EC’s goal: Reach 20 percent share in chip manufacturing by 2020!

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 6/12/2013 10:53:36 AM

'The European Commission is said to have a goal: to reach 20 percent world-share in chip manufacturing by 2020! Heinz Kundert, president, SEMI Europe, has even laid out an industrial strategy that will cover three complementary lines, such as: * Transition to 450mm, expected to primarily benefit equipment and material manufacturers in Europe. * “More than […]'

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Moore’s Law good for 14nm, and probably, 10nm: Dr. Wally Rhines

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/31/2013 12:02:52 AM

'Its a pleasure to talk to Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp. On his way to DAC 2013, where he will be giving a ten-minute “Visionary Talk”, he found time to speak with me. First, I asked him given that the global semiconductor industry is entering the sub-20nm era, will it […]'

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Global semiconductor companies delivering platforms: Jaswinder Ahuja, Cadence

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/28/2013 2:30:11 PM

'Some time ago, Cadence Design Systems Inc. had announced the EDA360 vision! As per Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate VP and MD of Cadence Design Systems India, the Cadence vision of EDA360 is said to be well and alive. The organization has been aligned around the EDA360 vision. The EDA360 is a five-year vision for defining the […]'

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Cadence Tempus accelerates timing analysis and closure by weeks!

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/24/2013 9:00:07 AM

'Cadence Design Systems Inc. has announced the Tempus timing signoff solution. It facilitates ground-breaking signoff timing analysis and closure. The new technology accelerates timing analysis and closure by weeks. It is said to be up to 10X faster than competing solutions. Tempus has also been endorsed by Texas Instruments (TI). Complexity is growing exponentially and […]'

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Semicon in sub-20nm era: Business as usual or different?

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/21/2013 4:00:55 PM

'We are now entering the sub-20nm era. So, will it be business as usual or is it going to be different this time? With DAC 2013 around the corner, I met up with John Chilton, senior VP, Marketing and Strategic Development for Synopsys to find out more regarding the impact of new transistor structures on […]'

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Agnisys makes design verification process extremely efficient!

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/20/2013 12:02:03 AM

'Agnisys Inc. was established in 2007 in Massachusetts, USA, with a mission to deliver innovative automation to the semiconductor industry. The company offers affordable VLSI design and verification tools for SoCs, FPGAs and IPs that makes the design verification process extremely efficient. Agnisys’ IDesignSpec is an award winning engineering tool that allows an IP, chip […]'

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Non-mainstream packaging in MEMS, LED and power electronics

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/15/2013 6:00:02 PM

'The number of MEMS and sensors going into mobile, consumer and gaming applications is expected to continue to skyrocket. As a result, OSAT and Wafer foundry players are getting more and more interest in MEMS module packaging, as volume and complexity of MEMS SiP modules is increasing dramatically, said Dr. Eric Mourier, Yole Developpement. It […]'

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SEP 2 IP-based energy management for home

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/14/2013 3:37:25 PM

'What exactly is smart energy profile (SEP 2) IP-based energy management for the home? Introducing the SEP 2, Tobin Richardson, chairman and CEO, ZigBee Alliance said ZigBee smart energy is the standard of choice for home area networks (HANs). About 40+ million ZigBee electric meters are being deployed. ZigBee smart energy is being enhanced by network/communications options, support for […]'

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On-chip networks: Future of SoC design

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/7/2013 11:15:05 AM

'Selection of the right on-chip network is critical to meeting the requirements of today’s advanced SoCs. There is easy IP integration with IP cores from many sources with different protocols, and an UVM verification environment. John Bainbridge, staff technologist, CTO Office, Sonics Inc., said that it optimizes the system performance. Virtual channels offer efficient resource usage [...]'

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Convergence of PV materials, test and reliability: What really matters?

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 5/1/2013 8:37:31 AM

'SEMI, USA recently hosted the seminar on ‘Convergence of PV Materials, Test and Reliability: What Really Matters? Reliability in growing PV industry Speaking on the importance of reliability to a growing PV industry, Sarah Kurtz, principal scientist, Reliability group manager, NREL, said that confidence in long-term performance is a necessity in the PV industry. Current [...]'

