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Industry Predictions
EDACafe Industry Predictions for 2025 – RISC-V International January 15, 2025
By: Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Technology, RISC-V International 2024 was a very accomplished year for RISC-V International as we ratified 25 new …
By: Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Technology, RISC-V International 2024 was a very accomplished year for RISC-V International as we ratified 25 new …
Bridging the Frontier
ESD Alliance Reports $5.1 Billion Industry Revenue in Q3 2024 January 14, 2025
The Electronic System Design (ESD) industry has plenty to cheer about as we step into the New Year, according to the latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report from the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community. Industry …
The Electronic System Design (ESD) industry has plenty to cheer about as we step into the New Year, according to the latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report from the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community. Industry …
The Dominion of Design
EDACafe Predictions 2025 – SiFive January 13, 2025
By Ian Ferguson, Senior Director for Infrastructure Products, SiFive As compute requirements increase, we’re seeing a growing demand for optimized hardware …
By Ian Ferguson, Senior Director for Infrastructure Products, SiFive As compute requirements increase, we’re seeing a growing demand for optimized hardware …
Guest Blogger
EDACafe Industry Predictions for 2025 – Alif Semiconductor January 9, 2025
By Reza Kazerounian and Camron Kazerounian AI at the edge is too slow and power-hungry today: 32-bit microcontrollers need a major AI upgrade Gigascale …
By Reza Kazerounian and Camron Kazerounian AI at the edge is too slow and power-hungry today: 32-bit microcontrollers need a major AI upgrade Gigascale …
EDACafe Editorial
Industry Predictions for 2025 – Cofactr January 8, 2025
By Ed Dodd, VP Business Development, Cofactr The high reliability mature-node semiconductor supply had been weak for years and was on track to be outpaced by …
By Ed Dodd, VP Business Development, Cofactr The high reliability mature-node semiconductor supply had been weak for years and was on track to be outpaced by …
EDACafe Editorial
EDACafe Industry Predictions for 2025 – Everspin January 7, 2025
By Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal, President & CEO of Everspin The memory market, along with its adjacent industries, will continue to propel advancements …
By Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal, President & CEO of Everspin The memory market, along with its adjacent industries, will continue to propel advancements …
Siemens EDA
FPGA-based prototyping – to build, or to buy, that is the question! December 20, 2024
Almost as long as FPGAs have been around, they have been used to prototype ASICs, SoCs, and IPs. While initially, the only option for users was to build their own prototyping board, that quickly changed with many commercial prototyping boards …
Almost as long as FPGAs have been around, they have been used to prototype ASICs, SoCs, and IPs. While initially, the only option for users was to build their own prototyping board, that quickly changed with many commercial prototyping boards …
EDACafe Editorial
Rapidus advancements; automotive AI updates; CHIPS Act supporting SOI and SiC fabs; Qualcomm-Arm legal battle December 19, 2024
Let’s start with an EDA update that is closely related to the so called “chip war” between China and the U.S. According to an article from South China Morning Post, Chinese EDA company Empyrean has ceded control to its largest state-owned …
Let’s start with an EDA update that is closely related to the so called “chip war” between China and the U.S. According to an article from South China Morning Post, Chinese EDA company Empyrean has ceded control to its largest state-owned …
Agnisys Automation Review
Ensuring Safety: ISO26262 Certification for Semiconductor Experts August 12, 2024
Introduction Within the automotive sector, the safety of electrical and electronic (E/E) systems is mission critical. As many of you likely already know, ISO 26262 is an international standard for functional safety. For our customers designing …
Introduction Within the automotive sector, the safety of electrical and electronic (E/E) systems is mission critical. As many of you likely already know, ISO 26262 is an international standard for functional safety. For our customers designing …
Arteris IP Blog
Managing SoC Hardware/Software Interface With CSRCompiler October 25, 2023
Author: Rich Weber Richard Weber is a fellow at Arteris following the acquisition of Semifore, the company he founded and managed for 17 years as CEO. He has served as a committee member for the IEEE Standards Association and the Accellera …
Author: Rich Weber Richard Weber is a fellow at Arteris following the acquisition of Semifore, the company he founded and managed for 17 years as CEO. He has served as a committee member for the IEEE Standards Association and the Accellera …
IC Insights
2023 Semi Capex Forecast Sees Largest Decline Since 2008-09 November 29, 2022
A weak memory market and U.S. sanctions on China semiconductor producers are two driving factors behind the expected -19% drop in semiconductor capital spending in 2023. The McClean Report celebrates its 25th anniversary and now you can enjoy it …
A weak memory market and U.S. sanctions on China semiconductor producers are two driving factors behind the expected -19% drop in semiconductor capital spending in 2023. The McClean Report celebrates its 25th anniversary and now you can enjoy it …
ASIC with Ankit
System Verilog “ref” is a nice reference instead of “value” December 30, 2021
Pass by reference is an interesting and very useful feature in system verilog. Very useful and importatn topic to understand and you might hit this as interview question in your next verification interview. This one is one of the very commonly asked …
Pass by reference is an interesting and very useful feature in system verilog. Very useful and importatn topic to understand and you might hit this as interview question in your next verification interview. This one is one of the very commonly asked …
Aldec Design and Verification
How does the Mars Perseverance rover benefit from FPGAs as the main processing units? April 6, 2021
Tasked with finding life in the form of microorganisms, the rover Perseverance landed on Mars at about 04:00 EST on February 18, 2021. The rover has multiple sensors and cameras to collect as much data as possible and, due to the volume of live data …
