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MIPS, ARM, ARC, Imagination, Ceva

The Linley Group, whose conference on mobile I recently attended, has some interesting data about the processor core market. Firstly, the numbers are big: CPU cores shipped in over 10 billion chips last year which is up 25%... read more
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First Time Companies at DAC

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Here's my list:
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Hardware Configuration Management at DAC 2012

Next month at DAC I plan to visit the ClioSoft booth to get an update on what's new with hardware configuration management (HCM). Last year I met with Srinath Anantharaman to get an introduction to their company and how their tools are used by both front-end engineers and back-end IC layout designers.

Srinath Anantharaman, ClioSoft CEO

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DAC: Chevy Volt Teardown

One DAC panel session that I am looking forward to attending is the Chevy Volt Teardown. This takes place at 1.30-2.30pm on Tuesday June 5th at the DAC pavilion (aka booth 310). Al Speier will be talking... read more
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RTDA at DAC: Scale to Millions of Jobs

RTDA is all about enterprise level scalability. Their three main products all scale to be able to handle the most demanding needs of large companies with large farms of servers. Of course there are some new refinements too.... read more
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Atrenta at DAC: Fast Lint, IP Kit and More

Atrenta will have a new look this year at DAC. I'm not quite sure what that means but we'll all just have to go along and find out.

They have three users talking about their use of Atrenta's tools. All 3 of these presentations... read more
Paul McLellan 1 Week Ago

Apache at DAC: Customers Talk About Reliability, Low-Power and 3D

At DAC in San Francisco this year, Apache once again have a mixture of presentations by customers on their use of Apache tools and presentations by Apache themselves on their products. Most of the customer presentations... read more
Paul McLellan 1 Week Ago

Sagantec Update: More EDA Consolidation!

Adding sophisticated 2D dynamic compaction technology to address 20nm and 14nm challenges. Santa Clara, California – May 3 ,2012 – Sagantec today announced that it has acquired Dutch startup NP-Komplete Technologies... read more
Daniel Nenni 1 Week Ago

Achieving Rapid Verification Convergence of ARM® AMBA® 4 ACE™ Designs using Discovery™ Verification IP

Synopsys is consolidating the company positioning on Verification IP. We have announced the launch of Discovery VIP in Semiwiki, in February this year, and we have commented about the acquisition of nSys and ExpertIO in January. This... read more
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Piper Jaffray Chip Analyst Spanks Intel!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-15-2012 05:30 PM

This just in from Tech Trader Daily, quoting Piper Jaffray chip analyst Gus Richard:

The whole issue for Qualcomm, based on Richard’s conversations with industry types, is that the company has started making its “MSM8960″ chip with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) only two to three quarters after TSM introduced its new “28-nanometer” chip-making technology. That’s faster than the five to six quarters Qualcomm waited ...

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Cadence Update 2012!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-14-2012 07:00 PM

What’s new at Cadence? Quite a bit actually. I have always been a Cadence fan, I mean really, they gave birth to modern EDA. Unfortunately, Cadence really lost me during the Avant! legal action, the Mike Fister years, and EDA360. Recently, however, Cadence has made some big changes that will definitely get them back on my good side. The most recent change being the hiring of Martin Lund, SVP of the SoC Realization Business Unit.

SoC Realization is a strategic growth area for Cadence,” ...

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TSMC Tops Intel, Samsung in Capacity!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-13-2012 05:00 PM Number of Views: 2461

While I was marlin fishing in Hawaii last week I missed some interesting comments from TSMC executives at the Technology Symposium in Taiwan, a much different show than the one here in San Jose I’m told. It is good to see TSMC setting the record straight and taking a little credit for what they have accomplished! I’m sorry I missed it but I know quite a few people who didn’t and they were quite impressed.

Y.P. ...

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Intel Foundry All Hat No Cattle?

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-11-2012 10:19 PM

If you look real close at the #49 DAC floor plan you will see the tiny Intel booth dwarfed by those of TSMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung, and ARM. The number one semiconductor company in the world does not have the budget for the cornerstone conference of the semiconductor ecosystem? Oh my…... Intel has a big foundry hat and no cattle this year.

Now in its 49th year (this will be my 29^th), the Design Automation Conference features a wide array of technical presentations, tutorials, and ...

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Sagantec Update: More EDA Consolidation!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-08-2012 05:00 PM

Adding sophisticated 2D dynamic compaction technology to address 20nm and 14nm challenges. Santa Clara, California – May 3 ,2012 – Sagantec today announced that it has acquired Dutch startup NP-Komplete Technologies BV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) for its physical design compaction and migration solutions based on a sophisticated 2D dynamic ...

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TSMC 20nm Challenges!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-06-2012 05:00 PM

Now that the 28nm challenges are dead
It is time to look ahead
The tabloid pundits may not agree
But Moore’s law again you will see
The semiconductor ecosystem is humming
(2X gate density -20%+ performance-20%+ power savings)
The 20nm design starts are coming!

Okay, I’m really bad at poetry. Gambling however, I do pretty well. Las Vegas is my favorite destination, a mere 6 hour Porsche drive from Danville. It’s not just the math of ...

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GlobalFoundries 2012 Update!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 05-04-2012 06:55 PM

What's new with Glofo? Quite a bit actually. It was interesting to see a Made in America: Global Companies Expand in U.S. Towns segment on semiconductors! Give it a look, I enjoyed it. It's an election year, jobs are key to any election, so it did not surprise me to see President Obama making the rounds:
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Intel says fabless model collapsing... really?

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 04-29-2012 05:00 PM Number of Views: 1677

There is an interesting discussion in the SemiWiki forum in response to the EETimes article: Intel exec says fabless model 'collapsing'. Definitely an interesting debate, one worth our time since the advertising click hungry industry pundits will certainly jump all over it. Clearly I’m biased since I helped build the semiconductor ecosystem. I will certainly try and be open minded here, but ...

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TSMC 28nm Beats Q1 2012 Expectations!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 04-26-2012 07:00 AM

TSMC just finished the Q1 conference call. I will let the experts haggle over the wording of the financial analysis, but the big news is that TSMC 28nm Q1 revenue was 5%, beating my guess of 4%. So all of you who bet against TSMC 28nm it’s time to pay up! Coincidentally, I’m in Las Vegas where the term deadbeat is taken literally!

Per my blog The Truth of TSMC 28nm Yield!:
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TSMC versus Intel at 20nm!

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Daniel Nenni
Published on 04-24-2012 05:00 PM

The biggest news out of the TSMC Symposium last week was the 20nm update. Lots of debate and speculation, just why is TSMC releasing one version of 20nm (20nm SoC) versus multiple versions like in 40nm (LP, G, LPG) and 28nm (HP, HPM, HPL, LP)? Here are my thoughts, I would also be interested in your feedback in the comment section. This really is a big change for both TSMC and the foundry business so it is certainly worth discussing.

Morris Chang did a candid ...

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