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TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum
Last Wednesday was the TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum. The first part of the day was hosted by Dave Keller, President of TSMC America. He pointed out that it was the 10th anniversary of OIP. It has been a...
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基于团队协作的AC/DC电源完整性设计与分析方法
在与用户的交流中，我们收获了许多问题与建议：如何使用压降分析或AC 分析技术、如何改进 PCB 设计流程、如何优化去耦电容的使用等等 …… 这些问题推动着我们不断完善电源和信号完整性的设计。在这之中，有一个话题备受关注：我们的用户纷纷表示现有的在设计周期后期发现问题再反复与 PCB 或 IC...
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History of ISO 26262
I have known Kurt Shuler, the VP marketing at Arteris, for some time. But this post is not going to talk about NoCs (networks-on-chips) at all. It is about the history of ISO 26262. Kurt has been on...
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Virtuoso: The Next Overture - Virtuoso RF Solution for High Frequency Product...
The new release of the Virtuoso platform (ICADVM18.1) offers groundbreaking analysis capabilities and an innovational new simulation-driven layout for more robust and efficient design implementation as...
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App Note Spotlight: Streamline Your SystemVerilog Code, Part IV - Dynamic...
Welcome back to the fourth installment of a special multi-part edition of the App Note Spotlight, where we’ll continue highlighting an interesting app note that you may have overlooked— Simulation...
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Specman 18.09: Avoiding the Small Annoying Mistakes
Specman 18.09: Avoiding the small annoying mistakes In almost every industry, one has the potential of making a small mistake that may cost hours or days to find. The following interesting article...
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Improving Your Testbench Flexibility with Enhanced Specman Templates
Cadence® Specman® Elite delivers faster and higher quality verification at block, chip, and system levels. The tool is cloud ready, supports industry-standard verification languages, and is compatible...
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David White and Machine Learning
Recently Cadence held a worldwide event for our interns. To read more about our intern program, see my post CHIPs in the Cadence Cafeteria . The number varies almost on a day-to-day basis, but when I...
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How To Maintain Connectivity in a Multiboard PCB System
By John Burkhert Jr Bringing a multiboard system together is a chance for the designer to spread their wings. As the circuit spreads, so do the risk of crossed signals. Some of the ways the circuits...
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Whiteboard Wednesdays - Tensilica Neural Network Compiler: An Offline Tool...
In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesda ys video, Megha Daga describes how the Tensilica Neural Network Compiler works, from a trained floating - point network to an optimized source code generation for a...
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Specman 18.09: Avoiding the Small Annoying Mistakes
Specman 18.09: Avoiding the Small Annoying Mistakes In almost every industry, one has the potential of making a small mistake that may cost hours or days to find. The following interesting article...
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Azure for Silicon Design with Cadence and TSMC
I used to live on the Cote d'Azur, which is what everyone else calls the French Riviera. The name comes from the blue color of the Mediterranean Sea, azur in French. In English, it is azure. But it is...
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NXP Introduces Tensilica HiFi 4 DSP-based Platforms to Secure IoT Edge Devices
Trust. Privacy. Confidentiality. These are three important concerns for designers of IoT edge devices. Today NXP announced that they are addressing these concerns with two new platforms that feature...
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ESD Alliance Workshop on Digital Marketing: Agility
Last week the ESD Alliance ran another workshop on digital marketing, with Nicolas Athanasopoulos of OneSpin and Dave Kelf (now at Breker, but who used to work with Nicolas at OneSpin). Unfortunately,...
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Truck Platooning? 10-4, Good Buddy
You know how, when geese are flying in a group, they form a V-shape? This is because of the slipstream in the air. Geese take turns being in the leadership position, and the other geese benefit from...
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升级到Allegro17.2-2016的10大理由之7：梯形凸块布线——下一代高速布线解决方案
通过梯形凸块布线高效利用布线通道 梯形凸块布线是一种新方法，可以通过在并行走线上添加梯形形状来控制引脚区域或者突破区域的阻抗，减少开放区域的串扰。这是一个突破性的布线策略，可应对更长、更密的布线。 （点击查看大图） 不幸的是，这一新的布线技术增加了PCB设计的复杂度，在后续的设计流程中管理这些梯形凸块也很痛苦。 我们听到了你们的求助，PCB layout工程师欢欣鼓舞！...
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Snapshots of CDNLive Taiwan 2018
Taiwan is one of the most important hubs for the global semiconductor industry. Served as an annual important event for Cadence in Taiwan, with the efforts to provide tailored lineups for local...
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ESD Alliance Workshop on Digital Marketing: Tools and Sales
Yesterday was the first part about the ESD Alliance Digital Marketing workshop. Today, it is part 2 (of 2). Nicolas Part 2: Training and Tools Today's marketers need to be hands-on since there are a...
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DDR5 Is on Our Doorstep
The talk of the town in the DRAM market (well, apart from its growth in the last couple of years) is DDR5. You might assume from the talk that JEDEC has finalized the standard, but it is actually...
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Real World (Unexpected) Examples of Multi-Board PCB Systems
By SpaceX - Falcon Heavy Demo Mission, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66196684 What do reusable rockets, self-driving cars, and the blockchain have in common? Besides breaching...
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