June EDA Networking
You’re invited to our monthly EDA networking group on Friday, June 10th from 11:30AM – 1:00PM Olive Garden Restaurant, Lake Oswego, OR Agenda Order Lunch Self Introductions Lively Discussion on all things DAC, EDA, IP…
May EDA Networking
You’re all invited to a monthly networking lunch, held May 13 in Lake Oswego at 11:30AM, where we talk about all things: EDA industry, EDA trade shows and conferences Semiconductor IP Semiconductor Industry Consumer electronics We…
Monthly EDA Networking
Living in the Silicon Rainforest we have some venues for EDA networking like at the SEMI events (Pacific Northwest Chapter) a few times each year. I’ll be attending the April 26th SEMI event, The Age…
Virtue and EDA
Last night I attended a lecture from Dr. Shannon Vallor about techno-morality as part of the Linus Pauling series in Portland, Oregon. Thank you Mentor Graphics for the invitation. She has written a book on…
Merry Christmas 2015
I receive a lot of email each week and the run up to Christmas is one of my favorite times of year as companies send out a Holiday Greeting. Here are some that I’ve received…
New site
As an engineer I decided to replace my custom CMS with the industry-standard platform for web sites, WordPress. Enjoy.
DesignCon 2011
I’ll be attending DesignCon on Monday and Tuesday, intending to visit the following companies to get an update on their EDA tools: Synopsys – HSPICE Cadence – Spectre, UltraSim, Silicon Realization Tanner EDA – PDK…
Faster IC Designs Without Using a Clock and With Delay Insensitive Results
Digital designers are taught on day one that they must use synchronous logic design which employ a clock to synchronize all events in their IC design, and so it has been for decades. Unless of…
Thermal Analysis for IC Designs
Ed Cheng, CEO at Gradient Design Automation recently spoke with me about his unique company focused on thermal analysis of IC designs. I first met Ed at Silicon Compilers in 1986, plus we both worked…
EDA and Philanthropy
In a recession what EDA company would invest in philanthropy? Actually, many EDA companies have a long-term vision to be philanthropic and encourage a love for science in our younger generation. This month I was…