Cadence boosts MAC count for neural networks
Cadence Design Systems has increased the throughput of its vision-oriented DSP family to cater for deep-learning applications.
Tech Design Forum Briefing
Briefing Authors
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 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 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.
Toward easier, faster test pattern simulation
Validating test patterns is a notoriously tricky and laborious process. Mentor Graphics has some new ideas on that front.
User2User preview: Silicon Valley edition rolls out this month
Companies presenting at User2User Santa Clara on April 26 include AMD, Microsoft, nVidia, Oracle, Qualcomm, and Samsung.
SNUG 2016: Aart de Geus looks beyond the linear design flow
Do the synapses in the human brain offer a new model for the design flow in a Smart Everything world?
SNUG 2016: Intel, TSMC, GloFo back post-finFET research at UC Berkeley
But project lead Chenming Hu, ‘finFET’s father’, has also highlighted important changes in the funding landscape for university research.
Cadence moves into safer design with Virtuoso changes
Cadence Design Systems has made additions to its Virtuoso mixed-signal design environment intended to improve design for manufacture and the ability of teams to create and test safety-critical systems.
HyperLynx made broader and easier to use
HyperLynx from Mentor Graphics has moved into a new generation with more integrated features beyond PI and SI, and an easier to use GUI.
Meet the Electronic System Design Alliance
The EDA Consortium is rebranding and extending its activities to better reflect all the tools and services that now comprise IC design.
53rd DAC conference program announced
The 53rd Design Automation Conference has published its program for the upcoming event in Austin, Texas, which will include keynotes from AMD, nVidia, and NXP Semiconductors and tracks that connect electronics to biology.
Synopsys updates custom design tools for the finFET age
Synopsys is updating its custom design tools to make working with finFET based processes easier.