Author Archives: Chris Edwards

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.
October 31, 2023

Accellera publishes draft of CDC standard

Accellera has published for public review version 0.1 of a standard designed to help pass clock-domain crossing information between EDA tools.
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October 25, 2023

Image sensors shrink at IEDM

This year’s IEDM features a number of papers that seek to drive down the size and boost the performance of image sensors.
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October 16, 2023

Accellera updates portable stimulus standard

Accellera ’s board of directors has approved the version 2.1 of the Portable Test and Stimulus Standard.
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October 6, 2023

Fast instruction simulator expands to Arm

MachineWare has expanded its portfolio of high-speed instruction-set simulators to the Arm Cortex-A and -M architectures.
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October 5, 2023

Vertical integration expands at IEDM

Vertical integration is one of the major focus areas at the upcoming IEDM conference, both in terms of transistors and the multiple channels that will go into them.
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October 3, 2023

Siemens and CEA link up on AI-assisted digital twins

Siemens and CEA-List have signed a deal under which the two organisations will research the combination of digital-twin and AI.
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September 20, 2023

AI aims to cut CAD-model generation time

Ultra Librarian has developed an AI-driven CAD modeling engine that should slash the the time it takes to build component and subsystem models for PCB layout and system design.
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September 14, 2023

Cadence gives OrCAD access to cloud AI placement

Cadence has given its new release of OrCAD access to the cloud-based AI placer designed for its Allegro PCB-layout software.
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September 6, 2023

HPC and AI provide keynote focus at DVCon Europe

DVCon Europe has announced its two keynote presentations, focusing on energy-efficient high-performance computing and machine learning.
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August 22, 2023

Accellera group formed to work on federated simulation

Accellera has formed a working group to look at the possibility of creating a standard for federated simulation.