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.
February 15, 2019
In the first of a weekly series on China's evolving design sector, we look at how the Mentor President and CEO identifies some of the key drivers.
January 31, 2019
It's been a long time coming, but silicon photonics is now entering commercial design for networking and grabbing attention in autonomous driving and sensors.
December 28, 2018
With PSS moving toward greater adoption, the Siemens vendor seems PSS-DSL as a winner in terms of conciseness and ease-of-adoption.
November 15, 2018
Mentor's flagship PCB suite is aiming to offer another 'shift left' in verification as respins rise.
November 14, 2018
Qualcomm has described its use of Calibre RealTime Digital to enhance its P&R flow.
November 7, 2018
Mentor's updated AMS platform claims performance boost by obviating 'legacy' technology.
October 17, 2018
The latest Mentor-commissioned Wilson Research Group study on ASIC and FPGA verification highlights technique adoption and maturity.
September 12, 2018
The LightSuite Compiler produces designs based on Python descriptions and certifies them DRC-clean through hooks into the market-leading Calibre DFM suite.
August 10, 2018
Tanner's focus on AMS, MEMS and, now, the IoT-edge are making it even more ripe for integration with other Mentor tools.
August 2, 2018
How are Siemens' internal investments in Mentor to fuel innovation and integration stacking up alongside the boost it has given for M&A?