Category: EDA

EDA

  • Not All Logic Stages Need to Be Equal

    I had a conversation with Cadence at ARM TechCon, and one of the things they’re talking about is what they call clock/data co-optimization as an…

  • “Collaboration” Has a New Nuance

    You hear it everywhere you go. Press releases crow about it. People dedicate entire press briefings to congratulating themselves on it. Heck, entire conferences are…

  • Power Contributors

    At the recent Si2 conference, there was an interesting presentation by IBM’s David Hathaway on what is hoped to be a better way of approaching…

  • Bridging Digital and Custom Domains

    Digital and custom (mostly meaning analog) design domains have remained stubbornly separate for a long time. It used to make sense: digital flows were used…

  • EDA is sitting nervously on the

    EDA is sitting nervously on the side of the pool, dipping one toe in, pulling it back out quickly. The cloud is out there, calling……

  • Tool Company Becomes Cloud Company

    Continuing with our ongoing coverage of EDA in the public cloud, there’s another company that isn’t just starting to make use of the cloud: it’s…

  • Optical Enhancements

    Earlier this year we looked at Synopsys’s optical modeling tools, including their CODE V toolset.  They recently announced an update with a number of enhancements…

  • I should clarify one thing here,

    I should clarify one thing here, since I’ve had some offline correspondence about this. When discussing the use of emulation, I referred to needing it…

  • Yield Correlations Get Continued Focus

    Yield enhancement has never been easy, but it just keeps getting harder as process technologies get more complex. Figuring out where you’re losing dice actually…

  • Tektronix Moves Further Into the Chip

    We were keeping track of Veridae as they came onto the scene with their debug technology, starting with Clarus, adding Corus, and Certus (even as…