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Author Archives: paulmcl
Global foundries’ plan for world domination
Last week I attended the Global Technology Conference, which sounds like something that the United Nations might sponsor but is, in fact, organized by Global Foundries. Just in case you don’t remember who Global Foundries are, they are the old … Continue reading
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Polyteda
One startup I did run across that looks interesting is Polyteda. Let me first point out that this is all based simply on talking to them and I’ve not run their tools or done any other diligence. They have a … Continue reading
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DAC retrospective
So what was the theme of DAC this year? Two things stood out for me: one is that the big EDA companies are getting serious about doing design at a higher level. I think we need a new name for … Continue reading
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Linaro: the latest in the ARM and Atom battle
Usually when two companies initiate a joint venture or work together, it is often casually referred to as the two companies getting in bed together. Last week, a veritable orgy was announced. ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments … Continue reading
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Design Automation Conference preview
Unless you have been hibernating through the winter (which some days seems to still be going on) then you know that DAC is coming up on 13th June through Friday if you stay all the way through the tutorials. So … Continue reading
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EDAgraffiti, the book
The book of the blog is now available for purchase here. Here’s an extract from the introduction that gives an overview of what the book is: This book is an outgrowth from this blog. Although the basis of the book … Continue reading
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Cadence summits Denali
Cadence announced that they had acquired Denali for $330M today. They reckon that it will be accretive this year. Since the beginning of the year there has been a sort of land grab going on in the system and IP … Continue reading
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Is it time to start using high-level synthesis?
One big question people have about high-level synthesis (HLS) is whether or not it is ready for mainstream use. In other words, does it really work (yet)? HLS has had a long history starting with products like Synopsys’s Behavioral Compiler … Continue reading
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Around the Imax with EDA360
Cadence had a big announcement at the Embedded Systems Conference this week. Actually, not at the conference (I don’t think they even have a booth) but in the Imax theater in the Tech Museum (and, on another topic, are they … Continue reading
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