It’s Vegas baby, well, you get the idea, cheap air fare, way too much gambling and booze all around the place, but #56DAC was lively as always. Here’s my stream of consciousness, graciously captured by Twitter.
FPGA prototyping can save you time and engineering effort when creating a new ASIC, so check out S2C at #56DAC in Las Vegas. https://t.co/4KjOPel3mb pic.twitter.com/nnQirRv7oI
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 24, 2019
Automotive design and virtual prototyping, what does Synopsys have to offer? Read the short blog and find out. I hope to see you at #56DAC. https://t.co/cKxqmd1PWE #SemiEDA #SemiIP #SemiWiki pic.twitter.com/udUVS7xaWj
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 26, 2019
Doing and SoC design with lots of Registers? Check out Agnisys at #56DAC next week to get some relief using #SemiEDA tools, maybe win a Samsung wireless charger, sorry iPhone fans. https://t.co/aWj6wG8Uga pic.twitter.com/w07wSYsoRf
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
Another growth year at Silvaco, they now offer #SemiEDA tools from TCAD up to #SemiIP, a new partnership with Samsung Foundry, and an integration with ClioSoft SOS7 design management. Visit at #56DAC next week. https://t.co/R9G5K3x0I7 pic.twitter.com/Vkeo17E3yk
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
FPGA-based prototyping is all the rage, because it speeds time to market for SoC designs. Check out Dini Group at #56DAC next week. https://t.co/4ddlq4BlWE pic.twitter.com/FMyJhfI2iX
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
S2C will be showing their latest FPGA prototyping system next week at #56DAC, so check it out and try to avoid gambling in Vegas. https://t.co/4KjOPel3mb pic.twitter.com/PLmUtZsfus
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
#SemiIP is a sure way to get your next SoC to market quicker, so consider visiting Mixel at #56DAC next week to learn about MIPI platforms. Maybe win an iPad. https://t.co/1s8wdzUx4q pic.twitter.com/Aq51n9EgwS
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
The only #SemiEDA company located in Nevada is Aldec, so at #56DAC next week they'll be showing their range of tools, who knew they would last 35 years. Win an iPad, Apple Watch or MacBook Air. https://t.co/HBcMDvsi7H pic.twitter.com/JVhgWECEKo
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
Pulsic will be at #56DAC next week in Vegas, touting IC layout automation for analog designers, including floorplanning of custom ICs. https://t.co/DImonXIKsf #SemiEDA pic.twitter.com/yoOBJd0htz
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
Every chip design benefits from #SemiEDA tools that provide #SemiIP management, so checkout ClioSoft at #56DAC next week in Vegas. Their Tuesday night party looks fun, come join me. https://t.co/pELWq93xXc pic.twitter.com/NpVd4X3JjT
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 29, 2019
Doing heterogeneous multi-core system designs with Arm, Tensilica, RISC-V or something else? You'll be interested to learn about embedded analytics from UltraSoC at #56DAC next week in Vegas. https://t.co/W9W1LKK49j #SemiIP pic.twitter.com/6JMwJQALdC
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 31, 2019
Your SoC will work more reliably if you embed PVT monitors, visit Moortec at #56DAC next week in Vegas to find out how this all works. Cheers. https://t.co/4yUdepdq8u #SemiIP pic.twitter.com/cnXD1BVzzN
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 31, 2019
Running #SemiEDA tools on Linux and need a fast, secure remote Linux display tool? Check out FastX from StarNet at #56DAC in Vegas, next week. Their licenses are permanent and affordable, who knew. https://t.co/8sTIbt3nr4 pic.twitter.com/Iz6i4ZHcR9
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) May 31, 2019
“No other event brings the entire design ecosystem 🌐together into a place where designers, researchers & decision-makers can interact with each other while [witnessing] first-hand the latest innovations…” — @56thDAC General Chair, Rob Aitken. RETWEET IF YOU AGREE!#DAC56 pic.twitter.com/hYtRD7HX58
— Achronix 📦 Order VectorPath Accelerator Card (@AchronixCorp) June 2, 2019
Needham at #56DAC sees #SemiEDA and #SemiIP growth: Automotive, IoT, AI/ML, FAANG. pic.twitter.com/zLC6fRlJdl
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Wally Rhines, CEO Emeritus of Mentor at #56DAC, very approachable, walking encyclopedia of #semiEDA, #SemiIP and Semiconductor knowledge. pic.twitter.com/zRaXOKM3I8
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Dan Klein of Sankalp Semi, an IC design services company at #56DAC, ask him about AMS design. pic.twitter.com/OlbS8IOR1V
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Randy Fish, Jo Windel of ultraSoC at #56DAC , ask them about RISC-V and embedded analytics. pic.twitter.com/EBJlQ9fY9y
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Vice Kullarni from Ansys at #56DAC, he knows about big data, ML/DL and multi physics simulations pic.twitter.com/W8pcDQYpSh
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
View from Westgate at #56DAC is stunning. Registration for #56DAC was a breeze, well done pic.twitter.com/S4EGYNDqO1
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Blue Pearl at #56DAC ,verify as you code RTL, or UVM. pic.twitter.com/jsNxpySGah
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Monday keynote is packed at #56DAC . pic.twitter.com/zu4ID6mjF5
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Registration automation at #56DAC pic.twitter.com/A0L04FxamE
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Need a specialty memory? Check out Spectral Design and Test at #56DAC pic.twitter.com/HvZ3huSnKC
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Cadence panel discussion on Analog and Mixed Signal simulation challenges, #56DAC pic.twitter.com/maCW6dJ6wO
