Blog Review: Dec. 7
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Cadence’s Richard Goering looks at the completed Accellera-OSCI merger and what it means for EDA standards. There’s a lot at stake here.
Also on the subject on standards, Mentor’s Dennis Brophy takes a look at the IEEE standards awards and what’s getting the most attention. That should give you some idea of how things will progress.
Synopsys’ Eric Huang has found a new use for waterproof USB drives. You can stir your coffee with them.
DeepChip’s John Cooley looks at some of the reasons behind the Synopsys acquisition of Magma and what it could mean for Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan.
Cadence’s Adam Sherer has come up with a gift idea for verification engineers: UVM training. Given the runaway complexity that verification now has to contend with, this is probably a good suggestion. Reactions may be mixed, though. “What, another gift card?”
And in case you missed the most recent Low-Power Engineering newsletter, here are some standout blogs to consider:
–Mentor’s Barry Pangrle looks at overclockers who don’t give a whit about conserving power.
–Synopsys’ Cary Chin proves it’s still possible to get a death grip on the new iPhone 4S to kill reception, even if it does take two hands. Warning: Don’t try this while driving.
–Cadence’s Luke Lang digs into power formats and what works, what doesn’t and what we don’t know.
–Apache Design’s Preeti Gupta unleashes part one of her look at power delivery networks for LP designs.