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It fascinates me when we ship pr

It fascinates me when we ship products in numbers that exceed the number of humans on the planet. The stats you’re giving mean that the average man, woman, and child in the western world probably has a double-digit number of microcontrollers.

Most of them don’t even know they have any at all.

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Jun 12, 2025
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Shift Left with Calibre Pattern Matching: Trust in design practices but verify early and frequently

Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software

As integrated circuit (IC) designs become increasingly complex, early-stage verification is crucial to ensure productivity and quality in design processes. The "shift left" verification approach, enabled by Siemens’ Calibre nmPlatform, helps IC design teams to identify and resolve critical issues much earlier in the design cycle.

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Shift Left Block/Chip Design with Calibre
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