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Customize the Organization of Bond Wires in Your Artwork Films with SiP...
When it comes to IC Package substrates, Gerber is still one of the most common, most popular formats used to send the design for manufacturing. Being a strictly 2D format, however, how do you best fit...
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16Gbps SerDes Multiprotocol Multilink PHY IP
In any advanced node, one of the most important pieces of IP is a high-performance SerDes PHY. Of course, what counts as high-performance depends on the node. At the current 16nm node, 16Gbps is the...
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Q&A: Distinguished Engineer Gilles Lamant on Why Photonics Is Going Mainstream
Toward the end of last year, Cadence announced that it is working with Lumerical Solutions and PhoeniX Software to create a Virtuoso custom design platform-based design flow for electronic and photonic...
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New 16Gbps Multi-link, Multi-protocol SerDes PHY Enhances Datacenter...
PCIe Gen4 is bringing new possibilities to servers and virtualization. The interface increases the bandwidth and value of data transmission from server to server, switch to switch, and server to...
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Embedded Neural Network Summit—How to Build a Silicon Brain
On February 9, Cadence is hosting an all-day Embedded Neural Network Summit., with a focus on "Extending Deep Learning into Mass-Market Silicon." It will take place in the building 10 auditorium on the...
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Using Tables to Handle Configurability in Incisive Enterprise Specman
Most, if not all, designs which are being verified today are configurable. This is just a fact of life, with companies trying to reuse as much IP as possible in multiple different projects, or...
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Whiteboard Wednesdays—SSD Controllers with Tensilica Processors
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Neil Robinson follows up on last week's “SSD Controller Basics and Trends” video to show how optimizing Tensilica processors for use in SSD controllers meets...
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Designing USB 3.1? You Need Sigrity 2016
The most important new connector in town (especially if that town was Las Vegas during CES) is the new USB Type-C connector. The reason it is so important is that it has the potential to be the...
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Using Tables to Handle Configurability in Incisive Enterprise Specman
Most, if not all, designs which are being verified today are configurable. This is just a fact of life, with companies trying to reuse as much IP as possible in multiple different projects, or...
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Genus Synthesis Solution 15.2 Now Available to Academia
To support academia using the latest industry-standard tools, Cadence's Genus Synthesis Solution has been made available to universities. If you want to use the Genus solution, please contact the...
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What's Good About Allegro PCB Editor Differential Pair Return Path Vias?...
The Allegro PCB Editor 16.6-2015 release now provides support for differential-pair return path vias, a method to add return path vias to a differential pair easily during the Add Connect command....
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IEDM Examines Options for 5nm...Academics and Industry Examine the Options
At IEDM in December, there was a full-day course looking at the options for transistors and interconnect for the 5nm node. The academics opened the show with Mark Lundstrom presenting on behalf of a...
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Are You Investing Enough in Design Security?
There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about the state of security in electronic design. But at the same time, we can’t afford to dwell on the fact that software will always be buggy, and...
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Misfit Shine 2 Lasts for 6 Months on a Coin Cell. How Do They Do That?
You can't go for very long without hearing about the Internet of Things (IoT) in general, and wearables in particular. The biggest segment of wearables is fitness trackers that measure your activity,...
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What's Good About the Altium to Allegro PCB Editor Translator? It’s Now...
The current 16.6 HotFix now provides support for the Altium to Allegro PCB Editor Translator. The translator will convert both PCB and schematic files into Allegro PCB Editor and Allegro Design Entry...
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Whiteboard Wednesdays—Key Metrics for Embedded Neural Networks
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Chris Rowen takes a closer look at the key metrics for embedded neural networks and what today's devices need to do to collect this sophisticated data....
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DesignCon: the 16Gbps Show
I always find DesignCon a slightly weird conference to attend. I swim in the semiconductor world like a fish swimming in the ocean, and I rarely notice there is land out there too. DesignCon is the...
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Education Weeks in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, the capitol of United Arab Emirates (UAE), has a vibrant academic scene with respect to microelectronics. The founder of UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was convinced that, "the best...
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Moore's Law from 50,000 Feet
Moore's Law is in the news again since Intel, having maintained for years that nothing is slowing down, finally showed what they really think. It is a golden rule in economics to look at what people do...
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Tait Communications Achieves 25% Faster Library Creation Process
New Zealand-based Tait Communications is behind digital wireless communications systems that cities, emergency services departments, utilities, security agencies, telecommunications companies, and...
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