Tech Design Forum Briefing


Briefing Authors

Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey Paul Dempsey 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.

Luke Collins

Luke Collins Luke Collins is a freelance technology journalist with 22 years’ experience. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Times in the UK, and co-founded the IP9x series of conferences.

Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards Chris Edwards has spent two decades 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.
April 4, 2014

Conference demonstrator brings printed-electronics suppliers together

Transistors on IDTechEx Printed Electronics 2014 demonstrator

For its Printed Electronics conference, IDTechEx pulled together a team together with P&G to develop a collaborative demonstration of the technology.

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April 3, 2014

Mentor’s User2User Silicon Valley conference this week

Registration is free-of-charge to attend Mentor, Oracle and Samsung keynotes and choose from nine technical tracks at one-day event.

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April 2, 2014

MIPS-based board for Google wearables launched by Chinese chip company

Newton, a MIPS based board from Ingenic, is optimized for Android Gear smartwatches, wearables and IoT designs.

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March 28, 2014

Software quality acquisition to bring Synopsys “new friends”

Software quality testing company acquisition will broaden Synopsys’s reach as well as serving current customers

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March 27, 2014

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.

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March 27, 2014

Intel and Altera extend foundry deal into interposer and full 3D

Deal quashes rumors that Altera was about to move its cutting edge production back to TSMC, but nor does it appear to be ‘exclusive’ for 3D products.

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March 27, 2014

Mentor’s Valor tightens PCB design-to-manufacture links

Valor NPI-based flow claims first in automating the passage of drawings to fabrication, and enabling dynamic DFM feedback from manufacturers.

March 26, 2014

Better Software, Faster!: free virtual prototyping book available now

Free book explains virtual prototyping and includes case studies about virtual prototyping from Altera, Bosch, GM, Hitachi, Lauterbach, Linaro, Microsoft, Renesas, Ricoh, Siemens, and TI.

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March 26, 2014

Synopsys strengthens analog and mixed-signal verification with VCS AMS

VCS AMS updates AMS verification tool and methodology

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March 26, 2014

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.

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