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 1, 2013

DAC 2013 Preview I: Putting users first and marking 50 years

In the first of our weekly DAC 2013 previews, we discuss program highlights with general chair Yervant Zorian, including an expanded Designer Track, keynotes and golden jubilee celebrations.

March 27, 2013

Are you in the BeagleBone queue yet?

With an April release date promised, we should soon have confirmation on the new processor and price tag for the stripped down embedded Linux development board.

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March 27, 2013

Intel and ST stake claims to foundry low power designs

With both now more dependent on foundry business for their finFET (trigate) and FDSOI offerings, DATE was a chance to push their innovations in low power.

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March 22, 2013

DATE: Silicon Europe plans to build cluster of clusters

Four of the European centers for electronics research and business development have set up a project to try to create a virtual “silicon cluster” that aims ultimately to build a worldwide development network for energy-efficient systems.

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March 22, 2013

DATE: ARM proposes ‘unit of compute’ as basis for energy-efficient systems

ARM CPU chief proposes ‘unit of compute’ as building block for energy-efficient computation systems

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March 20, 2013

DATE: Double patterning and finFETs force flexibility on tools

EDA companies are having to plan for the different ways in which double patterning and finFETs could move into fabs, Antun Domic of Synopsys explains.

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March 20, 2013

DATE: The rise of the power architect

Docea Power extends power and thermal analysis tools to address complexity and sub-dividing responsibilities among architects.

March 20, 2013

DATE: The real causes of carbon nanotube FET performance variation

Don’t underestimate the influence of metallic nanotubes and tube alignment, say Stanford researchers.

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March 20, 2013

DATE: Early shift to finFET processes challenges IP development strategies

An early shift to finFET processes is making developing IP libraries more challenging.

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March 20, 2013

Accellera publishes SystemC-AMS 2.0 standard

Accellera Systems Initiative has published the language reference manual for the latest version of its mixed-signal simulation environment based on SystemC. Version 2.0 of SystemC-AMS adds support for more dynamic behaviors in the analog domain.

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