March 8, 2012
The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) enters its 13th edition later this month, running March 19-21 at Techmart in Santa Clara. Although ISQED traditionally concentrated on tools and IP blocks, its agenda has broadened as the industry has migrated to SoCs and full electronic systems where process and manufacturing interactions have come to […]
February 29, 2012
Our first email newsletter previews next month's Common Platform Technology Forum 2012 and features exclusive interviews with senior staff at Samsung, ARM and Cadence Design Systems.
February 28, 2012
The COLAE project will use the production facilities at European research centres to provide printed-electronics production services to startups. But it will probably involve more joint process work than the conventional foundry model.
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February 27, 2012
In the world of power semiconductors, not many companies try to go fabless. The tradeoffs between design and process offer many more options for system-level design, argued Infineon's Reinhard Ploss at the ISS Europe conference.
February 27, 2012
Synopsys has rolled out its SystemVerilog-based verification IP portfolio for a bunch of interconnect standards – and built in support for all the three major verification methodologies.
February 23, 2012
The International Solid State Circuits Conference is one of the most important technology shows, but you've gotta be careful in using it to cite market trends...
February 20, 2012
The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) this year provided an opportunity to see how the team that was first to put a finFET or trigate-based process into action on a multi-million transistor design did it.
February 15, 2012
The high peak to average power ratios of LTE signals pose a power challenge to handset designers. Envelope tracking may help ease the problem.
February 15, 2012
Unmanned aerial vehicles have received a boost from a Senate vote, opening up opportunities for electronics designers.
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February 9, 2012
A reference simulator for the latest version of SystemC is now available for public review and comment, writes Accellera's Dennis Brophy.