While reading an article on DeepChip I found an interesting comment from Rafaela Novais, a Design Support Manager at TowerJazz Semi and decided to interview her to learn more about her experience as an IC designer and EDA tool user.




EDA Solutions at Ultra Low Power Developer Forum Demonstrates Mixed-Signal Flow including Tools from Tanner EDA, Incentia and Aldec
EDA Solutions, sole representative in Europe for Tanner EDA and Incentia Design Systems, is exhibiting at the ‘Design & Elektronik’ Developer Forum on Ultra Low Power in Munich, Germany, on October 10, 2012, at the Holiday Inn (Munich – City Centre).
EDA Solutions will be presenting its complete analog, digital and… Read More
New MIPI protocols: Unipro, LLI and CSI3 over MPHY.
New MIPI protocols: Unipro, LLI and CSI3 over MPHY.
Gabriele ZARRI, Moshik RUBIN, Cadence
Sophia Antipolis, France SAME 2012 Conference – October 2 & 3, 2012 2
Abstract:
With more than 50% of the world‟s population using cellular phones and the growing number of devices that go mobile, from game consoles and media player… Read More
So British! with Mike MULLER (ARM CTO & Founder) at SAME Conference
SAME conference has started with Joel Huloux, Chairman of the MIPI Alliance, who gave a high level introduction about MIPI, rather business than technology oriented, talking to Marketing/Management audience. Extracting the main points from his presentation:
- More than 30 specifications have been issued (Important remark:
EDAC Reports Upbeat Q2 2012 Revenues
EDA revenues for Q2 2012 were up 10.8% compared to Q2 2011 as reported by EDAC today.
Increasing
- CAE
- IC Physical Design & Verification
- Semi IP
High Frequency Analysis of IC Layouts
IC designers of passive devices often use empirical approaches to perform High Frequency Analysis (HFA), however there is at least one new approach being offered by Mentor Graphics using a tool flow of:
- Device detection and extraction with Calibre LVS and Calibre PERC
- Interconnect RLC extraction with Calibre xRC, Calibre xACT-3D
Linley Tech Processor Conference 2012
Learn everything you need to know about processors for enterprise- and carrier-communications systems. We have added more Speakers and industry experts and expanded the two-day conference program with 25 % more sessions.
We will be featuring presentations on the newest processors with multiple cores, programmable data planes,… Read More
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and ARM!
Clearly the key to success in the foundry business is partnerships. Easy to say, harder to do, here is an excellent example of one that works: GLOBALFOUNDRIES and ARM announced in August 2012 a multi-year agreement to jointly deliver optimized system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for ARM® processor designs on GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 20-nanometer… Read More
ReRAM/CBRAM at the 2012 IEDM Conference
Time flies! IEDM time is coming up again (this year on the left coast) and the conference program is now on-line. Lots of interest to the ReRAM/CBRAM community. While some trends are emerging (Hafnium Oxide appears to be the material of choice) there are still plenty of other more contentious issues. ReRAM/CBRAM has reached the … Read More
Dilbert Does Social Media!
Dilbert has always been a favorite comic of mine because it is based on truth and there is no better humor than truth, especially at work. According to Wikipedia; Scott Adams and Dilbert came to national prominence through the downsizing period in 1990s America. A former worker in various roles at big businesses, he became a full-time… Read More
Flynn Was Right: How a 2003 Warning Foretold Today’s Architectural Pivot