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July 5, 2018

Cloud makes hardware acceleration more accessible

After the moves by Cadence and Mentor, emulation in the cloud may only be the start of providing verification acceleration as a service.
July 3, 2018

Fusion improves timing say Synopsys users

Early-access customers talked about their experiences with the Synopsys Fusion-based flow in a panel session at the DAC.
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July 2, 2018

Tools suppliers back version 1.0 of portable-stimulus standard

Accellera has published the first release of the Portable Test and Stimulus Standard (PSS), with tools suppliers following up with software support.
June 27, 2018

EDA needs to work on the back end, says Qualcomm

It’s the back-end that needs work as system-level considerations begin to dominate design, Qualcomm’s vice president of engineering said at DAC.
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June 27, 2018

Remember the design gap? It’s back

Fifteen years on from the design gap that triggered the IP revolution, implementation costs have created a new one.
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June 26, 2018

EDA learns to love AI

Machine learning is gradually moving into implementation and verification tools for EDA.
June 25, 2018

IoT devices need surprises, Amazon claims

IoT device makers should play more with their software and make use of techniques used in website design to increase overall usability, Amazon’s head of IoT analytics has claimed.
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June 25, 2018

Cadence puts tools in the cloud

Cadence Design Systems has made a collection of its tools suitable for cloud computing, providing them for both Cadence- and customer-managed environments.
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June 25, 2018

Node-variant FinFET tweaks try to improve cost, performance

Foundries have taken aim at standard-cell track height and design-rule tweaks to try to improve the area efficiency and performance of derivative finFET processes.
June 22, 2018

Mentor strikes deal to buy Austemper

Deal to buy functional safety specialist builds out the automotive and Industry 4.0 offerings for Mentor and its parent Siemens.
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