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Co-sponsored by the ACM SIGDA and the IEEE Computer Society
June 17, 2017
Co-located with the 54th Design Automation Conference, June 18-22, 2017.
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Imagine the surprise this morning when my high-school age son texted me about a sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) scare at the LAM facility just a few blocks away from where we live in Tualatin. Fortunately the six workers at LAM were OK, although they did go to the hospital to get checked out for any...
We've been talking about how Apple has the technical prowess to design their own A-series chips for the iPhone and iPad products, so why not for their MacBook laptops, displacing Intel? Looks like the T310 may be the first ARM-powered CPU in a MacBook, planned for later in 2017.
Report: Apple...
I watched most of the Apple announcement today, and have a quick summary for you.
Accessibility
They started out with a cool video on how people with limited abilities can have a richer life by using Apple products.
iPhone 7
Tim Cook is in love with this product, the number one money-maker for...
Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
June 18 - 22, 2017
www.dac.com
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For 54 years, the Design Automation Conference (DAC) has been recognized as the leading-edge conference on research and practice in tools and methodologies...
Press release from Mentor today about acquiring Galaxy Semiconductor, adding three new tools:
Examinator-Pro
PAT-Man
Yield-Man
These tools are used by product and test engineers. See our Wiki page on all EDA/IP mergers and acquisitions.
Intel bought Basis Science in 2014 to enter the emerging wearables market with a Smart Watch, but today they announced a product recall, another sad misstep for Intel.
Intel recalls smartwatches, warns of 'burns or blisters' | OregonLive.com
Intel chops more American workers in Utah while at the same time investing $5.5B in China for adding a memory fab there. Workers in China are happy, while those in Utah are sent looking for a new job.
Intel joint venture IM Flash will lay off 130 in Utah | OregonLive.com
I've always been amazed that Apple was granted a design patent for a rectangular shape with rounded corners for their fashionable iPhone product, because it was so obvious to me that prior art was filled with dozens of consumer products that are a rectangular with rounded corners.
Now the...
Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core by Pebble Technology —Kickstarter
But why must a SmartWatch be a rectangle, how about the classic circle shape used for over 100 years?
The Raspberry Pi 3 is the third generation Raspberry Pi. It replaced the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B in February 2016. Compared to the Raspberry Pi 2 it has:
A 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Like the Pi 2, it also has:
1GB RAM
4...
(PRNewswire) - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced results for the first quarter 2016.
Cadence reported first quarter 2016 revenue of $448 million, compared to revenue of $411 million reported for the same period in 2015. On a GAAP basis, Cadence recognized net income...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - April 25, 2016 - Soha Hassoun, Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University and a past general chair of the Design Automation Conference (DAC), has been selected as the recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic...
A real EV typically has a single, large battery pack, but what if you could power an EV using lots of rechargeable AA batteries? Some great satire from Saturday Night Live with the famous actress Julia Louis-Drefus from the Seinfeld show doing a parody about...
Our industry uses many acronyms, so say goodbye to EDAC (EDA Consortium) and hello to ESD Alliance (Electronic Systems Design Alliance). This group threw a party last night in San Jose at their Zanker Road office. I met up with legendary EDA icon and investor Jim Hogan (left) and Mentor CEO...
I use both iOS and Android devices each day, and each device works quite well, however Consumer Reports reveals their top two SmartPhones this week:
Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung S7 Edge
What are your thoughts on Consumer Reports choosing Android devices over Apple?
