Formal verification has always appeared daunting to me and I suspect to many other people also. Logic simulation feels like a “roll your sleeves up and get the job done” kind of verification, easily understood, accessible to everyone, little specialized training required. Formal methods for many years remained the domain of … Read More





AI Hardware Summit, Report #2: Lowering Power at the Edge with HLS
I previously wrote a blog about a session from Day 1 of the AI Hardware Summit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, held just last week. From Day 2, I want to delve into this presentation by Bryan Bowyer, Director of Engineering, Digital Design & Implementation Solutions Division at Mentor, a Siemens Business.… Read More
Crashing the Mars Rovers!!! Actel and Aerospace Corp
In early 2003 Actel announced a new product family: RTSX-A. It was a family of antifuse FPGAs aimed at the satellite market. Customers had known for a long time that it was coming and there had been prototypes available for many months. Our space customers loved the product. This was going to be a big win for us! One of the first… Read More
Fossil Fuels in the Crosshairs
In the heat of a presidential campaign, especially one with 19 competing candidates, the contenders may get carried away in the interest of getting attention and, presumably, attracting supporters. Beto O’Rourke might be accused of such rhetorical excess for his call, in the third Democratic Party debate, for a mandatory Federal
Micron Mired in Murky Memory Market – Cutting Capex 30%- 2020 Challenging
- Solid Quarter but soft Outlook
- Recovery Slow- Future Cost Downs Harder
- Demand slightly ahead of supply-Shelf Stuffed?
- Bouncing along the Bottom of the Cycle
Results ahead of expectation but guide behind expectation
Quarterly results were slightly better than street expectations at $0.56 EPS and $4.87B in revenues however … Read More
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Ready for IPO in 2022?
Hard to believe but it’s the 10th anniversary of Globalfoundries. What a journey this has been. It truly has been an honor to work with GF over the years as they invested many billions of dollars in the fabless semiconductor ecosystem and added a colorful chapter in semiconductor history, absolutely.
We have written hundreds of … Read More
Chapter Twelve – The Future
Content of this book has focused upon predictability of trends in the semiconductor industry based upon past trends, experience and ratios. What about newly emerging applications of semiconductors? After all, the entire history of the semiconductor industry is driven by emergence of new applications.
Artificial Intelligence… Read More
AI Hardware Summit, Report #1: Doing More to Cost Less
I recently had the pleasure of attending the AI Hardware Summit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. This two-day conference brought together many companies involved in building artificial intelligence solutions. Though the focus was on building the hardware for this area, there was naturally much discussion… Read More
Virtually Verifying SSD Controllers
Solid State Drives (SSDs) are rapidly gaining popularity for storage in many applications, in gigabytes of storage in lightweight laptops to tens to hundreds of terabyte drives in datacenters. SSDs are intrinsically faster, quieter and lower-power than their hard disk-drive (HDD) equivalents, with roughly similar lifetimes,… Read More
High-Speed PHY IP for Hyperscale Data Centers
A new designation has recently entered the vernacular of the computing industry – a hyperscale data center. The adjective hyperscale implies the ability of a computing resource to scale corresponding to increased workload, to maintain an appropriate quality of service.
The traditional enterprise data center is often characterized… Read More
Weebit Nano Moves into the Mainstream with Customer Adoption