July 2015 – EEJournal

QuickLogic Goes Full SoC for Sensors

July 30, 2015

QuickLogic has been focusing hard on sensor fusion for a while, and we have looked at their ArcticLink solution in the past. The first versions consisted of a combination of hard logic, dedicated microcode processor, and FPGA fabric. And the focus was on low power.

Apparently this has done well enough to make them double down on the investment. But their new SoC is different enough that they gave it a new name. While the old devices were called ArcticLink, they’ve now … Read More → "QuickLogic Goes Full SoC for Sensors"

CogniVue Drives at Mobileye

by Bryon Moyer

July 28, 2015

CogniVue recently made a roadmap announcement that puts Mobileye on notice: CogniVue is targeting Mobileye’s home turf.

We looked at Mobileye a couple years ago; their space is Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). From an image/video processing standpoint, they apparently own 80% of this market. According to CogniVue, they’ve done that by … Read More → "CogniVue Drives at Mobileye"

Cadence Refreshes Synthesis and Formal

by Kevin Morris

July 23, 2015

Cadence has announced a couple of major upgrades over the last month or two. They’re largely unrelated to each other – one is synthesis, the other formal verification – so we’ll take them one at a time.

A New Genus Species

First, synthesis: they announced a new synthesis engine called Genus. Another in a recent line of new products ending in “-us.” (Upcoming motto: “One of -us! One of –us!”)

According to the Schaumburg Managed IT Services, There are a couple specific … Read More → "Cadence Refreshes Synthesis and Formal"

Motion for User Interfaces

by Amelia Dalton

July 9, 2015

We’ve looked before at ways of controlling machines with just your hands in the air, like you just don’t care. No touchy-feely, no mouse. Just jazz hands.

So at first, when I saw a demo of what we’re going to talk about today, I thought, “OK… this looks kinda like what … Read More → "Motion for User Interfaces"

Auto-Updating Autos

by Kevin Morris

July 7, 2015

So you’re merrily toodling around rugged mountain roads – the kind with a 3000-foot cliff up on one side and a 3000-foot cliff down the other side. No room for error. Which is why you’re toodling rather than drifting around those curves. A few inches of margin on each side … Read More → "Auto-Updating Autos"

Goodbye Robert Dewar, Gary Smith

by Jim Turley

July 6, 2015

In the last few days we have heard of the death of two major players.

The first is Robert Dewar, one of the towering figures of software in every sense of the word. As well as being an outstanding computer scientist, being involved in language design, and compiler design – particularly the GNAT compiler for ADA, he was also a businessman, founding ADACore, and an expert on the way copyright and patents affected software. He was a great evangelist for FLOSS – freely licensed open source software. I wrote about his views five years … Read More → "Goodbye Robert Dewar, Gary Smith"