DATA Pulse: Track Your Components—Efficient Library and Design Data Management
Ever noticed how some objects always mysteriously disappear? It's like they have their own legs. Or maybe, secretly, they thirst for adventure and go wandering off. Socks for example. Why does... [[...
View ArticleMLPerf: Benchmarking Machine Learning
Most presentations at the recent HOT CHIPS conference are about actual chips, mostly processors of one kind or another. But in machine learning, there is a need to be able to compare these... [[ Click...
View ArticleVirtuosity: Layout Reuse Flow in Modgen
Welcome back to my blog series on Virtuoso ® Module Generator (Modgen). In my first post , I gave an insight into the basic features of the tool and spoke about how Modgen provides tremendous... [[...
View ArticleAcademic Network Engaging with National Taiwan University
The National Taiwan University hosted an EDA summer camp for the third consecutive year! Since “EDA" is an unfamiliar concept for many students, the Graduate Institute of Electronics... [[ Click on...
View ArticleIC Packagers: Capture Your Design for Review
A critical step in any design flow is review. Your peers are your best resource when you have questions about implementation decisions. Senior designers and managers will review your proposed...
View ArticlePCIe Gen 4: It's Official, We're Compliant
Way back in April 2016, I wrote a post about Cadence IP for PCI Express (PCIe) Gen4 where we demonstrated compliance with Mellanox (now part of NVIDIA). As Mellanox's Gilad Shainer said to me... [[...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: AI Accelerator Design with Stratus HLS
There is no doubt that 2019 has seen an explosion of artificial intelligence/machine learning usage for Stratus HLS. In fact, this momentum started in 2017. Noting the increase in machine learning......
View ArticleBoardSurfers: PCB Electronics - Defining and Applying Physical and Spacing...
In our last post , we looked very briefly at electrical constraints. That post was brief for a reason. Constraints need you to go slow at the beginning to ensure you go fast and smooth later. It... [[...
View ArticleIntelligent System Design
Yesterday in my post Intelligent Systems , I wrote about how the imperative for differentiated products, especially at the high end of markets, is pushing both system and semiconductor companies to......
View ArticleAnnouncing Celsius Thermal Solver, a new approach to system-level thermal...
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Be Gu introduces Celsius Thermal Solver, a new tool employing finite element analysis (FEA) techniques for thermal analysis of electronic systems. Ben... [[...
View ArticleTaiwan National IC Design Competition
The Taiwan National IC Design Competition was a great opportunity for Cadence and the Academic Network to build our brand with students, connect with academia and attract top talent. This was the... [[...
View ArticleCelsius: Thermal and Electrical Analysis Together at Last
Today at CDNLive Israel, Anirudh Devgan, Cadence's President, announced the Celsius Thermal Solver. This is Cadence's second product in the system analysis space, following on from the... [[ Click on...
View ArticleXidian University: 2019 Student Summer Training Camp
School of Microelectronics of Xidian University , was set up in 2004 which is one of the National Instruction Bases for Integrated Circuit Talents approved by the Ministry of Education of China, has......
View ArticleProgramming Languages for Embedded Systems
How do you program an embedded system? Say, the code that runs on the control processor on a big SoC? What programming language should you use? I have never really programmed an embedded system,... [[...
View ArticleThe Safety and Security of Autonomous Vehicle Systems
At the recently-held CDNLive India 2019, Cadence’s annual user conference, we had a session by Cadence’s partners Green Hills Software. Green Hills Software is the worldwide leader in embedded...
View ArticleCDNLive Taiwan – Cadence User Conference 2019
CDNLive Cadence User Conference is an opportunity for Cadence technology users, developers, industry experts, and academia to come together to network, share best practices on critical design and... [[...
View ArticleVirtuosity: Automated Device Placement and Routing—Base Layer Fill Insertion
Several weeks back, I posted my first blog on the Virtuoso ® Automated Device Placement and Routing solution, highlighting the importance of analog layout automation in advanced nodes. In the... [[...
View Article500th Anniversary of Magellan's Voyage
Earlier this year, on July 20, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. I wrote about it—well, mostly about the Apollo Guidance Computer—that day in my post The First... [[...
View ArticleSunday Brunch Video for 22nd September 2019
https://youtu.be/6p94sN1fHFY Made at Tel Aviv seafront (camera Carey Guo) Monday: MLPerf: Benchmarking Machine Learning Tuesday: PCIe Gen 4: It's Official, We're Compliant Wednesday: Celsius:... [[...
View ArticleCDNLive Israel 2019: Celsius, the Dead Sea, Ramallah
The big announcement at CDNLive Israel was during Anirudh's keynote when he announced the second product in the system analysis space, Celsius. This is a thermal solver using both finite element... [[...
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