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Paul McLellan at #56DAC , veteran of the Semiconductor and #semiEDA industries. pic.twitter.com/lJHUntf4H4
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
#semiEDA in the cloud is popular at #56DAC pic.twitter.com/OzGiQZMExc
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
SystemVerilog in the cloud, on demand, SaaS at #56DAC , ask for Jens. pic.twitter.com/1jWSuVCwo7
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Cadence wins my busiest booth award at #56DAC . pic.twitter.com/CgwfVYrfXR
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Doing transistor level design or porting libraries? Check out MunEDA at #56DAC pic.twitter.com/NH0JOX58yu
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Make your next RTL design more secure, try Tortuga Logic before tapeout. Ask for Bruno at #56DAC pic.twitter.com/sd69KWn8Ox
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Another busy booth, Mentor at #56DAC pic.twitter.com/G0jhdHPY3o
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 3, 2019
Best #56DAC Monday dinner, Mentor. pic.twitter.com/qKmmema8rL
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 4, 2019
#56DAC – Panel Discussion: Closing Analog and Mixed-Signal Verification in 5G, HPC and Automotive. #SemiEDA #SemiWiki https://t.co/V9bHiOJtiA pic.twitter.com/QxC4oZ7ZuQ
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 4, 2019
Cadence panel discussion on AI/ML about to start at #56DAC ,blog to follow. #semiEDA #SemiWiki pic.twitter.com/JqFzrxd7gK
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 4, 2019
Coffee is popular at #56DAC ,especially after lunch pic.twitter.com/njcjNWwhS3
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 4, 2019
Samsung Foundry at #56DAC ,look at the diameter of the wafer pic.twitter.com/XbmwwZvJ94
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 4, 2019
#SemiWiki blogger meets Elvis, only at #56DAC, and he remembered every movie, song, actor and actress. Thank you, thank you very much. pic.twitter.com/F5fFbqoJnN
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
#56DAC – Machine Learning and it’s impact on the Digital Design Engineer. https://t.co/cMMrimygq4 #SemiEDA #SemiWiki pic.twitter.com/zqnWUaeHFP
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Functional safety in automotive, panel discussion at #56DAC on Tuesday, blog coming soon. Matt Blazy (NXP), Nir Maor (Qualcomm), Ghani Kanawati (Arm), Yves Renard (ON Semi), Bryan Ramirez (Mentor). #SemiEDA #SemiWiki pic.twitter.com/3IWq6RyPob
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
PLL and DLL designs using a digital cell library, now that's a new service approach by Movellus at #56DAC that saves you months of time. #SemiEDA pic.twitter.com/GyHoef45fV
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Zipalog has something new and different, an analog verification approach at #56DAC. Ask for Felicia. #SemiEDA pic.twitter.com/jIwNpIgwgX
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Intento Design at #56DAC adds substrate noise analysis for sensitive, analog circuits. #SemiEDA pic.twitter.com/wnbXsQYtnR
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
NASA-JPL is using software from Concept Engineering to help on their space projects, wow. Check them out at #56DAC this week. #SemiEDA https://t.co/ZO9oZz6SUQ pic.twitter.com/Pb9fkRNNeE
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Tuesday night at #56DAC, exhibits closed, lively networking ensued, live music, drinks. pic.twitter.com/C9sTg9X8n4
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Thank you ClioSoft for a wonderful #56DAC party on Tuesday night, there was even a vegetarian option, plus lots of happy engineers and media pic.twitter.com/bcj5eKiY9V
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Enjoyed talking with Richard Wawrzyniak, principal analyst from Semico this morning at #56DAC , AI will not doom mankind. pic.twitter.com/0m1kFBCl8w
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Chris Rowen from https://t.co/Qc9FTjWy00 is talking about AI at #56DAC this morning, 10:30am, DAC Pavilion pic.twitter.com/L1e7FMTrKs
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Daniel Nenni reviews his two books in the Methodics booth at #56DAC , get your free signed book. #SemiEDA pic.twitter.com/BDS9pBpsSd
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Verification throughput panel discussion, at #56DAC ,thanks Cadence for lunch. Blog to follow. pic.twitter.com/m1J0N5GXFb
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Paul McLellan and I were founding bloggers at #SemiWiki. Get his free book at Cadence, #56DAC pic.twitter.com/Cqix8yvjNe
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 5, 2019
Need customized analog IP blocks in under 4 weeks? These chaps have a way to do that. Found at #56DAC https://t.co/9wFbCNRYYd pic.twitter.com/1DuvThq7uS
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 6, 2019
What's new with Custom Design Platform? I found out at #56DAC by watching Dave Reed's presentation in the TSMC Theater. https://t.co/0bUBPkpljA #SemiEDA #SemiWiki pic.twitter.com/cZXRG34rFY
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 12, 2019
#56DAC – Functional Safety panel discussion, hosted by Mentor, is my ADAS-equipped car safe enough? https://t.co/BuDiktRayc #SemiWiki #SemiEDA #SemiIP pic.twitter.com/GMFwKqU7V2
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) June 19, 2019
#56DAC Update – what's new at Concept Engineering for IC designers. https://t.co/HXsuNoOG1q #SemiEDA #SemiWiki pic.twitter.com/H1uHE7MT0I
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) July 5, 2019
Didn't make it to #56DAC, but still curious to learn what Cadence and partners had to say in their theatre? Enjoy watching the presentations here, https://t.co/hlLLnV2Qdk #SemiEDA #SemiIP pic.twitter.com/e5nglZ0SGh
— Daniel Payne (@Daniel_J_Payne) July 10, 2019