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GOMAC: A Conference that Starts with the National Anthem
GOMACTech is the GOvernment Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology conference. Basically military electronics, with a sprinkling of other government topics like spectrum allocation and...
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USB Type-C: Let’s Get Real
Have you tried a product incorporating the new USB Type-C port? Do you wonder how well it works? I recently bought a new laptop and monitor that support this interface. In fact, Type-C is the only port...
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PSpice – A SPICE Tool Way Beyond Functional Simulation Being Showcased at...
Every year Cadence Design Systems an industry leader in the Electronic Design Automation Industry hosts worldwide CDNLive forums where Cadence technology users and technical industry experts showcase...
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“Great” Hardware Design in a Wireless World
As part three of the “ Making Hardware Design Great Again” series , let’s see how high-level synthesis (HLS) is helping designers create SoCs for WiFi, Bluetooth, and 5G. A common challenge in all...
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See Further by Standing on the Shoulders of...OpenVX
For power and performance reasons, video and vision processing are attractive to offload from the main processor in a datacenter or in an embedded device. An Intel x86 server processor, or a 64-bit ARM...
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What's For Breakfast? Video Preview April 10th to 14th 2017
(Please visit the site to view this video) Coming from Monterey CA Monday: Preview of DAC keynotes Tuesday: First Day of CDNLive Silicon Valley and an Announcement Wednesday: Paolo Gargini's...
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What Keeps MGM's Head of Security Up at Night? Lightbulbs!
The trusted supplier day at GOMAC opened with a slightly off-topic, but fascinating, keynote by Scott Howitt, who is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO, or see-soh) of MGM Resorts...
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Six Reasons to Go to DAC—Plus One Very Big One
There are thousands of good reasons to go to DAC this year. I'll give you seven in this blog post. But one of those reasons towers over all the others. Literally, at 6' 6" tall. Opening Keynote: Joe...
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Pegasus Flies to the Clouds
There is a famous line in Lewis Carrol's Through the Looking Glass that could have been written by the team leader of a design rule check (DRC) product: "A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now,...
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What's For Breakfast? Video Preview April 17th to 21st 2017
(Please visit the site to view this video) Coming from CDNLive Silicon Valley Monday: We Live on a Radioactive Planet Tuesday: Linley Autonomous Hardware Conference Wednesday: 200th Anniversary of...
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Let Your DRC Fly! Cadence Announced the Biggest Breakthrough in SoC Physical...
This morning we announced our next-generation, Pegasus TM Verification System , the biggest breakthrough in SoC physical verification in more than 20 years. Pegasus is architected from the ground up to...
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Whiteboard Wednesdays - USB Type-C and the 5 Barriers to New Standards
In this week's Whiteboard Wednesdays video, Tom Hackett explains why the USB Type-C interface took longer than expected to show up in consumer electronics. He breaks down the 5 reasons for the delay...
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The Gargini Roadmap for Semiconductors
Paolo Gargini gave the opening keynote at GOMAC recently. It was titled The Secret of Success: Roadmap, Research, Prototyping, and Manufacturing . He has been involved in the direction of semiconductor...
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Retimers, Gearboxes, and the Drive to PAM4
If you listen to presentations about high-speed networking for datacenters, you will hear a lot about retimers and gearboxes. With optical networks, one challenge is how you get from the optical domain...
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High Speed Designs with PSpice Advanced Analysis
The basic rule of thumb in terms of high speed design guidelines includes taking into account the parasitics of the transmission path/ channel link. With PSpice Advanced Analysis the capacitive...
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Clock Generation and Distribution Application with PSpice Advanced Analysis
A design application can include a clock generation and distribution circuit where matching the exact propagation delay for the digital clock through the distribution circuit is the measurement goal....
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Schematic Design Reviews with PSpice Advanced Analysis
Have you been a situation where you have been invited to a design review for a fellow co-worker? I guarantee a yes to this question, especially for anyone working in design engineering teams. Alright...
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Post-Layout Simulations with PSpice Advanced Analysis
The designer's toolkit has a variety of simulation tools ranging from 2.5D planar Signal Integrity/Power Integrity tools to 3D Field Electromagnetic Simulation tools.These tools can be utilized for...
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Developing Fingerprint Readers for Developing World Medicine
Every aspiring 7-year old detective knows that fingerprints are unique. I actually spent six months a few years ago working with a security company, Biogy , which had a biometric USB thumb drive that...
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My First CDNLive, Part 1: Welcome!
Tuesday, April 11, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center. 10:20 am . I am sitting in the theater of the convention center. The over-enthusiastic air conditioner is blowing refrigerated air on the few of...
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