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In Low Voltage Timing, the Center Cannot Hold

In Low Voltage Timing, the Center Cannot Hold
by Bernard Murphy on 01-25-2016 at 7:00 am

When I started discussing this topic with Isadore Katz, I was struggling to find a simple way to explain what he was telling me – that delay and variance calculations in STA tools are wrong at low voltage because the average (the center) of a timing distribution shifts from where you think it is going to be. He told me that I’m not alone… Read More


Your Car Will Never be Secure

Your Car Will Never be Secure
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-24-2016 at 4:00 pm

The automotive cybersecurity forum put on by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yesterday in Washington, DC, surfaced a wide range of issues and conflicts at the heart of the connected car industry. One clear takeaway from the event was that cars will never be secure.
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Star Wars, the Force and the Power of Parallel Multicore Processing

Star Wars, the Force and the Power of Parallel Multicore Processing
by George Teixeira on 01-24-2016 at 12:00 pm

During the 80’s, the original Star Wars movies featured amazing future technology and were all about “the power of the Force.” The latest movie has now broken all box office records and got me thinking about how much IT and computing technology has progressed over the years but yet, there is still so much left untapped.

Yes, several… Read More


The Smartphone is Dead! Long Live the Smartphone!

The Smartphone is Dead! Long Live the Smartphone!
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-24-2016 at 10:00 am

According to a study released on the eve of CES by Accenture “heightened data security concerns, falling demand for smartphones and tablet PCs, and stagnant growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) market” are combining to stymie consumer electronics industry growth. While slow uptake of new products is normal, data security concerns… Read More


Honda Driver-aware Connected Car Insights from Patents

Honda Driver-aware Connected Car Insights from Patents
by Alex G. Lee on 01-24-2016 at 7:00 am

Honda patent applications US20130245886, US20140276112, US20140309881, US20140303899, US20140371984, US20150126818, US20160001781 and patent US8698639 describe systems implementing state monitoring of a driver for automatically adjusting the operation of a vehicle in response to the driver state (e.g., driver’s… Read More


The Best Analyst Presentation at SEMI ISS 2016!

The Best Analyst Presentation at SEMI ISS 2016!
by Daniel Nenni on 01-22-2016 at 5:00 pm

The problem I have with semiconductor analysts and media today is that they rarely have depth in what they are talking about. Some because they have never actually worked in the industry and others because they have not worked in the industry since the 1970s. One famed analyst even repeated the mythical “Fabs cost $10B” generalization… Read More


The Death of Moore’s Law

The Death of Moore’s Law
by Michael Barger on 01-22-2016 at 12:00 pm

For the last several years, people have predicted the end of Moore’s Law. The reasoning is that there is a limit at which one can’t shrink transistors any further. A reoccurring comment has been “You can’t divide an atom.” I had assumed that its demise would be at the hands of a new paradigm like quantum computing. Now, with Intel’s … Read More


Qualcomm Shows Their First 5G Demo At Industry Analyst Day

Qualcomm Shows Their First 5G Demo At Industry Analyst Day
by Patrick Moorhead on 01-22-2016 at 7:00 am

Complete 5G solutions aren’t something that you’ll be seeing in phones or networks any time soon regardless of what you may see in the headlines or companies are claiming. In fact, the first official release of the 5G standard isn’t likely to be finalized until 2018, at which point true 5G networks will very likely not roll out until… Read More


Microsoft Cloud-based Connected Car Service Insights from Patents

Microsoft Cloud-based Connected Car Service Insights from Patents
by Alex G. Lee on 01-21-2016 at 4:00 pm

Microsoft patent application US20150262486 and patents US9092984 and US9218740 illustrate a cloud computing service to assist drivers with respect to improving driver safety. The cloud-based driver assistive system can warn drivers upon impending collisions.

The cloud-based driver assistive system includes many grid… Read More


How Makers are changing the world—and why I’m so excited about it

How Makers are changing the world—and why I’m so excited about it
by Sander Arts on 01-21-2016 at 12:00 pm

I’ve spent my entire career in the tech space, being exposed to some of the world’s biggest and most innovative companies. But these days, the thing that excites me a most is how Makers are using technology to make the world a better place.

Consider this: The recent Hackaday prize challenged Makers to build something that matters … Read More