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
Cadence Expand into System Analysis Market
Cadence is moving beyond EDA into the systems analysis market, initially with an electromagnetic field solver but with plans to…
U.K.-based Software Firm Lands $14M Series B
Investors seeing value in Undo's record-and-replay technology for software debugging
Cadence CEO: “EDA’s a Systems Game”
Lip-Bu Tan talks AI, Moore's Law and venture capitalists
8 Hurdles For China’s Semiconductor Industry
During ICCAD, EE Times China interviewed senior executives from EDA, IP, design services and foundry companies and discussed the development…
With 450mm on Ice, 300mm Shoulders Heavier Load
With the semiconductor industry's plans to transition to 450mm wafers on deep freeze, chipmakers are doubling down on 300mm fabs.