01-28-2020 at 6:00 am

Semiconductor Weekly Summary 2

Happy Chinese New Year.  Let’s hope the Year of the Rat brings a recovery for the semiconductor industry.  The initial signs are all good with many positive indications in the news this week, but let’s hope the Wuhan coronavirus doesn’t derail the recovery by becoming a global emergency.  To all those based in China stay safe … Read More


Specialized Accelerators Needed for Cloud Based ML Training

Specialized Accelerators Needed for Cloud Based ML Training
by Tom Simon on 01-27-2020 at 10:00 am

AI Domain Specific Processor

The use of machine learning (ML) to solve complex problems that could not previously be addressed by traditional computing is expanding at an accelerating rate. Even with advances in neural network design, ML’s efficiency and accuracy are highly dependent on the training process. The methods used for training evolved from CPU… Read More


FPGAs in the 5G Era!

FPGAs in the 5G Era!
by Daniel Nenni on 01-27-2020 at 6:00 am

New Family of FPGAs Speedster7t

FPGAs, today and throughout the history of semiconductors, play a critical role in design enablement and electronic systems. Which is why we included the history of FPGAs in our book “Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry” and added a new chapter in the 2019 edition on the history of Achronix.

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Tesla is Teaching Us to Move Over

Tesla is Teaching Us to Move Over
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-26-2020 at 10:00 am

Tesla is Teaching Us to Move Over

Believe it or not, Tesla Motors is teaching us to be better drivers. One of the most remarkable lessons we are learning is that motor vehicles on public roadways ought to stay away from emergency and other service vehicles. In the U.S., we can all expect to hear more about “Move Over” laws – now enacted in all 50 states.

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Woven City: Smashing Toyota’s Looms

Woven City: Smashing Toyota’s Looms
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-26-2020 at 6:00 am

Woven City Smashing Toyotas Looms

Car companies are interesting creatures in a corporate world increasingly dominated by Internet-centric behemoths from Silicon Valley, Seattle, and China. While the denizens of the Internet have demonstrated their ability to create billions of dollars in shareholder value from the whims and whimsy of browsing consumers,

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ASML “A Swing to Memory Looms” Nice performance while awaiting Memory bounce

ASML “A Swing to Memory Looms” Nice performance while awaiting Memory bounce
by Robert Maire on 01-24-2020 at 6:00 am

ASML 2020 Logic Memory
  • Good Q4 & 2019 despite weak memory
  • 2020 will be up year but memory an unknown
  • EUV ramp is on track – no China or memory impact
ASML reports an “in line” Q4 despite industry weak 2019

ASML reported sales of 4B Euros and a nice gross margin of 48% resulting in 2.70 Euros per share in earnings.  Orders came in at 2.4B

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US China Trade Deal – Will it Work?

US China Trade Deal – Will it Work?
by Gordon Orr on 01-23-2020 at 6:00 am

China US Trade deal Will it Work

A signed trade deal between the US and China has finally been signed. How much does this settle down the relationship and what will continue to cause problems? Given that in the same week as the deal was signed, the US government confirmed their new tough restrictions on allowing Chinese investment at any level into technology … Read More


Using IMUS and SENSOR FUSION to Effectively Navigate Consumer Robotics

Using IMUS and SENSOR FUSION to Effectively Navigate Consumer Robotics
by Daniel Nenni on 01-22-2020 at 10:00 am

Ceva Webinar iRobot SemiWiki

There is a live CEVA webinar coming up that you will NOT want to miss. We have been working with CEVA since 2012 and have posted 130 collaborative blogs. Those blogs have earned 927,901 views thus far and counting. The average blog on SemiWiki.com gets 5,885 views so they are ahead of the game.

One of the reasons CEVA is so popular on SemiWiki

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Formal and High-Level Synthesis

Formal and High-Level Synthesis
by Bernard Murphy on 01-22-2020 at 6:00 am

SLEC verification

Formal verification has made significant inroads in RTL and gate-level verification because it provides complementary strengths to conventional dynamic verification methods; using both provides higher levels of coverage and confidence in the correctness of an implementation. I haven’t heard as much about formal use in … Read More


Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460 SoCs with Wi-Fi 6, NavIC Support

Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460 SoCs with Wi-Fi 6, NavIC Support
by Raju Prasad on 01-21-2020 at 10:00 am

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Qualcomm today announced three new chipsets for entry level and mid-range smartphones – Snapdragon 720G, Snapdragon 662, and Snapdragon 460. The first one promises to bring many of the Elite Gaming features of the 765G with support for HDR, dynamic color range and high-quality synchronized sound with Qualcomm aptX Adaptive.… Read More