Author Archives: Paul Dempsey

About Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey is editor-in-chief of Tech Design Forum and has been a technology journalist for 20 years. His work has also appeared in EETimes, Red Herring and specialist journals published by the Financial Times.
April 29, 2024

Abaco adopts Covid-19 lessons for HPC design

Mil/aero specialist Abaco Systems refined its workflow across multiple design sites after the pandemic constrained collaboration.
April 29, 2024

Beyond manual PCB routing

PCB routing is best served by a mixture of manual and automated tasks. A new e-book describes the boundaries between the two.
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December 5, 2023

Zero ASIC open sources system simulation/emulation platform

Start-up launches platform on path to the specification, emulation and simulation of large chiplet-based designs.
November 30, 2023

Benchmarking the maturity of AI in EDA

Solido discusses how it has leveraged AI for SPICE level efficiency and the benchmarks it has used.
October 9, 2023

Tessent speeds ‘shift left’ drive for test at RTL

Tessent RTL Pro allows wrapper cells and x-bounding logic to be inserted earlier in designs.
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August 8, 2023

Catch up with the state-of-the-art in ‘shift left’

Just how much of the flow has already has 'shift left' benefit and what is fueling further progress.
July 14, 2023

Cadence mixes know-how and AI to bridge RTL gap

The Joules RTL Design Studio aims to make coding more aware of aware of physical issues before and after hand-off for implementation.
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July 10, 2023

Calibre ‘shifts left’ into place and route

Calibre Design Enhancer moves physical verification checks and automated DRC-clean via and cell insertion into P&R
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May 30, 2023

Charting the path for machine learning in functional verification

A comprehensive review of ML's potential and its current use identifies challenges ahead.
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January 31, 2023

Siemens harnesses machine learning for more comprehensive verification

As first silicon success declines, new software aims to provide a more holistic view of coverage data from multiple sources.
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