An interesting deal was announced last week, another piece in the What is Next for GlobalFoundries? puzzle. IBM is sending up to 200 employees from their East Fishkill R&D facility to GF’s Malta R&D center in Saratoga County. The first thing that comes to my mind is 10nm! Considering GF is licensing Samsung 14nm, what else… Read More
Tag: semiconductors
Fabless Book Giveaway at #51DAC!
The generosity of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem never ceases to amaze me. Paul McLellan and I wrote a book for the greater good and now key members of our industry will make sure that 1,500 people at this year’s Design Automation Conference will get copies. As a special thank you to all of our supporters SemiWiki will be hosting… Read More
Atrenta @ #51DAC Must See!
Last year at DAC, we launched the RTL Signoff platform and our customers responded enthusiastically. We even had a few other EDA companies follow our lead. So what have we been up to since then?
Visit us at DAC this June and learn how we have expanded our industry leading RTL Signoff solutions to handle the next set of challenges in SoC… Read More
Quantom Dots and Semiconductors?
Imagine life without science and great minds that made life worth living! It is personalities like Newton, Thomas Alva Edison, Graham Bell, Alexander, Michael Faraday who have made us realized the true potential of science.
Imagine what would have happened if Newton had not discovered gravity? It is due to gravity that earth revolves… Read More
Apache Design @ #51DAC Must See!
Register to hear industry experts from top semiconductor companies share their best practices that enable the next generation of high-performance, low power designs for mobile, automotive and other applications. Meet our technologists for in-depth presentations, case studies and demos on the industry’s leading simulation… Read More
Synopsys @ #51DAC Must See!
Accelerating Innovation—that has been at the heart of Synopsys’ commitment to its customers for more than 25 years. As a leader in EDA and semiconductor IP, Synopsys’ software, IP and services help engineers address their design, verification, system and manufacturing challenges and accelerate their innovations. Since 1986,… Read More
Cadence @ #51DAC Must See!
Cadence is excited to bring a full slate of demos, technical presentations, papers, and more to the Design Automation Conference (DAC) June 1-5, 2014, in San Francisco, CA. From our technical experts, you’ll learn tips and techniques from areas including low power, mixed signal, advanced nodes, signoff, verification, and IP,… Read More
Mentor @ #51DAC Must See!
We’ve packed each day full of exciting activities focused on the latest in cutting-edge design. Use this site to find your favorite Mentor experts and events—whether in our suites and networking events, at our partner booths or in the conference. You won’t want to miss a thing!
Celebrating Your Design Creativity!
Rejuvenate with… Read More
Get that Smartphone Chip out of my Wearable!
Last week, I had the pleasure to present at the Linley Group Mobile Conference. My presentation was part of the Wearable Device Session, which examined wearables from several different angles including software, sensor, processor, and IP.
As the smartphone market is maturing and the pace of innovation generally slowing, there… Read More
TSMC Will Own the Internet of Things!
In my quest to uncover the future of the semiconductor industry I was quite impressed by the executive presentations at the TSMC Symposium last week. Rick Cassidy opened the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] Annual TSMC Technology Symposium followed by Dr. Mark Liu, Dr. Jack Sun, Dr. Cliff Hou, J.K Wang, Dr. V.J. Wu, and Suk Lee. A variety of topics… Read More