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 IEEE CEDA Corner  by Thomas Harms, Chair Design Technology Committee, IEEE Council on EDA
Thomas Harms, Chair Design Technology Committee, IEEE Council on EDA
Update on the Design Technology Committee August 30, 2010
The Design Technology Committee (DTC) represents EDA users from system and semiconductor companies to form a strong partnership with the EDA industry. The DTC wants to engage with EDA vendors in bi-directional discussions on common EDA needs and …

 What's PR got to do with it?  by Ed Lee
Ed Lee
A Look into the Debug Visibility offered by InPA Systems August 25, 2010
Liz Massingill interviews InPA's Joe Gianelli This month,  a new company announced its entrance into the rapid prototyping space. It goes by the name of InPA Systems. I  was lucky enough to be able to grab a few minutes with its VP of Marketing …

 Real Talk  by Prakash Narain, Ph.D. President, CEO Real Intent, Inc.
Prakash Narain, Ph.D. President, CEO Real Intent, Inc.
The 10 Year Retooling Cycle August 19, 2010
I still remember the enthusiastic talk around the 10-year EDA retooling cycle in 2000.  There was optimism fueled by the dot-com boom. Moore’s Law was in full force. Communications industry was in infancy, ready for innovative new products. …

 Guest Blogger  by Ziyad Hanna, Chief Architect and VP of Research, Jasper Design Automation
Ziyad Hanna, Chief Architect and VP of Research, Jasper Design Automation
Think Parallel First, Then Cloud for EDA July 20, 2010
Cloud computing was the subject of much interest and discussion at this year’s DAC.  While I acknowledge that the cloud will play an increasingly important role in our business, its displacement of today’s semiconductor design practices is …

 AWR Insights  by Sherry Hess, Vice President of Marketing
Sherry Hess, Vice President of Marketing
The New Company Culture—Play vs. Pay July 19, 2010
Well, another IMS has come and gone, and once again we survived the chaos of getting ready and then pulled off a fantastic show. While wandering the show floor and perusing other exhibitors’ booths, I couldn't help but notice a clear divide …

 Global Business in EDA  by Mo Casas
Mo Casas
Develop Which Europe? July 18, 2010
I had been working with a client on a new product positioning. It was a very valuable product offering and not very complicated to explain to potential customers. We were on the way back from a busy one week trip to Japan. We had been presenting the …

 Stan on Standards  by Stan Krolikoski, Group Director of Standards, Cadence
Stan Krolikoski, Group Director of Standards, Cadence
Japan & SystemC July 15, 2010
With all of the excitement in the “front end” of the SOC design/verification/modeling community about Accellera’s UVM, it is easy to loose track of work being done around another significant front end language—SystemC.  For those not aware, …

 EDA Thoughts  by Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne
EDA Networking in Oregon this Friday, 5:30PM-7PM July 7, 2010
Friday networking July 9th, 2010 5:30PM – 7PM (not lunch time, but drinks and finger food after work) Olive Garden Restaurant, Lake Oswego. Discussion Ideas · DAC Conference, attendance down 25% so does it matter? · Carl Icahn …

 The Dominion of Design  by Graham Bell
Graham Bell
54 DAC Interviews Now Live! July 2, 2010
I thought I had done lots of video interviews (44) at last year's DAC show in San Francisco.   This year I went completely over the top and did 54! 54 EDCAfe Videos Link One thing I noticed this year is that the interview were going longer …

 Open Electrons  by Chitlesh Goorah
Chitlesh Goorah
Using Fedora’s Windows cross compilers to extend EDA software distribution June 14, 2009
Last week announced the availability of Fedora 11. This new release entails Windows cross-compilers introduced by Fedora's MinGW Special Interest Group.The aim is to eliminate duplication of work for application developers by providing a range of …

 Power to masses  by Anand Iyer
Anand Iyer
47th DAC Innovations – Career Seminar and Panel discussion organized by Women in Electronic Design (WWED) May 19, 2010
I have resolved to continue my blogging whenever I get a chance, now that I have been employed full-time. Before I blog about low power, I want to share something that is dear to my heart. Every year DAC features a number of innovative programs …

 Verification is No Simulation  by Dave Rich
Dave Rich
The Art of Deprecation March 26, 2010
At a recent SystemVerilog requirements gathering meeting,I was quite amused to see “deprecating features” come out as one of the top 10 user requested priorities for the next revision of the IEEE 1800 standard. Even more amazing was that this …

 State of EDA  by Lou Covey
Lou Covey
Cadence does social media November 10, 2009
Just posted an interview with the Cadence Social Media team on State of the Media. Cadence has been playing in the SM fields for some time and is predicting even bigger things in the coming months.  A lot of what they do should be copied.  What …

 Helen Perlegos Blog  by Helen Perlegos
Helen Perlegos
How much do you know about Social Media? November 19, 2009
Helen Perlegos, Social Media Manager, IBSystems I had the opportunity to attend the Social Media WorldForum at the Convention Center in Santa Clara, California this week. The two day event allowed attendees to participate in one hour workshops …

 Thursday's Child  by Peggy Aycinena
Peggy Aycinena
X-FAB: High-temp mission profile September 21, 2009
Headquartered in Germany, X-FAB is a foundry with manufacturing operations in Erfurt and Dresden, Plymouth in the U.K., Lubbock in Texas, and Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia. On September 8th, X-FAB made an interesting announcement with the …

 EDA Venture  by Jacques Benkoski
Jacques Benkoski
Of investors, bloggers and customers July 24, 2009
Much hay has been made recently of industry transitions with the first two categories and their role in the development and adoption of new technologies. Of investors, people have said that they have been risk averse and reluctant to put money in …

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