ARM moves to open-source compiler
ARM has decided to shift from using its in-house compiler technology to the open-source combination of Clang and LLVM.
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Latest ITRS underlines slowdown in interconnect and IC scaling
The 2013 edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors has been published. The latest set of tables underlines the slowdown in some aspects of scaling, particularly when it comes to metal interconnect.
DAC 2014 offers free exhibit entry for three days
The 51st Design Automation Conference, to be held in San Francisco in early June, is offering free exhibit floor entry for the full three days.
Silicon suppliers home in on energy-harvesting sensor nodes
Power converters are arriving on the market with the aim of simplifying the job of building energy-harvesting systems for wireless sensor nodes and the Internet of Things.
Conference demonstrator brings printed-electronics suppliers together
For its Printed Electronics conference, IDTechEx pulled together a team together with P&G to develop a collaborative demonstration of the technology.
Automated driving: have you got 1000 centuries to spare?
Self-driving connected cars will drive a change in the way systems are architected for safety, according to Bosch research chief Michael Bolle.
Even EUV faces a 1D future, says IMEC
IMEC's Rudy Lauwereins explained at DATE 2014 how 1D routing for self-aligned multiple patterning is likely to be inevitable even if EUV makes it into production fabs.
NI uses complex RF to help attack software development
A massive MIMO processor being developed at Lund Unversity is serving as a testbed for a platform view that National Instruments is building for LabView.
The 1ms difference for embedded systems
What's in a millisecond? The difference between today's embedded systems and tomorrow's, Professor Gerhard Fettweis of TU of Dresden said at DATE 2014.
ADC design shifts gears for lower power
SAR analog-to-digital converters promise better energy efficiency for a growing range of designs, as S3 Group has found.