A SPICE simulation running on a single thread or single core can take hours, days or weeks to complete. Re-writing a SPICE tool to harness multi-threaded or multi-core architecture makes a lot of sense because…
I talked with Nicholas Williams of Tanner EDA by phone yesterday to learn more about a new product called HiPer DevGen. Their first two analog IC generators are for: Differential pairs Current mirrors Q: Why…
DRAM cross-section While at Intel I designed DRAMs and some researcher discovered that DRAMs were failing out in the field. These failures were being caused by Alpha particles in the ceramic packages that would strike…
I’ve been watching for several years now and the claims of Ciranova to automate analog layout are certainly coming true. Today they proudly talked about CSR using their Helix and PyCells tools for some very…
Blogging has brought me enough fame that Altium asked me to review their FPGA development system called the NanoBoard 3000. I knew that Altium offered schematic capture, simulation and PCB layout tools. This was my…
I’ll be moderating a panel session in the DAC Pavilion on Tuesday, June 15th starting at 4:30PM with real SPICE users from: Atheros Sun Microsystems STMicroelectronics My first idea was to have EDA vendors on…
I’ve blogged about Gemini before: October 2008 December 2008 December 2008 December 2009 In December 2009 I first heard that Gemini DA was in play by my Silicon Valley sources, then today we read in…
If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area on Friday (February 12, 2010) then stop on by the Olive Garden restaurant in Lake Oswego for some old-fashioned, face to face, EDA networking. We run from 11:30AM…
IBM just demonstrated graphene transistors that could become a replacement for pure silicon-based ICs. | Photo: Courtesy of IBM, posted at EE Times The demonstration showed 100GHz operation at room temperature with a production goal…
An interactive workshop with angel investor Jim Hogan and start up executive Paul McLellan Dire predictions about the death, stagnation or maturaion of EDA are premature, says noted angel investor Jim Hogan, a major shaper…