Reckless driving; whizz-wheels; standards; stats spats; cowbells; subsystems, UVM.

Monolithic semiconductors for lower-dose x-rays.

Cadence boosts verification speed, rolls out first subsystem; Mentor wins deals for PCB design and UI; Synopsys wins VIP deal with AMD; MIPS squares off against ARM.

Chickens, in-circuit acceleration, blowing smoke, test problems, nice engineers, 4G vs. 3G efficiency.

Analysis: Despite demand for new tools at the latest process node, much of the effort is going into tighter integration of existing tools and integration of IP with other IP.

Understanding heat flow; growing components from scratch.

Synopsys buys optics design and simulation maker; Cadence wins deal with Fujitsu; Arteris wins deal with IC-Logic

Rooster tails, stronger barrels, hot swapping, saving copper, virtual performance, family involvement, drones.

Applying diamonds to memory material; bringing quantum computing home.

Apache rolls out power signoff tool for 3D and sub-20nm; Cadence introduces VIP compliance testing; Samsung builds A-15-based SoC using Synopsys P&R tools.