BoardSurfers: Avoid Iterations with Your Manufacturing Partner – Detect and...
Some things are rare, good or bad, but they do happen from time to time. And, some happen so regularly, we often take them for granted if good or learn to live with them if bad. But should we? For......
View ArticleIntelligent System Design for Automobiles of the Future
There's a lot going on in the automotive market. The three big things are electric traction, autonomous driving, and shared mobility. Cadence is holding their second annual Automotive Design... [[...
View ArticleTales from DAC: The New Spectre Simulator Is Here!
If you’re doing circuit simulation anywhere in the world, you’re probably already familiar with the Cadence Spectre® simulator. The Spectre simulator is an accurate and high-performance SPICE... [[...
View ArticleOrchestras, Degrees, and Choice
Did you read about how orchestras started to do blind auditions where the players were behind a curtain? And how the result was lots more women hired into orchestras once the biased hiring...
View ArticleTales from DAC: Cadence, AI, and You
Complexity is driving the urgency for advanced artificial intelligence systems more than ever—and that means someone has to supply the tools to create those systems. Cadence is up to the task: we’ve......
View ArticleVirtuosity: Introducing Automated Device Placement and Routing in Virtuoso
The semiconductor industry has long relied on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software for IC design. As the industry evolved over the years, so did the EDA tools. However, the evolution of EDA......
View ArticleAI Making Connections that No One Else Noticed
I just came across this article on Vice Motherboard , and it blew me away. The article was reporting on a paper published in Nature magazine on July 3, 2019 , about unsupervised word embeddings... [[...
View ArticleThe First Computer on the Moon
I am sure you can't fail to have noticed that tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. It has been everywhere for the last few weeks. I was a teenager. I remember... [[ Click...
View ArticleSunday Brunch Video for 21st July 2019
https://youtu.be/cfXcbcY6qpM Made at xxx (camera Gary Bengier) Monday: Will American Scooters Follow Chinese Bikes? Tuesday: GLOBALFOUNDRIES After the Pivot Wednesday: Intelligent System Design for......
View ArticlePasswords and Multi-Factor Authentication
I recently came across an interesting piece written by Microsoft's Alex Weinert, Your Pa$$word doesn't matter . He is part of Microsoft's Security and Protection Team. As such he is... [[ Click on the...
View ArticleVirtuoso Meets Maxwell: Export the Die? What Am I Exporting? To Where?
'Virtuoso Meets Maxwell' is a blog series aimed at exploring the capabilities and potential of Virtuoso RF and Virtuoso MultiTech. So, how does Virtuoso meet Maxwell? Now, Virtuoso supports... [[ Click...
View ArticleDATA Pulse: In Search of the Perfect Environment—Configuring Allegro EDM
Ah, the office temperature – that eternal debate. As in many offices, ours has some people who feel that they're in the Sahara Desert, others who bundle up like they're in Antarctica, a few... [[ Click...
View ArticleTales from DAC: MediaTek's Experience with Spectre X Simulator
MediaTek recently gave the new Spectre X Simulator a try, and they talked about their experiences with it at DAC 2019 in a presentation given by YY Chen in the Cadence Theater. Spoiler alert: they......
View ArticleIC Packagers: Correcting Die Orientations and Die Attachments
When you add a die component to your SiP Layout design, you must identify both its default attachment type – wire bond or flip-chip – and its orientation – chip up or down. But, what happens if you......
View ArticleVirtuoso Meets Maxwell
When I was a postgraduate at Edinburgh University, my office was in the James Clerk Maxwell Building, the JCMB. Maxwell was most famous for Maxwell's Equations, which give the rules for how... [[ Click...
View ArticleWhiteboard Wednesdays – The Storage Combo PHY IP – Nirvana!
In this week’s Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Jacek Duda describes three storage protocols and announces that you only need one PHY IP to support xSPI, ONFI 4.x and SD standards!... [[ Click on the title...
View ArticleComputer Scientist Alan Turing to Be on British £50 Note
Last week the Bank of England announced that the new £50 note will have Alan Turing on it. The current note features James Watt and Matthew Bolton, the pioneers of the steam engine. It was... [[ Click...
View ArticleVirtuosity: bindStrict or Not in Virtuoso in the Times of Chandrayaan 2
As I sat to write this blog, Chandrayaan 2 was entering its countdown for launch. Apollo 11 has just completed its 50 th year of landing on the moon. Cadence is just back from its first ever... [[...
View ArticleTales from DAC: The New Spectre Simulator Is Here!
If you’re doing circuit simulation anywhere in the world, you’re probably already familiar with the Cadence Spectre® simulator. The Spectre simulator is an accurate and high-performance SPICE... [[...
View ArticleTales from DAC: MediaTek's Experience with Spectre X Simulator
MediaTek recently gave the new Spectre X Simulator a try, and they talked about their experiences with it at DAC 2019 in a presentation given by YY Chen in the Cadence Theater. Spoiler alert: they......
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