Watching AI Evolve
We’ve looked at several AI IP offerings over the last year or so, from Cadence (more than once), Read More → "Watching AI Evolve"
Finance 103: Reading the Stock Charts
“One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.” – William Feather
Hooray, your company has gone public! You and all your coworkers can now stare at real-time stock tickers all day long, tracking your newfound wealth, second by second. Hey, our stock is going up! We’ … Read More → "Finance 103: Reading the Stock Charts"
Q&A with Xilinx President and CEO Victor Peng
“Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition” – Michael Porter, Harvard Business School
Earlier this month, Xilinx announced the 7nm Versal ACAP series of advanced programmable ICs along with a new board-level hardware accelerator for data centers called Alveo. Xilinx President and CEO Victor Peng announced these products during his keynote on October 2 at the Xilinx Developers Forum (XDF) held in … Read More → "Q&A with Xilinx President and CEO Victor Peng"
Finance 102: The IPO Roadshow
“The IPO is no exit for the entrepreneur; it’s the start of purgatory.” — Vivek Wadhwa
In last week’s installment we talked about various forms of startup financing. You can build your company with money from your own pocket; you can borrow from … Read More → "Finance 102: The IPO Roadshow"
Why does Xilinx say That its New 7nm Versal “ACAP” isn’t an FPGA?
Xilinx has been performing a slow reveal of its new ACAP (adaptive compute acceleration platform) architecture for many months, and the company unveiled much more—including the new “Versal” family name and six (!) new, multi-member series (aka families) of 7nm ACAP devices—at its October 1 Xilinx Developers Forum (XDF), held in San Jose, California. (The company says that “Versal” is a contraction of the words “versatile” … Read More → "Why does Xilinx say That its New 7nm Versal “ACAP” isn’t an FPGA?"
Finance 101: Lemonade Stand, Inc.
“Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.” – Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
We live in a world of high finance. We don’t necessarily have to enjoy it, but it’s useful to understand it. Not because you’re likely to jump careers from engineering to corporate finance (although you certainly could), but … Read More → "Finance 101: Lemonade Stand, Inc."
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Nov 19, 2018
At the Linley Fall Processor Conference recently, the keynote on the second day was by Cliff Young of Google titled Codesign in Google TPUs: Inference, Training, Performance, and Scalability . The TPU is Google's Tensor Processing Unit. It is actually a family, since, as...
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People of a certain age, who mindfully lived through the early microcomputer revolution during the first half of the 1970s, know about Bill Godbout. He was that guy who sent out crudely photocopied parts catalogs for all kinds of electronic components, sold from a Quon...
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A New Advanced IC Packaging Battlefield Today, advanced packaging technology has created a new battleground where 2.5D packaging and heterogeneous design drive constraints that span semiconductor, packaging, board, and even system-level design. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with John Park of Cadence Design Systems about new techniques and tools for advanced IC packaging design. Click here … Read More → "A New Advanced IC Packaging Battlefield"
Introducing the SAML10 and SAML11 MCUs — Microchip and Mouser Electronics Security and power are key considerations in just about every IoT design these days. And, if you don’t start with a microcontroller that has robust security and power features, it can be an uphill battle. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Ram Konreddy of Microchip Technology about the new … Read More → "Introducing the SAML10 and SAML11 MCUs — Microchip and Mouser Electronics"
Magnetics: Not Just for Inductors Anymore — KEMET and Mouser Electronics Magnetics have a wide range of new and exciting applications that extend far beyond simple inductors – including temperature sensors, flex suppressors, zero phase current transformers, and more. With all these new uses for magnetics, it pays to keep up on the latest technology. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with … Read More → "Magnetics: Not Just for Inductors Anymore — KEMET and Mouser Electronics"
Shift Left for Fewer PCB Re-Spins Design rule checking (DRC) is becoming more important with today’s complex PCB designs. With the complexity of today’s designs, the old ad-hoc methods just don’t cut it. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Rory Riggs from Mentor about how Hyperlynx DRC can help get your next design out on … Read More → "Shift Left for Fewer PCB Re-Spins"
The 32-Bit Difference: How to Future Proof Your Next Design — Mouser Electronics and NXP Future-proofing your embedded design can be a daunting challenge. With the wide variety of microcontrollers available today, it can be tricky to choose one that will meet the full lifecycle demands of your product. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Brendon Slade from NXP about future-proofing your design with the … Read More → "The 32-Bit Difference: How to Future Proof Your Next Design — Mouser Electronics and NXP"
Secure Communications Microcontrollers – NXP and Mouser Electronics We all expect our microcontroller to have robust security features. But, it’s tough to find an MCU that meets all your design goals and incorporates security into every building block of your design. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Brian Carlson from NXP about the MPC574 microcontroller family, which packs … Read More → "Secure Communications Microcontrollers – NXP and Mouser Electronics"