I just received an email from Ron Collett, CEO of Numetrics, asking me to spread the word that IC designers are invited to use a powerful (and free) new tool – IC Project Insight. According to Ron: IC ...

At long last we come to the final installment of our four-part series presenting the findings of the Wilson Research Group Functional Verification 2020 study. In this article we discuss verification ...

With the cost of developing a new semiconductor fab anticipated to surpass US$5.0 billion by 2015, more and more IDMs are adopting a fab-lite outsourcing model. The growth in the merchant foundry ...

Semiconductor companies that can continuously deliver a steady stream of winning designs to market stand to gain substantial long-term competitive advantage. But while many companies are able to ...

A key challenge facing the semiconductor industry is to combine Intellectual Property (IP) from various sources quickly and efficiently. Design times are continually pressurized by time to market ...

When Aristotle uttered this humble aphorism, he wasn’t telling us to throw up our hands and not bother with learning. He was encouraging us to continue digging deeper, to get answers and ask questions ...