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EE Journal's Amelia Dalton breaks down each week's EE news in an informative, fun and engaging style.
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Thursday Jul 14, 2016
Thursday Jul 14, 2016
No one builds a chip without simulation, right? In this week’s Fish Fry, we take a closer look at the value of virtual prototypes to simulate embedded software. Simon Davidmann (CEO - Imperas) and I chat about about why he thinks no one should design embedded software without simulation, and the benefits of using virtual platforms to develop a verification and test environment. Also this week, we investigate a whole new way to design chips, and it's called Swarm. We examine the details of this new 64-bit architecture developed by MIT, how it could revolutionize the way multicore chips prioritize tasks, and why Swarm could make writing software a whole lot easier.
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Links for July 15, 2016
More information about Imperas
ARM Cortex-A72 Models and Virtual Platforms Released by Imperas and Open Virtual Platforms
Unlocking Ordered Parallelism with the Swarm Architecture (Whitepaper)
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
What do algorithmic art, food truck fare, and EDA software have in common? This year's Design Automation Conference! In this week's Fish Fry, we get a special sneak peek into the year's biggest EDA event with DAC Chairman Chuck Alpert. Chucks gives us the lowdown on all of the coolest events at the expo this year (Austin food trucks on the show floor?!), the details of the inaugural DAC art show and super cool keynotes (soccer playing robots?!), and much more. Also this week, we take a closer look at how a unique collaboration between Posterscope and NBS is hoping to stop mosquitoes dead in their tracks - one billboard at a time.
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Links for April 29, 2016
More information about the The 53rd Design Automation Conference
The 53rd Design Automation Conference Announces Keynotes, SKY Talks and Visionary Talk for 2016
Friday Apr 08, 2016
Friday Apr 08, 2016
“The most profound technologies are the ones that disappear.” - Mark Weiser
If you listen closely you won’t be able to hear it. If you squint your eyes you won’t be able to see it. But it’s there. Most of us have encountered Digimarc’s technology and most likely, we were never the wiser. In this week’s Fish Fry, Tony Rodriguez (CTO - Digimarc) and I discuss the details of Digimarc’s Intuitive Computing Platform: A platform that leverages all of the sensors in your mobile device to tell you more about the world around you. Tony and I also chat about Digimarc’s Discover Mobile Software Development Kit and how the Portland Trail Blazers are utilizing Digimarc’s unique digital signal processing technology.
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Links for April 8, 2016
More information about Digimarc
Chalk Talk episode: Meet PPA and Turnaround Time Requirements at Advanced Nodes with Innovus Implementation System
Thursday Mar 03, 2016
Thursday Mar 03, 2016
Can you imagine a world without mistakes? Maybe it would be cool, but most likely it would be pretty boring. Heck, it might even mean some of us would lose our jobs. This week’s Fish Fry, we visit a conference dedicated to engineering mistakes: DVCon. We investigate three major the themes of this year’s Design Verification Conference: UVM, emulation, and FPGA-based prototyping. Shishpal Rawat (Chairman - Accellera Systems Initiative) and I sit down to discuss the importance of standardization in emulation and UVM, the value of design verification tutorials, and why verification needs to happen at many different levels of abstraction. Also this week, we check out theadvantages of an integrated prototyping solution which may just put ad-hoc FPGA-based physical prototyping out of business once and for all.
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Links for March 4, 2016
More information about DVCon 2016
More information about The Accellera Systems Intiative
New Episode of Chalk Talk: The Market Shift to Integrated Physical Prototyping
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
In this week’s Fish Fry, we’re taking on safety, security, and the embedded design software in between. Michael May (Express Logic) and I start things off with an in-depth discussion about the ongoing design-in battle between 32 and 64 bit processors and where ThreadX RTOS fits into the embedded ecosystem. Keeping with this week’s embedded software theme, I also chat with Jim McElroy (LDRA) about what we need to do when our designs must adhere to a security-critical standard, why TÜV Certification is so important, and what it's like to captain a whale watching boat.
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Links for February 5, 2016
More information about Express Logic
New Episode of Chalk Talk: Cadence Tensilica Vision P5