Blog Review: Nov. 17
By Ed Sperling
Mentor’s Colin Walls breaks down ARM TechCon3 into three very digestible pieces, with an interesting side note of why he’s not likely to get invited back next year—or find his way back if he is invited. 1
Cadence’s Richard Goering interviews a senior manager at Renesas about design-specific on-chip variation. This one is really interesting. Goering also did a great job covering a “fireside” chat with Cadence’s John Bruggeman and ARM’s Simon Segars.
Ever feel like you woke up in a cloud? How about in a discussion about clouds? Synopsys’ Karen Bartleson leads a video discussion at ARM’s TechCon3 about cloud computing and those pesky issues of security and reliability.
Speaking of clouds, check out the blog from Mentor’s Nazita Saye. There’s nothing like pondering the reliability of jet engines while soaring miles above them. It’s a great time to think about aggressive verification deadlines.
ARM’s Alban Rampon discovered, rather rudely, what it’s like to be without electronics for a day. And all because he didn’t update his passport. This is like going cold turkey.
The mobile world is all about applications, even if the players can’t agree on anything else. Cadence’s Steven Brown does a great job summarizing the Open Mobile Summit. This is like the Cliff Notes version.
In a similar vein, ARM’s John Heinlein nicely summarizes hours of third-party presentations from TechCon3. In case you missed it, there’s lots of good information here. More Cliff Notes.
Verilabs’ JL Gray, writing for Synopsys’ VMM Central, talks about reusable testbench components. If you’re working in verification, this could save you hours of pain.
And why is it taking so long for formal tools to take off? It all depends on how you define them—and their use, according to Cadence’s Chris Komar.
Tags: ARM, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Renesas, Synopsys, Verilabs