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Tag Archives: Cadence

August 23, 2016 - By John Blyler
Surveys present conflicting evidence on semiconductor intellectual property (IP) position key EDA vendors Cadence and Synopsys. Continue reading

April 27, 2016 - By John Blyler
EDA earnings; Tesla vs. Edison; emulation; IP fingerprinting; embedding Agile; machine learning; back-doors; FPGA video; VR on PC; collaborative spectrum Continue reading

April 20, 2016 - By John Blyler
Berkeley’s Dr. Rabaey predicted IOT back in 2008. At the IEEE IMS May 2016 event, he’ll propose an open, scalable human Intranet to deal with the legacy issues. Continue reading

March 26, 2015 - By John Blyler
Xilinx in space; lensless optics; the AMBA coherent host interface; the downside of silos; vertical companies; gender inequity; PCIe Gen 4; and the de-evolution of the SoC Continue reading

October 31, 2014 - By John Blyler
A panel of experts from Dassault Systemes, ARM, Cadence and IPextreme turned a critical eye to the management of IP in the Google-on-Air event. Continue reading

June 13, 2014 - By John Blyler
Former EDA industry expert makes the case for pre-silicon testing using post-silicon tools. What part will IP play? Will design and test languages be a problem? Continue reading

May 23, 2014 - By John Blyler
Recent announcements by the semiconductor foundry and chip design tool industries confirm the growing viability of Silicon-on-Insulator technology. Continue reading

April 4, 2014 - By John Blyler
Everyone talks about the increasing consolidation of the EDA tools market, but few provide quantified data for accurate predictions. Continue reading

March 21, 2014 - By John Blyler
Routing today’s complex printed circuit boards is a lot like playing a game. Maybe board developers can take a lesson from SETI. Continue reading

February 21, 2014 - By John Blyler
As the EDA world shifts gears toward software-driven SoC design, the US Supreme Court is deciding if software is even a patentable process or entity. Continue reading