Graham Bell sits down with Dr. Bogdan Tudor, head of Silvaco’s device characterization group, to discuss Gan High-electron-mobility transistors, and the practical modeling of real world components as presented in his webinar. You can catch the full webinar at this link: TCAD-based Model Extraction Flow for GaN HEMT Devices – Part 2.
Silvaco Nanometer Newsbyte
Archive for March, 2019
Preview: Model Extraction for Asymmetric GaN HEMT Devices
Thursday, March 28th, 2019Why are Silvaco and Avery Design Working Together?
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019Silvaco just announced an agreement with Avery Designs for the distribution of Avery’s verification IP (VIP) for the MIPI I3C sensor interface protocol, which is used in smartphones, IoT devices and camera systems; and its VIP for in-car network applications based on the CAN- FD / LIN / FlexRay protocols.
I sat down with Chris Browy, VP of Sales and Marketing at Avery Design to learn more about what are the benefits of using their VIP.
Before we dig into the ones and zeroes, how long have you been with Avery Design?
You may be surprised to hear that I have been with Avery Design since 1998, for over 20 years. Prior to that, I was at Cadence for almost 10 years directing both ASIC Design Services, and Top-down IC Design Practice. I guess that makes me a veteran of the industry.
Chris, what was the customer design activity that got us working closely together?
We have been working with joint clients that are creating SoCs for automotive applications. Silvaco has a suite of automotive network protocol IP which are popular – both CAN and FlexRay. For cameras and other kinds of sensors around the vehicle, Silvaco is one of the first vendors to offer the new I3C protocol IP, which replaces I2C interfaces, and enables multidrop serial data buses. Semiconductor design IP must be verified before it goes into an SoC, so it was natural for us to offer a solution where the IP comes from Silvaco and the VIP comes from Avery Design.
Can you talk a little about the Sales activity? Can you name names?
I would love to share customer names with your audience, but why should I let competitors know where we have been winning. Seriously, Silvaco and Avery have worked over half-a- dozen engagements with name brand companies your readers would be familiar with. And on the development side, we have worked closely on creating the VIP for the new I3C interface, so a robust and complete solutions is available to design teams.
Why do Design and Verification managers choose Avery VIP?
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What are the Challenges of Nanometer Library Characterization?
Friday, March 22nd, 2019Graham Bell sits with Bernardo Culau, Director of Characterization at Silvaco, to tlak about the challenges of nanometer characterization of standard cell libraries. They also discuss the webinar on the same topic. You can catch the webinar at this link: Nanometer Library Characterization: Challenges and Solutions.
Introducing the Silvaco Nanometer Newsbyte
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019Silvaco is increasing its digital footprint in 2019 and will bring high quality information about our products, technology and innovators to the EDACafe audience in this new Silvaco Nanometer Newsbyte blog.
Initially we will be focusing on four categories: Meet Silvaco, Machine Learning, TCAD for Process and Device, and Circuit Simulation and Modeling. We will add more categories as we publish new articles in the weeks and months ahead
 Meet Silvaco |
 Machine Learning |
 TCAD Process and Device |
 Circuit Simulation and Modeling |
AUTOMOTIVE WORLD, in January, is the world’s largest exhibition and conference for advanced automotive technologies, consisting of 6 fairs specialized in automotive electronics, EV/HEV, lightweight, connected car, autonomous driving, and processing technology. Total attendance is over 37,000 and the event takes place across 3 hectic, crowded days. The automotive electronics show is known as CAR-ELE JAPAN and that is where Silvaco exhibited its portfolio of solutions for the smart vehicle industry.
In the “Meet Silvaco” category, here below is a quick video interview of CTO Babak Taheri at the show. He shares the 4 technical topics being presented in the booth.
