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.
July 31, 2019

Accellera sets up public code repository

Accellera has set up a public repository for the source code and other supplemental material needed for its standards.

Tags: , , ,  |  Comments Off on Accellera sets up public code repository
July 27, 2019

A repeatable methodology for modern reset domain crossing issues

Reset domain crossing is another area where rising SoC complexity and IP reuse is causing an increase in reliability and safety challenges.

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,  |  Comments Off on A repeatable methodology for modern reset domain crossing issues
July 16, 2019

Arm opts for more flexibility in licensing

Arm has introduced a licensing model that makes it easier to try out cores during a design before committing to production.

Tags: , , , , ,  |  Comments Off on Arm opts for more flexibility in licensing
July 11, 2019

C++ signoff made real

Konica Minolta describes how it has constructed a C++ signoff flow that mitigates code ambiguity, manual analysis and other inefficiencies.

Tags: , , , ,  |  Comments Off on C++ signoff made real
July 8, 2019

Coventor updates process simulation tool

Coventor has updated its SEMulator virtual-fab tool and added the ability to tune process windows based on simulation results.

Tags: , , ,  |  Comments Off on Coventor updates process simulation tool
July 5, 2019

The road to ES Design West: Design Pavilion

ES Design West logo

ES Design West aims to help integrate the supply chain but also has plenty of engineering content aimed at low power, security, embedded and more.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,  |  Comments Off on The road to ES Design West: Design Pavilion
July 4, 2019

DVCon US and India chapters issue calls for submissions

DVCon US logo (Accellera)

The Bangalore conference has issued a last-minute call for panel proposals as technical paper submissions for the US edition get set to open next week.

Tags: , , , , , ,  |  Comments Off on DVCon US and India chapters issue calls for submissions
July 3, 2019

Roadmapping the quantum realm

IBM Q

The US Quantum Economic Development Consortium is looking to stimulate a supply chain and technology infrastructure for quantum computing, with more about its efforts due to come out in the next few days.

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,  |  Comments Off on Roadmapping the quantum realm
July 3, 2019

How to automate pre-tape-out ESD protection verification

A new paper describes an alternative to increasingly inefficient manual ESD verification that reduces risks of respins and missed delivery deadlines.

Tags: , ,  |  Comments Off on How to automate pre-tape-out ESD protection verification
July 2, 2019

The road to ES Design West: Location, location, location

There’s still plenty of time to build a busy and profitable agenda for a visit to ES Design West and SEMICON West in San Francisco next week.

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,  |  Comments Off on The road to ES Design West: Location, location, location
Previous Blog Posts
Next Blog Posts