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Why do we need 450mm wafers?

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/30/2013 3:00:03 PM

'Here is a view from Mike Bryant of Future Horizons, taken from the Enable450 newsletter, for which, I must thank Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO. This is a question often asked by journalists and others not directly involved in 450mm technology, and indeed was one of the questions that formed the basis of the SMART [...]'

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Focusing light on breast cancer diagnostics

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/25/2013 8:14:25 PM

'A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), comprising principally of Dr. Ishan Barman, Dr. Narahara Chari Dingari and Dr. Jaqueline Soares, and their clinical collaborators at University Hospitals, Cleveland have developed the Raman scattering-based concomitant diagnosis of breast cancer lesions and related micro-calcifications. Let’s find out more about this new breast [...]'

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Coto announces MEMS based magnetically operated switch

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/23/2013 5:00:42 AM

'According to Stephen Day, VP of Technology, Coto Technology has the number 1 share in reed relays and relay products. The Coto brand is associated with the broadest portfolio, best in class quality, dedicated technical support, and a provider of innovative solutions. He was speaking at the ongoing 13th Globalpress Electronics Summit in Santa Cruz, USA. Coto has announced the [...]'

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Dr. Wally Rhines on global semiconductor industry trends for 2013

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/22/2013 7:47:20 AM

'It is always a pleasure speaking with Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp. I met him on the sidelines of the 13th Global Electronics Summit, held at the Chaminade Resort & Spa, Santa Cruz, USA. Status of global EDA industry First, I asked Dr. Rhines how the EDA industry was [...]'

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Optimizing Ethernet networks for mobile access and cloud service delivery

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/17/2013 6:36:38 PM

'Demand for Ethernet networks is growing. It is driven by mobile backhaul and cloud access. The service revenue is forecast to reach $48 billion by 2016 (Ovum, Sept.2012). Speaking at the 13th Global Electronics Summit at Santa Cruz, USA, Uday Mudoi, Product Marketing director, Vitesse, said that carriers are making a lot of money by [...]'

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Unlock your mobile with SlimPort

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/17/2013 6:01:48 PM

'Founded in 2002, Analogix Semiconductor Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, has introduced the SlimPort that turns your mobile phone into a game console. It also turns your phone into a PC. SlimPort also turns your phone into a media library and player. SlimPort is a simple mobile accessory that unlocks the full power of your phone or [...]'

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Tensilica to expand Cadence IP footprint in SoCs

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/17/2013 5:05:45 PM

'Tensilica DPU solutions are meant for broad applications. It is focusing on three key verticals — Hi-Fi audio voice, IVP imaging and Diamond controllers, as well as the Xtensa. Tensilica will expand the Cadence IP footprint in SoCs. This compliments Cadence and Cosmic Circuits interface and analog IPs. How does all of this fit into Cadence’s vision of [...]'

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Embedded systems trends and developer opportunities

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/16/2013 10:59:59 PM

'Today, the world is transitioning from independent devices to  connected systems. Intel has been inside the embedded systems market for over 35 years, having developed 270+ CPUs and SoCs as well as 100+ chipsets. Herb Hinstorff, director of Marketing, Developer Products Division, Intel Software said that Intel has been engaged at all levels of the [...]'

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Algotochip building ecosystem with IP providers in targeted markets

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/16/2013 10:29:58 PM

'Algorithm-to-chips is Algotochip’s mission. It turns algorithms into chips by converting your behavioral algorithm C-code into architecture C-code into RTL into GDS-II. Speaking about architecture evolution at the 13th Global Electronics Summit at Santa Cruz, USA, Satish Padmanabhan, CTO and founder, Algotochip, said that the interconnect between CPU and all the HA blocks needs to [...]'

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Embedded software: Next revolution in EDA

Author : Pradeep Chakraborty      Blog : Pradeep's Point!      Date : 4/16/2013 6:09:30 PM

'There is a key lesson that Mentor Graphics made while trying to deliver solutions that were right for software and hardware developers. The lesson was: tailor the software to the discipline! Make it as similar to their environment as possible!! Delivering his speech at the ongoing 13th Global Electronics Summit in Santa Cruz, USA, Dr. [...]'

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