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Open Data Science Conference West
On November 2, 3, and 4, I attended ODSC West in San Francisco. What is ODSC, you ask? It’s the Open Data Science Conference. With over 3500 attendees, it’s one of the largest applied data science...
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October Revolution
Today is the 100th Anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia. But wait, isn't it November? Indeed it is, but back in 1917, Russia still had not switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar....
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Whiteboard Wednesdays - A Practical Approach to Failure Modes, Effects, and...
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesday, John MacLaren explains the steps required for Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) in automotive designs and the specific practices incorporated...
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What's For Breakfast? Video Preview November 13th to 17th 2017
(Please visit the site to view this video) Coming from David Intercontinental Tel Aviv (camera Natalie) Monday: CDNLive Israel Tuesday: Jasper User Group Wednesday: IEDM Preview Thursday: Arm TechCon...
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Simon Segars: It's the Security, Stupid
Simon Segars opened the second day of Arm TechCon (or for exhibitors who didn't notice the first day since they were setting up, the first day). Simon, of course, is the CEO of Arm, although Arm is no...
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The Exciting New Product Launched at CDNLive India 2017
One of the highlights at CDNLive India 2017 that was held in September was the launch of the new memory characterization solution from Cadence called the Legato Memory Solution. I had a chance to speak...
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Adding Annotations in Your e Code
If you have had a chance to work with languages like Java or C#, you might have come across Annotations . Since the Specman 17.10 version, annotations have become part of the e language! (See Java...
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How to Be Sure Your PCB Design Is Protected from ESD Events
One way to determine if your design can withstand an electro-static discharge (ESD) event is to test it in the lab with an ESD gun. It might work. But it might not. If it does not, it is going to be a...
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Social Engineering
The biggest weakness in security are the people. It is almost never the encryption algorithms themselves, or anything technical like that. Last year, Science Daily reported that many people will...
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How to Measure and Improve Design Regularity for Better Yield
The following post is an excerpt of “Methodology for Analyzing and Quantifying Design Style Changes and Complexity using Topological Patterns” that Jason Cain, Principal Member of the Technical Staff...
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Arm Security Manifesto...and Krack
The Internet of Things (IoT) could be a big number...20 billion things... 50 billion things... or Arm's favorite number all week at TechCon, a trillion things. Or it could be a lot closer to zero if...
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Virtuosity: All New XStream In - The Translation Expressway
I took a little extra care dressing up that Monday... My 4-year-old dream had come true and that needed some celebration. All dressed up and simply forgetting the Monday blues I have been suffering...
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Whiteboard Wednesdays - Understanding ISO 26262 Implications for Automotive...
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesday, Anne Hughes explains the considerations for designs targeted at automotive applications and the impact of functional safety requirements on that process....
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Cadence Academic Network Is Ten Years Old
Yes, it's true, the Cadence Academic Network is having its tenth anniversary. The program is run by Patrick Haspel, who is now based in San Jose. However, he is from Mannheim in Germany, and when it...
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You Have to Learn to Pace Yourself… Pressure…
I've been on a Billy Joel kick of late, and this song is apropos to this post, too! https://youtu.be/Iyv905Q2omU Okay, now that I have given you a nice ear worm, we'll go on with today's post. “Water...
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What's For Breakfast? Video Preview November 6th to 10th 2017
https://youtu.be/P3O79m4r-PM < Coming from the Cadence building 10 lobby (camera Sean) Monday: Embargoed release Tuesday: October Revolution Wednesday: Simon Segars: It's the Security Stupid...
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CHIP: College Hire and Internship Program
For some time, Cadence had an informal internship program: if managers wanted to hire an intern, then they could. But it was not formalized and it wasn't very consistent. As the Cadence Academic...
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The Book That Changed Everything
Academics have had a big influence on semiconductor design and design automation. I wrote earlier this week about Rob Rutenbar, the recipient of this year's Kaufman award, an academic as well as the...
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Art of Analog Design Part 7: Mismatch Tuning
In days of future past, we looked at DC mismatch analysis and compared it to Monte Carlo analysis for analyzing the effect of device mismatch on the offset voltage of a differential amplifier. We found...
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Tensilica Can Improve Your Image
Why is image processing so important? To a first order approximation, all data is vision and video. Of course, things like GPS systems generate data too, but in terms of data volume the amount of data...
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