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.
September 4, 2019

Future memories not so future any more

Non-volatile alternatives to flash are finally moving out of the lab as Applied Materials launches production tools and Arm starts pushing MRAM.

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September 4, 2019

IEDM homes in on connected devices

The IEDM has chosen a theme based around technologies for connected devices for its upcoming conference in December.

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September 3, 2019

EDA with ‘AI inside’ – Mentor’s Joe Sawicki offers an insider’s view

Joe Sawicki, EVP for IC EDA, Mentor. 'AI inside' analysis

Mentor has a host of tools – some public, some not – that leverage AI and ML. EVP Joe Sawicki has been describing the strategy behind their development.

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September 2, 2019

South Korea-Japan tensions continue to threaten memory supply chain

Concerns that the diplomatic stand-off between Seoul and Tokyo could hit the supply chain rose again this weekend as South Korean politicians made a surprise visit to disputed islands.

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August 27, 2019

GlobalFoundries takes aim at TSMC’s customers in patent action

GlobalFoundries is calling for imports of chips fabbed by TSMC into the US and Germany in multiple actions based on a list of 16 patents.

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August 27, 2019

How to achieve faster, more relevant early-stage DRC with Recon

The new Calibre Reconnaissance feature within Mentor’s physical verification suite aims to maximize compute resources and deliver manageable reports.

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August 23, 2019

Making the case for HLS in autonomous drive

The automotive market faces challenges that make it a prime candidate for the greater use of high-level synthesis on designs with AI and ML content.

August 15, 2019

Optimized DRC in the cloud

A new whitepaper describes some of the techniques you can use to get the most out of cloud-based DRC with Calibre.

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August 6, 2019

Increased cooperation seen as vital for automotive safety verification

Safety verification calls for increased collaboration across the supply chain, experts say. The challenge is finding ways to make that happen.

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August 5, 2019

Flash Memory Summit: Memblaze demos Toshiba ULL NVM technology

The Chinese memory module specialist will preview the 2020 launch of its new solution based on the ultra low latency XL-Flash technology from Toshiba.

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