Open-RAN puts more focus on emulation in testing programs
Recent developments have made Open-RAN look more attractive as a way of implementing 5G systems. This is helping to drive a shift-left in verification and test.
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Kioxia looks to waferscale flash drives for fast, low-cost storage
Waferscale SSDs are among the future drive architectures being explored by Kioxia, according to a keynote delivered at VLSI Symposia.
Coronavirus Resources: Mentor
Live and on-demand videos as well as You Tube 'tips and techniques' clips form part of a wide 'work at home' support package from Mentor.
Coronavirus Resources: Zuken
The PCB and wire harness design specialist has posted an online blog with tips and advice on using and licensing its tools for home use.
Siemens and Arm combine to extend digital twin further into SoC design
Partnership combines Siemens PAVE 360 digital twin with ARM IP, including dedicated automotive offerings, to speed and streamline design toward Level 5.
Capacitive link to power cheap wireless tags
Imec, TNO, and Cartamundi have developed a low-cost way of letting tags communicate with embedded devices wirelessly by using a capacitive touchscreen.
Cadence to acquire AWR from National Instruments
Cadence Design Systems has agreed to buy the AWR RF-design company from its current owner National Instruments for approximately $160m.
Automating wire-harness development
Harness manufacture in automotive remains manually intensive but model-based engineering provides a way to streamline the processes to make them more efficient, a Mentor white paper claims.
Cadence expands system analysis to thermal
Cadence has followed its launched of a parallelizable EM simulator with one that focuses on the thermal behavior of ICs through to multi-PCB assemblies.
Embedded design meets low-code in Siemens integration plans
Siemens is combining recent acquisitions in novel ways, including one that will see a web-app development package interact more closely with Mentor's embedded offerings.