EDA DesignLine Blog
Don’t bandy paraprosdokians with me!
Clive Maxfield
2/11/2012 3:56 PM EST
I’m on Gary Smith’s “jokes list”, which means I never know what’s going to appear in my “Inbox”…
Like 'em all, learned a new word. Would you know if phrases like these have a name other than ...
What would you do for an iPad2?
Brian Bailey
2/10/2012 11:31 AM EST
TLMCentral is kicking into high gear with competitions to spur donation of Open Source models into the community. Are you up for the challenge…
Opinion: The yin and yang of designing big chips
Patrick Groeneveld
2/10/2012 10:16 AM EST
Patrick Groeneveld is this year's chair for DAC. In this opinion piece he talks about value in synthesis and analysis tools...
Perhaps I could be even bolder and suggest that verification is much like the drug industry. Even if ...
Things that go “meep” in the night
Clive Maxfield
2/9/2012 11:41 AM EST
I just had a very unsatisfactory night’s sleep, because something kept on going “meep” and I couldn’t track it down…
I once worked on a project refitting a shop. The Project manager had a PC with a screen saver that ...
Upcoming Conferences: calls and more – Feb 9th
Brian Bailey
2/9/2012 10:32 AM EST
Conference related information, calls for papers, contributions and participation are all found here…
Ten things I want to do before I die…
Clive Maxfield
2/8/2012 3:51 PM EST
I don’t want to sound maudlin, but every now and then as one gets older, thoughts of mortality do tend to cross one’s mind…
I often want to die? It didn't want to die before will do? First to big dinner, do a full you damn ...
EDA/IP Weekly Roundup – Feb 8th
Brian Bailey
2/8/2012 10:50 AM EST
Element14, Verific, Coventor, Silicon Frontline, Cadence, Breker and Elliptic made the lineup today. See here for their news…
Why is DesignCon important for IC designers?
Brian Bailey
2/8/2012 10:27 AM EST
Not one, but two videos of your editor speaking at DesignCon or a variety of subjects including the impact that board design has on chip design…
Free 2-day course: Designing with SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGAs
Clive Maxfield
2/7/2012 12:55 PM EST
SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGAs include a hard ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller core, so this course will be of interest to a wide audience…
Brian Bailey
2/7/2012 12:53 PM EST
Power is a big issue these days, and not only did Apache win an award for it, they also contributed to a great Webinar that you must watch…



