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…
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…
EDA without using the Acronym EDA
Two press releases came out today and they were both from major EDA companies that are now starting to position themselves without using the EDA acronym. Perhaps this is a new but subtle trend to…
Interoperability Breakfast – Synposys
3D glasses to lighten us up TSMC and ST presenters Winner of 10th annual Tensing Norgay Interoperability Award: IEEE ISTO Overview For the past several years I’ve seen TSMC create the iPDK standard and seen…
Editor Dinner on Tuesday – Synopsys
Blogging in EDA has its rewards and last night was a real treat as Synopsys provided a superb dinner experience at Mr. Stox in Anaheim. Editors, Bloggers and Synopsys folks enjoy socializing The fabled wine…
EDA Stock Price Snapshot
A picture is worth a thousand words, at least to an engineer like me so let’s see what happened in the past 3 months:EDA Stocks, August 23, 2008 Mentor is up about 10%, Synopsys down…
Webinars and Webcasting
I had the pleasure of attending a webinar yesterday about what’s new in HSPICE presented by Synopsys. Previous webinars I’ve attended required that I use a separate phone line to get audio, then use my web browser to view the…
Daniel’s DAC list of companies to see
I’m a SPICE and transistor-level IC guy so will make the rounds on Monday to see: Nascentric (OmegaSim – FastSPICE) Berkeley DA (Analog FastSPICE) Synopsys (HSIM, NanoSim – FastSPICE) Mentor (AdIT – FastSPICE) Cadence (UltraSim…