SEMI summit brings together chip makers, supply chain and end users
SEMI event brings together players from the global microelectronics supply chain, manufacturing, and end-user communities.
Author Archives: Luke Collins
Strong growth forecast for IC industry on tight capacity, pent-up demand
Pent-up demand and mis-timed capacity investment could cause rapid IC industry growth.
Mentor to help carmakers integrate cockpit displays and infotainment on single ECU
Mentor is packaging a range of software IP, reference designs, and technical help as VCO2S, for Vehicle Cockpit Consolidation Solutions.
Cloud access to emulator helps AI processor start-up prove design, win funding
Small startup gets flexible cloud access to big iron to prove a novel processor architecture quickly.
Synopsys claims 35TOPS performance from new family of embedded vision cores
IP core focuses on avodiing memory access bottlenecks during processing of complex machine-learning and artificial-intelligence algortihms.
IoT ecosystems should shift to cellular connectivity for security – report
IoT ecosystems should shift from WiFi to cellular connectivity to make them easier to secure and manage.
Energy-efficient implementation of machine-learning algorithms for IoT
White paper goes from general principles through to worked examples of efficient machine-learning algorithm implmentations on dedicated processor IP.
Design Compiler updated for 5nm and beyond
Workhorse synthesis tool updated to make it suitable for use on designs at process nodes of 5nm and below.
Synopsys fuses synthesis and place-and-route to improve IC design quality and time to results
Fusion Compiler uses a single, scalable data model, updated optimization engines, and an analysis backbone based on the industry's golden sign-off tools.
Exploring the automotive industry’s requirements for data converter IP
What does it take to build data converter IP that will meet the reliability and functional safety requirements of the automotive industry?