Capacity shortages loom if 2017 growth repeats
If current market trends persist, shortages in wafers are likely to follow, hurting the ability of some companies to ship silicon and boost the prices for those who can.
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Codasip updates processor-architecture tools
Codasip has launched the seventh generation of its Studio software for processor design and tuning, aiming to take advantage of the interest in RISC-V as a core instruction set for customized processors.
Demand for better video, audio prompts HDMI 2.1 IP push
IP provides key building blocks for building better video and audio playback devices using HDMI 2.1
Synopsys integrates Helic’s EM tools to tighten margins on mixed-signal, analogue and RF SoCs
Better integration of EM modeling and analysis tools with Synopsys' Custom Compiler should enable tighter design margins
Ceva dedicates hardware to deep learning
Ceva has developed its first processor architecture aimed squarely at deep learning.
The best in PCB design during 2017
Read some edited highlights from the most successful companies in Mentor's 2017 Technology Leadership Awards.
Watch out for layout effects on finFET reliability
As geometries have shrunk, layout-dependent effects in CMOS have become ever more problematic. They are not just popping up in performance but reliability and aging effects as one IEDM presentation showed.
Toward the ISO26262 update: Still fighting an old war?
A new version of automotive safety standard ISO 26262 is due in 2018 but how close to Level 5 autonomy will it actually take us? And what about security?
Third time lucky for iKettle security
IoT kettle maker changed its approach to bolster security, the company's CTO explained at the IoTSF conference in London.
PCB tool rewrite to expand platform choices
Altium has rewritten its PCB-design software to improve graphics performance and provide the opportunity to port to non-Windows operating systems such as OS X.