Bridging the Pre-silicon Verification Gap for Vehicle Design
There is a fundamental gap between what is required for full pre-silicon verification and what simulation will allow. Electronic-vehicle development…
Intel Capital Invests $132M in Tech Startups
Intel Corp.'s funding arm announced $132 million in investments in a set of startups that are concerned with business data…
EDA Sector Cools Off in Q4
The design industry grew over 8% last year, and it might weather the coronavirus downturn. Separately, the SIA said IC…
How Are Europe’s Engineers Adapting to Remote Working?
As nations go into lockdown in the hope of slowing the spread of Covid-19, we take a look at design…
Test Access Opened to Every Die in 3D IC Stack
3D stacked ICs will deliver next wave of innovation as the industry scales past 7nm. A standardized design for test…
De Geus, Still Hitting the Right Notes
Thirty-three years after helping found what is now the largest EDA vendor, Aart de Geus still loves the constant evolution…
Engineers Join the Gig Economy
Consider advanced logic design: high-tech specialization was supposed to provide some immunity to being considered a short-term employment prospect
Qualcomm is the Newest Investor in SiFive
RISC-V is heading for mobile. Qualcomm participated in SiFive's $65.4m funding round. We talked CEO Naveed Sherwani recently about the…
Mentor Boosts AI Chips with AI
Mentor is all about Artificial Intelligence as the EDA industry heads into its annual Design Automation Conference.
EDA Vendors Benefit from Diversification as Market Turns
Tool firms' diversification efforts starting to pay dividends as market enters downturn