EDA

Validating test patterns is a notoriously tricky and laborious process. Mentor Graphics has some new ideas on that front.

Companies presenting at User2User Santa Clara on April 26 include AMD, Microsoft, nVidia, Oracle, Qualcomm, and Samsung.

But project lead Chenming Hu, 'finFET's father', has also highlighted important changes in the funding landscape for university research.

Cadence Design Systems has made additions to its Virtuoso mixed-signal design environment intended to improve design for manufacture and the ability of teams to create and test safety-critical systems.

The EDA Consortium is rebranding and extending its activities to better reflect all the tools and services that now comprise IC design.

The 53rd Design Automation Conference has published its program for the upcoming event in Austin, Texas, which will include keynotes from AMD, nVidia, and NXP Semiconductors and tracks that connect electronics to biology.

The DATE 2016 conference saw the launch of a competition to encourage novel designs using MEMS technology.

X-Fab Silicon Foundries has upgraded its 6in fab in Lubbock, Texas to handle silicon carbide wafers in parallel with existing silicon production.

Open-source hardware, in-field configurability, and a hardware-plus-services approach could protect margins as the IoT hammers down costs, says GSA report.

Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.