Tasked with finding life in the form of microorganisms, the rover Perseverance landed on Mars at about 04:00 EST on February 18, 2021. The rover has multiple sensors and cameras to collect as much data as possible and, due to the volume of live data …
Embedded Software
Take a break – the break statement in March 16, 2021
It is a given that structured programming - in one form or another - is a Good Thing. For years, the spaghetti of GOTOs that arose in earlier programming languages has been abhorred by all right-thinking programmers. There are good reasons for this …
It is a given that structured programming - in one form or another - is a Good Thing. For years, the spaghetti of GOTOs that arose in earlier programming languages has been abhorred by all right-thinking programmers. There are good reasons for this …
Silvaco Nanometer Newsbyte
Webinar: Accelerating Wireless IOT SoCs with Silvaco AMBA® Subsystem IP January 28, 2021
In this webinar you will learn how Rafael Microelectronics has deployed Silvaco’s AMBA subsystem in their latest IOT design. Rafael Microelectronics develops high frequency broadband RF IC designs and narrow band IOT IP and devices. Rafael …
In this webinar you will learn how Rafael Microelectronics has deployed Silvaco’s AMBA subsystem in their latest IOT design. Rafael Microelectronics develops high frequency broadband RF IC designs and narrow band IOT IP and devices. Rafael …
Global Business in EDA
Focus a Global Reseller Channel on Your Product December 1, 2020
You can turn an indirect channel into a remarkably productive sales team. Make your products easier to sell to become a high sales priority for your channel. When I first engage with existing international sales channels, I find most …
You can turn an indirect channel into a remarkably productive sales team. Make your products easier to sell to become a high sales priority for your channel. When I first engage with existing international sales channels, I find most …
IP Showcase
What the FAQ with obsolete & EOL parts? February 11, 2020
There’s an old saying that we like the things we know. The same goes with CPUs and other electronics. We use some specific ASICs or FPGAs for years, cause they just are there. And what to do if they become obsolete and manufacturer decided not to …
There’s an old saying that we like the things we know. The same goes with CPUs and other electronics. We use some specific ASICs or FPGAs for years, cause they just are there. And what to do if they become obsolete and manufacturer decided not to …
The Breker Trekker
PSS and RISC-V – A Match Made In Verification November 14, 2019
The industry is excited about RISC-V, and rightly so. It is enabling companies to take back control of their software execution environment without having to assume the huge responsibilities that come along with processor development and support of …
The industry is excited about RISC-V, and rightly so. It is enabling companies to take back control of their software execution environment without having to assume the huge responsibilities that come along with processor development and support of …
AWR Insights
A Conversation With Andrew Zai of IEEE September 25, 2019
Recently I participated in an online interview with Andrew Zai, social media chair for the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, to discuss the history of phased arrays/radar and the role of simulation software. …
Recently I participated in an online interview with Andrew Zai, social media chair for the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology, to discuss the history of phased arrays/radar and the role of simulation software. …
Hardware Emulation Journal
Post-silicon SW Debug, AI/ML and SSD Design Verification all at Mentor U2U 2019 May 22, 2019
Mentor U2U in Santa Clara was a particularly interesting event for the emulation division at Mentor. This year, our customers from Marvell, SK hynix, Wave Computing, Broadcom, and AMD talked about their challenges and successes – bringing to other …
Mentor U2U in Santa Clara was a particularly interesting event for the emulation division at Mentor. This year, our customers from Marvell, SK hynix, Wave Computing, Broadcom, and AMD talked about their challenges and successes – bringing to other …
Video Roundup
Interview with Simon Butler, CEO of Methodics at DVCon 2019 March 27, 2019
Sanjay Gangal interviewed Simon Butler, CEO of Methodics. at the 2019 DVCon. SG: Simon, …
Sanjay Gangal interviewed Simon Butler, CEO of Methodics. at the 2019 DVCon. SG: Simon, …
My DAC Moments
Design Infrastructure Alley at DAC 2019 February 4, 2019
2018 marked the first year of the Design Infrastructure Alley (DIA) at DAC. It was the first time that DAC devoted floor-space to discussing the unique IT needs of the semiconductor industry.
2018 marked the first year of the Design Infrastructure Alley (DIA) at DAC. It was the first time that DAC devoted floor-space to discussing the unique IT needs of the semiconductor industry.
Decoding Formal
The ABCs of Winning at the 2017 Hardware Model Checking Competition March 7, 2018
Every year for the last nine years teams of researchers and software developers have come together to compete in the Hardware Model Checking Competition (HWMCC). This contest pits some of the brightest minds in design and verification against each …
Every year for the last nine years teams of researchers and software developers have come together to compete in the Hardware Model Checking Competition (HWMCC). This contest pits some of the brightest minds in design and verification against each …
Custom Layout Insights
Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind January 12, 2017
Happy New Year! There’s no doubt that FinFET technologies have been very appealing. With FinFETs being up to 37% faster while using less than half the dynamic power than planar transistors, they have been a ‘no brainer’ to adopt and the …
Happy New Year! There’s no doubt that FinFET technologies have been very appealing. With FinFETs being up to 37% faster while using less than half the dynamic power than planar transistors, they have been a ‘no brainer’ to adopt and the …
What's PR got to do with it?
What is in-situ de-embedding? January 14, 2016
As a follow up to Chris Scholz’s predictions on 2016 signal integrity trends, we checked in with in-situ de-embedding inventor Dr. Ching-Chao Huang, who gives us a more detailed look at how engineers will need to handle signal integrity …
As a follow up to Chris Scholz’s predictions on 2016 signal integrity trends, we checked in with in-situ de-embedding inventor Dr. Ching-Chao Huang, who gives us a more detailed look at how engineers will need to handle signal integrity …
