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Microsoft Raises The Mixed Reality Bar Yet Again With New Holographic Platform

Microsoft Raises The Mixed Reality Bar Yet Again With New Holographic Platform
by Patrick Moorhead on 07-15-2016 at 7:00 am

There have been many hardware and software developments over the past 18 months in the worlds of AR and VR. However, most of them solely existed only within the separate realms of AR or VR. Many within the industry, including I, eventually see VR and AR merging into some hybrid reality that fluidly moves between the two. Some companies… Read More


Learn How to Debug UVM Test Benches Faster – Upcoming Synopsys Webinar

Learn How to Debug UVM Test Benches Faster – Upcoming Synopsys Webinar
by Bernard Murphy on 07-14-2016 at 4:00 pm

UVM for developing testbenches is a wonderful thing, as most verification engineers will attest. It provides abstraction capabilities, it encapsulates powerful operations, it simplifies and unifies constrained-random testing – it has really revolutionized the way we verify at the block and subsystem level.

However great… Read More


5 Reasons Why Platform Based Design Can Help Your Next SoC

5 Reasons Why Platform Based Design Can Help Your Next SoC
by Daniel Payne on 07-14-2016 at 12:00 pm

Semiconductor design IP and verification IP have been around for decades, but just because your company has lots of IP doesn’t mean that you’re getting all of the benefits of a design reuse methodology. Maybe your business has encountered some of the following issues:

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Android Auto-Rooting Malware – You Can Run But You Can’t Hide

Android Auto-Rooting Malware – You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
by Bernard Murphy on 07-14-2016 at 7:00 am

There has been a startling rise in a class of Android auto-rooting malware which is believed to affect over a quarter of a million phones in the US and well over a million in each of India and China. The attack has primarily infected older versions of Android (so far) – KitKat, JellyBean and Lolipop primarily.

The malware, known as Shedun… Read More


Time-saving modules expand Prototype Ready family

Time-saving modules expand Prototype Ready family
by Don Dingee on 07-13-2016 at 4:00 pm

A big advantage of FPGA-based prototyping is the ability to run real-world I/O at-speed, significantly faster and more accurately than hardware emulation systems typically requiring a protocol adapter. Dealing with real-world I/O means more thorough verification of SoC integration, and the opportunity to optimize systems… Read More


CEVA Launch CDNN2, Embedded Ready Neural Network

CEVA Launch CDNN2, Embedded Ready Neural Network
by Eric Esteve on 07-13-2016 at 12:00 pm

Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) recognition algorithm is generating very high interest in the semi industry. At first, because CNN provides best recognition quality when compared with alternative recognition algorithms. CEVA Deep Neural Network (CDNN) software framework, implemented with CEVA-XM4 imaging & vision… Read More


Data Analytics alone cannot deliver effective automation solutions for the industrial IOT

Data Analytics alone cannot deliver effective automation solutions for the industrial IOT
by Akeel Attar on 07-13-2016 at 7:00 am

Automated analytics (which can also be referred to as machine learning, deep learning etc.) are currently attracting the lion’s share of interest from investors, consultants, journalists and executives looking at technologies that can deliver the business opportunities being afforded by the Internet of Things. The reason… Read More


APP ADD Will Cause the Next Tech Bust, Absolutely!

APP ADD Will Cause the Next Tech Bust, Absolutely!
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2016 at 7:00 pm

After playing Pokemon Go with my nephew this weekend I have another solid data point to support my hypothesis that we are in yet another tech boom. Let’s call it fad based investors jousting with unicorns. Think dotcom bubble of 2000. What drove the dotcom bubble? Cheap money, magical valuations, market overconfidence, and a good… Read More


Who Really Needs Intel’s New 10 Core, 20 Thread Broadwell-E Core i7 Processor?

Who Really Needs Intel’s New 10 Core, 20 Thread Broadwell-E Core i7 Processor?
by Patrick Moorhead on 07-12-2016 at 5:00 pm

At Computex 2016 in Taipei last week, Intel announced their newest lineup of processors which included a brand new 10-core Extreme Edition processor. The focal point of Intel’s new line-up of Broadwell-E processors, the successor to Intel’s previous Haswell-E workstation/enthusiast lineup is the 10-core Core i7-6950X. Intel… Read More


EDA Tool for ATPG – Refactor or Rewrite?

EDA Tool for ATPG – Refactor or Rewrite?
by Daniel Payne on 07-12-2016 at 3:00 pm

In the life of all EDA software tools comes that moment when new requirements make developers stop and ask, should I continue to refactor the existing code or just start all over from scratch using a new approach? Synopsys came to that junction point when ATPG run times were reaching days or even weeks on the largest IC designs, something… Read More