By Ed Sperling
Synopsys’ Yaron Ilani talks about DVE and UVM while commuting to work in a video. It’s good info, but can you count the number of times he takes his eyes off the road to look at the camera? We lost count at 50, although admittedly he was stopped for some of those and this wasn’t the Autobahn. Still, is this legal in Israel?

Mentor’s Nazita Saye digs into the mechanical challenges at Bronswerk Heat Transfer, creator of the incredibly efficient “Whizz-Wheel” fan blade. If you want to see what a Whizz-Wheel looks like, check out the photo. This kind of design is long overdue, and it’s an interesting intersection of mechanical engineering and EDA.

Cadence’s Richard Goering interviews one of his colleagues, Ken Potts, about the GSA’s 3D IC working group. For an ecosystem to build technology this complex, we’re going to need lots of standards groups like this one.

DeepChip’s John Cooley raises questions about venture capitalist Jim Hogan’s SPICE rankings. Considering there isn’t much discussion about any of this stuff, and no official stats, it’s rather difficult to figure out who’s right.

Semico’s Rich Wawrzyniak examines Synopsys’ move into IP subsystems and why this trend is so important. Conclusion: Expect to see lots more of this kind of pre-integration.

No one enjoys home entertainment systems like engineers. But the truth is, most engineers don’t spend a lot of time playing games or watching movies. They do spend time deconstructing and improving the systems, though. Synopsys’ Navraj Nandra is in good company on this one.

Mentor’s Colin Walls recounts the activities at Nvidia’s recent GPU conference. Of particularly note is the programming for task and data parallelism, which may be easier with a GPU than a CPU. Nonetheless, it’s been a tough nut to crack for four decades.

Cadence’s Axel Scherer is stuck on the Saturday Night Live cowbell skit and has somehow tied it to UVMe. Call that loosely timed—or maybe just a loose thread.

Speaking of UVM, JL Gray is back with some tips on UVM drivers and monitors. Monitors are your friends. Use them wisely.

Synopsys’ Helene Thibieroz interviews one of her colleagues, Frank Lee, about FinFETs. Lee clearly has a very good grasp of this technology and what it means to SoC design.

Cadence’s Yuri Tsoglin offers some tips on writing macros in e. If you’re using the e language, this is the place to go.

Tags: Cadence, DeepChip, Mentor Graphics, Semico Research, Synopsys

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