Posts Tagged ‘E-System Design’
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
Bill Martin, E-System Design President & VP of Engineering, sent the following essay detailing 4 Generations in the History of Electronics, including the Last/Lost Generation …
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“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
Isaac Newton, 5 February 16761
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1st Generation (1940-1960s): Vacuum tubes and possibilities
The start of the electrical computer age produced first generation electrical computers that required large rooms to contain them. These computers were large, heavy, power-consuming devices that had poor reliability (mean time between failures, MTBF): nothing like today’s handheld consumer devices that are more powerful, fit in your pocket, easily connect wirelessly to networks and can last 4+ hours on a single charge.
A few smart engineers realized that larger systems could not be built unless higher levels of integration were possible, helping to improve MTBF, size, weight, power and cost: a recurring theme for each generation that followed.
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Tags: 3D technologies, Bill Martin, David Cook, E-System Design, Jack Kilby, Ki Jin Han, LSI Logic, Madhavan Swaminathan, Mentor Graphics, Robert Noyce, Synopsys, Veloce2, VLSI Technology
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Let’s be honest about this. The reason the Electronic Design Process Symposium takes place every year in Monterey is because of the surf and sunshine. Otherwise, this conference would be so much more appropriately located in Silicon Valley.
Oh well, where’s the harm? Just hop into your favorite woodie, be it a hybrid or an EV, don’t forget the suncream, sandtoys, and surfboard, and head on down to Monterey Bay for two days of great talks, good food, and quiet-ish contemplation, with an emphasis on -ish. The 20th annual EDPS awaits.
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Tags: Adapt-IP, Alcatel-Lucent, Aparna Dey, ARM, Brandon Wang, Cadence, Camille Kokosaki, Dan Nenni, Docea Power, Don MacMillen, Dusan Petranovic, E-System Design, eda2asic, EDPS 2013, Frank Schirrmeister, Gary Smith, Gene Jakubowski, Gene Matter, Gregory Wright, Guy Bois, Herb Reiter, Intel, Ivo Bolsens, James Colgan, John Heilein, John Swan, Kiron Pai, Luigi Capodieci GlobalFoundries, Mentor Graphics, Michael McNamara, Micron, Mike Black, Namraj Nandra, Naresh Sehgal, Net App, Nimbic, Oracle, Raymond Leune, Rob Aitken, SemiWiki, Space Codesign, Srinivas Nori, Srinivasa Banna, Synopsys, Tom Dillinger, Tom Quan, TSMC, Xilinx, Xuropa
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