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Next Book Signing: Linley Processor Conference 2016!

Next Book Signing: Linley Processor Conference 2016!
by Daniel Nenni on 09-20-2016 at 12:00 pm

It is a busy month for book signings but it is a pleasure to do it for the greater good of the semiconductor industry. It really is an honor to meet the people who keep our electronic devices on the leading edge of technology, absolutely.

The Linley Processor Conference is on September 27[SUP]th[/SUP]and 28[SUP]th[/SUP] at the Hyatt… Read More


Taxi Industry – Survival by Near Death Experience

Taxi Industry – Survival by Near Death Experience
by Kevin Kostiner on 09-20-2016 at 7:00 am

The Past We Lived Through
The taxi industry has been a part of city and community landscapes since the “modern” taxicab first appeared on the streets of London in the late 1800’s. Since then, taxis have grown into a massive worldwide industry with strong regulation and protection in most jurisdictions. Such… Read More


Up front phases improve CDC analysis

Up front phases improve CDC analysis
by Don Dingee on 09-19-2016 at 4:00 pm

Many tools find clock domain crossings (CDCs) in FPGA designs. Some don’t find the right ones since they don’t comprehend things like in-house synchronizer constructs. Some find too many based on misunderstanding intent, inaccurate constraints, and other factors that lead to noise.… Read More


FREE Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry!

FREE Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry!
by Daniel Nenni on 09-19-2016 at 12:00 pm

As most of you know SemiWiki published a book which is a really nice history of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem. Thousands of people have copies, we have received many compliments on it, and we are very proud. As a thank you to all SemiWiki members I would like to offer a free electronic version of the book (PDF). You can access it… Read More


GLOBALFOUNDRIES Extends the FDSOI Roadmap

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Extends the FDSOI Roadmap
by Scotten Jones on 09-19-2016 at 12:00 pm

On September 8, 2016 GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) announced their 12nm FDSOI technology node. On September 12th I had a chance to interview Greg Bartlett, GF Senior Vice President for the CMOS Business Unit (as a side note, GF has: RF SOI, ASIC and CMOS business units).… Read More


CEO Interview: Xerxes Wania of Sidense

CEO Interview: Xerxes Wania of Sidense
by Daniel Nenni on 09-19-2016 at 7:00 am

This is the first in a series of CEO interviews and I thought semiconductor IP would be a great place to start. Xerxes Wania is the President and CEO of Sidense, a leading developer of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) One-Time Programmable (OTP) IP cores. Sidense has been a part of SemiWiki since 2013 so we know them quite well. I hope the rest… Read More


Emulation as a Multi-User Shareable Resource

Emulation as a Multi-User Shareable Resource
by Bernard Murphy on 09-19-2016 at 7:00 am

One of the great advantages of emulation is that runtimes are much faster than for simulation – sufficiently fast that you can really debug hardware together with software for comprehensive use-case testing. A not so great aspect is that emulators are expensive and, until relatively recently, not particularly easy to share across… Read More


Digital – what is different about it?

Digital – what is different about it?
by Sudeep Kanjilal on 09-18-2016 at 4:00 pm

A very basic question, surely, but something that has been surprisingly difficult for many to answer coherently! There is no universally acceptable description or definition out there. Many use digital and mobile interchangeably, some more technology-minded define Digital by use of APIs (and differentiate it from ecommerce… Read More


IOT and Assisted Living

IOT and Assisted Living
by Bill McCabe on 09-18-2016 at 12:00 pm

It is most likely the you have heard the term “internet of things”or IOT in regards to everyday things such as our televisions and phones. That is not however where this new innovation is going to end. There has been a lot of talk about the IOT stepping into the healthcare industry with things like connected healthcare.

Another area… Read More


VHDL parameterized PWM controller

VHDL parameterized PWM controller
by Claudio Avi Chami on 09-18-2016 at 7:00 am

Digital outputs can either go ON or OFF. Analog signals, on the other side, can smoothly assume multiple values in a range. There is a technique that emulates analog behavior with a digital output. That technique is PWM, namely, Pulse Width Modulation. It can be implemented as pulses with varying ‘high’ and ‘low’Read More