About Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards has spent a long time covering electronics and EDA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times UK and electronics editor of the IET's Engineering & Technology. His work has appeared in a variety of international newspapers including The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Age and the South China Morning Post.
February 17, 2021
Both Semicon West and DAC have been moved to December in anticipation of travel restrictions being much looser by then, with both events working on a hybrid physical and online format.
February 10, 2021
Yokogawa's development of a data-recording oscilloscope is built around the ability to connect instruments together and synchronize their measurements.
February 4, 2021
Pulsic has adopted the freemium approach with a tool that gives designers of analog circuits previews of how they will be implemented on-chip.
January 19, 2021
Design-services company Sondrel is recommending teams start earlier on package design to avoid delays after IC tapeout.
January 15, 2021
The metal has done sterling service for 20 years but the time is approaching to find a replacement for copper as problems with parasitics continue to build up, work presented at last month’s IEDM shows. But it's not an obvious switch.
December 21, 2020
Work by the University of Toronto and Arm presented at IEDM indicates plasmonics could be a viable contender for high-speed chip-chip communications.
December 18, 2020
Work presented at IEDM 2020 shows taking advantage of the IC backside for power and ground for the additional area can deliver further benefits for IR drop and security.
December 17, 2020
Arm is pushing more work onto Arm servers in the AWS cloud as it encourages EDA vendors to port their tools to the architecture.
December 17, 2020
At IEDM this year, Macronix showed how a 3D architecture may bring back NOR flash, which stopped scaling a decade ago.
December 15, 2020
Imec's senior vice president of CMOS outlined future directions for the technology over the coming decade.