Blog Review: Jan. 6
By Ed Sperling
Area, power and performance have been replaced by power, performance and cost when it comes to high-speed interconnects. And that may just be the starting point, with cost becoming the most important variable going forward. Check out the blog from Synopsys’ Navraj Nandra. Bean counters are coming to a design near you. At your next planning meeting, they’ll be the ones wearing ties.
Why is C so important? Mentor’s Colin Walls takes a stab at that question with a look at C and all the related languages. There’s a lot of good history here—enough to silence your colleagues as they listen in awe and wonder why you know this stuff.
Harry Gries takes the covers off his collection of 2010 predictions—as well as the gloves. This is a slam-bang look at the EDA world, naming names and kicking sand back in the faces of those who kicked it in the first place. Welcome to the new year.
While the big EDA vendors battle it out over OVM and VMM, it’s important to recognize that not everyone has such an advanced approach to verification. Mentor’s Jay O’Donnell takes a step back into the real world and how to get the most out of a directed test environment. This blog is loaded with great information for the companies that aren’t on the bleeding edge of Moore’s Law.
Speaking of VMM, Paradigm Works’ Ambar Sarkar takes a look at what to do with all those verification components that don’t work together. It’s part of Synopsys’ “Verification in the Trenches” series, which is another refreshingly real-world look at how people are using these tools.
Cadence’s Jason Andrews gives a chilling look at the blurred lines between work and home. Check out his screen shot and then check out the family photo. Yikes! It makes you want to release some Freon into the atmosphere.
Either high-level synthesis is a hot topic, or people don’t know enough about it to make a judgment call. But the subject certainly attracted the most readers for Mentor’s Thomas Bollaert in 2009.
And in the world of predictions, foundry relationship manager Daniel Nenni predicts the rise of the semiconductor-enabled mobile Internet. He’s not alone, in case you hadn’t noticed the new Google phone plastered all over the news.
New media seems to be getting its share of attention lately. Why now, when this trend has been underway for years? We’re not exactly sure. But the latest take comes from an engineer, which is interesting. Cadence’s Bob Dwyer interviews Ron Ploof about what’s driving the changes.
Tags: Blogs, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Paradigm Works, Synopsys