CDN Live 2013 in Munich: what’s the next acquisition? Evatronix!

CDN Live 2013 in Munich: what’s the next acquisition? Evatronix!
by Eric Esteve on 05-07-2013 at 2:44 am

It was definitely a good idea to go to Munich to listen to the keynote talk from Lip-Bu Tan. Did I learned in direct live the name of the next acquisition from Cadence in 2013, after Tensilica and Cosmic Circuits? Yes and the winner is… Evatronix! And cadence as well as Evatronix is enjoying more than 600 customers worldwide, thanks … Read More


Costello and Hogan Rock the House at Cadence EDAC ECC Event

Costello and Hogan Rock the House at Cadence EDAC ECC Event
by Randy Smith on 05-02-2013 at 9:00 pm

No one who spent much time at Cadence during Joe Costello‘s reign as CEO (1987-1997, including SDA) could likely give an unbiased review of last night’s event, EDAC – Jim Hogan Emerging Companies Series. The event was held at Cadence’s 5-story Building 10, a building that had not yet been built while Joe… Read More


Multi-level abstraction accelerates verification turnaround

Multi-level abstraction accelerates verification turnaround
by Pawan Fangaria on 05-02-2013 at 8:30 pm

Often a question is raised about how SystemC improves verification time when the design has to go through RTL in any case. A simple answer is that with SystemC, designs can be described at a higher level of abstraction and then automatically synthesized to RTL. When the hands-on design and verification activity is at a higher level,… Read More


CDNS V. BDA: Motion to Dismiss

CDNS V. BDA: Motion to Dismiss
by Paul McLellan on 05-02-2013 at 1:00 pm

The Cadence-BDA saga continues with Berkeley Design Automation today filing a motion to dismiss. You can read the full motion HERE. My previous blog “Cadence Sues Berkeley Design Automation” with 30+ comments is HERE.

The first problem BDA brings up is that the DMCA claim by Cadence is so vague that it doesn’t… Read More


Costello on Story Telling

Costello on Story Telling
by Paul McLellan on 05-01-2013 at 9:03 pm

Last night at Cadence was the next installment of what I have been calling Hogan University. Jim interviewed Joe Costello about how to tell a story as part of the EDAC emerging companies series of events. The main focus was how to tell a story as a small EDA company communicating with investors, although there are obviously other forms… Read More


CDN Live 2013 in Munich: what’s the next acquisition?

CDN Live 2013 in Munich: what’s the next acquisition?
by Eric Esteve on 04-23-2013 at 8:10 pm

Going to Munich in May could be a very good idea, as it will give you the opportunity to listen to the keynote talk from Lip-Bu Tan. Who knows if you will learn in direct live the name of the next acquisition from Cadence in 2013, after Tensilica and Cosmic Circuits? In fact, there may not be new acquisition announcement, then this keynote… Read More


Cadence ♥ TSMC

Cadence ♥ TSMC
by Daniel Nenni on 04-19-2013 at 6:00 pm

TSMC has been investing in the fabless semiconductor ecosystem for 25+ years and that is why they are the #1 foundry and lead this industry (my opinion). I’m a big fan of joint webinars. Not only is it collaboration open to the masses, it is a close collaboration between the two sponsoring companies. Having worked on the TSMC… Read More


Denali+Tensilica+Cosmic = Cadence

Denali+Tensilica+Cosmic = Cadence
by Paul McLellan on 04-17-2013 at 1:00 am

I won’t be able to attend Chris Rowen’s presentation here at the GlobalPress Electronic Summit since I’m going to the first day of the Linley Mobile Microprocessor conference. In fact I wonder if Chris himself will make it since he was running in the Boston marathon on Monday. He finished about 10 minutes before… Read More


Variation-aware IC Design

Variation-aware IC Design
by Daniel Payne on 04-15-2013 at 4:18 pm

We’ve blogged before about Layout Dependent Effects (LDE) on SemiWiki and how it further complicates the IC design and layout process, especially at 28nm and lower nodes because the IC layout starts to change the MOS device performance. There’s an interesting webinarfrom Cadence on Variation-aware IC Design, … Read More


Two New TSMC-Cadence Webinars for Advanced Node Design

Two New TSMC-Cadence Webinars for Advanced Node Design
by Daniel Payne on 04-15-2013 at 3:43 pm

Foundries and EDA vendors are cooperating at increasing levels of technical intimacy as we head to the 20nm and lower nodes. Cadence has a strong position in the EDA tools used for IC design and layout of custom and AMS (Analog Mixed-Signal) designs. They have created a series of webinars to highlight the design challenges and new… Read More