I heard about WolframAlpha.com last week.  It is a search engine that does all the calculations it can think of for an entry.   It works with Math (it uses the Mathematica engine from Wolfram Research) History, Chemistry, Music, Astronomy, etc.  They have lots of great examples.

I happened to have a fondness for super massive black holes that are at the center of galaxies.  If you enter “18 billion solar masses black hole” then WoflframAlpha spits back lots of data, including the radius.   This happens to be the biggest hole so far according to Wikipedia.   If you note down the radius 10^13 meters, and then enter “Pluto” and “Sedna” as your next search items, you quickly find out that this humongous black hole is bigger than our solar system.  It is over 8 light-hours across!

Check it out…You will be glad you did.

+Graham

EDACafe will again be interivewing exhibitors, executives and analysts from the floor of the Design Automation Conference in San Francisco on July 27-29.   There is no charge for the video interviews which will are posted on our web-site.  This month (June) we are taking appointments from our current clients and members.  In July, we will be making appointments for other companies that would like to be a part of the buzz of DAC.

To see what an interview is like check-out our DATE Conference Video page from April.  You can see it at

http://www10.edacafe.com/video/display_media.php?category_id=10154

+Graham

I personally invite EDA experts to start your blogs here. Using the blogs, you can share your opinions, ask questions, let people know what you are up to, and project yourself to be an industry guru. You have an audience of  more than 75,000 unique visitors/month. The blogs are also included in our daily newsletter to 30,000 subscribers.  Send an email to me with your bio and a digital photo.  My email is Graham [at] EDACafe.com.