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Reducing Electronic Systems Design Complexity with AI

Reducing Electronic Systems Design Complexity with AI
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-20-2023 at 6:00 am

Siemens Reducing Complexity with AI Whitepaper Graphics

 

In the world of electronic systems design, complexity has always been a major challenge. As technology advances and demands for more efficient and powerful electronic devices grow, engineers face increasingly intricate design requirements. These complexities often lead to longer design cycles, increased costs, … Read More


Has Electronics Bottomed?

Has Electronics Bottomed?
by Bill Jewell on 07-19-2023 at 6:00 pm

Electronics Bottomed 2023 1

The current slump in the electronics market began in 2021. Smartphone shipments versus a year earlier turned negative in 3Q 2021. The smartphone market declines in 2020 were primarily due to COVID-19 related production cutbacks. The current smartphone decline is due to weak demand. According to IDC, smartphone shipments were… Read More


WEBINAR: Driving Golden Specification-Based IP/SoC Development

WEBINAR: Driving Golden Specification-Based IP/SoC Development
by Daniel Nenni on 07-19-2023 at 10:00 am

Correct By ConstructionGoldenSpec BasedIP SoCDevelopment

The ever-increasing demands placed on Intellectual Property (IP) and System-on-Chip (SoC) development teams have resulted in an ever-increasing need for automation solutions that can boost productivity without contributing to further risk. Certainly, demands for automation have long been the drivers behind the growth… Read More


Back to Basics – Designing Out PPA Risk

Back to Basics – Designing Out PPA Risk
by Bernard Murphy on 07-19-2023 at 6:00 am

balancing rocks

I wrote earlier about managing service-level risk in SoC design, since the minimum service level a system can guarantee under realistic traffic is critical to OEM guarantees of dependable system performance. An ABS design which might get bogged down in traffic under only 0.1% of scenarios is of no use to anyone. That said, meeting… Read More


Points teams should consider about securing embedded systems

Points teams should consider about securing embedded systems
by Don Dingee on 07-18-2023 at 10:00 am

Connected devices in a home

Wishful thinking once prevailed that embedded systems, especially small embedded devices, rarely needed security, and if they did, simply installing a “secure” operating system or a security chip would keep them safe. Connecting devices big and small on the Internet of Things (IoT) shattered such insular thinking… Read More


Analog Circuit Migration and Optimization

Analog Circuit Migration and Optimization
by Daniel Payne on 07-18-2023 at 6:00 am

WiCkeD Flow, analog circuit optimization

The MunEDA User Group Meeting (MUGM)  has been an annual event since 2006, and this year there were some 80 participants from many customers that attended to share their experiences and learn how to get the best EDA tool results. I’ve been able to view the presentations and archived videos, so will share some of the interesting… Read More


Calibre’s next move – Correct-by-Construction IC Layout Optimization

Calibre’s next move – Correct-by-Construction IC Layout Optimization
by Peter Bennet on 07-17-2023 at 10:00 am

DesignEnhancer

Siemens EDA’s next move in its Calibre shift left strategy is the addition of correct-by-construction IC layout optimization for the most critical emerging physical design challenges. Calibre’s new DesignEnhancer product supports both custom and digital ICs and is already in use by several leading IC design companies. It … Read More


The Inconvenient Truth of Clock Domain Crossings

The Inconvenient Truth of Clock Domain Crossings
by Anupam Bakshi on 07-17-2023 at 6:00 am

Figure 3

Almost everything that we do in chip design and verification was invented to raise the abstraction above schematics and polygons. Register-transfer-level (RTL) design, functional simulation, logic synthesis, floorplanning, and more fall into this category. Even the notion of binary circuits is an abstraction. Underneath… Read More


SEMICON West 2023 Summary – No recovery in sight – Next Year?

SEMICON West 2023 Summary – No recovery in sight – Next Year?
by Robert Maire on 07-15-2023 at 6:00 am

Semicon west 2023

-SEMICON well attended but bouncing along the biz bottom
-Recovery seems at least a year away with memory even more
-AI creates hope but not impactful- Disconnect tween stocks & reality
-AMAT me too platform- Back end benefits from chiplets

SEMICON busy but subdued

SEMICON is certainly back to pre-covid levels or perhaps better.… Read More


Podcast EP172: RISC-V International, Today and Tomorrow with Calista Redmond

Podcast EP172: RISC-V International, Today and Tomorrow with Calista Redmond
by Daniel Nenni on 07-14-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. Prior to RISC-V International, Calista held a variety of roles at IBM, including Vice President of IBM Z Ecosystem where she led strategic relationships across software vendors, system integrators, business partners, developer communities, and broader engagement… Read More