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April 26, 2013

Pack up your soldering gun, your API handbook and your slide rule, we’re heading to Design West 2013 – where the sun is high, the booth babes look bored, and the tumbleweeds are plentiful. This week I’m chatting with Joerg Bertholdt (Director of Marketing, MCU Tools and Software – Atmel) about embedded design tools and how the right tools just might make your next embedded design a whole lot easier. Also this week, I’m breaking down my Design West swag count and investigating what the heck the semi truck on this year’s expo show … Read More → "Westward Ho!"

FPGA Tools, Marketing Malarkey Goggles, and More

by Amelia Dalton

April 19, 2013

FPGA Tools – can’t live with them, can’t design without them. This week’s Fish Fry is about ending the first part of that meme and how Xilinx is hoping to make our design tool experience a whole bunch easier. My guest is Tim Vanevenhoven (Senior Marketing Manager – Xilinx) and we’re going to chat about design abstraction, IP integration, and how the FPGA tool community is working together to provide more powerful, easier to use solutions. Also this week, I give a sneak preview of my previously top-secret, special-purpose augmented reality glasses – and … Read More → "FPGA Tools, Marketing Malarkey Goggles, and More"

My Substrate or Yours?

by Amelia Dalton

April 12, 2013

Fish Fry is getting down to bare metal. We’re talking the who, what, where, and how of multi-substrate technology and checking out why the tools of today may not be up to snuff for tomorrow’s 3D IC packaging. Also this week, we look at the challenges of 100G designs and investigate why Portland, Oregon was ranked the second nerdiest city in the United States.

I’ve got a Microchip TCHIP003 chipKIT™ Starter Pak – courtesy of Mouser and Microchip Technology to give … Read More → "My Substrate or Yours?"

Sensors on the Brain and FinFETs in the Game

by Amelia Dalton

April 2, 2013

Fish Fry is headed to the Land of Next this week – the next process nodes, the next big breakthrough in brain sensor technology, and the next Kickstarter investment you should consider. My guest is Wilbur Luo (Cadence) and we’re talking 16, 14, and 10nm, what’s in store for these next process nodes, and how the design challenges associated with FinFETs are going to keep us on our toes.

Also this week, I’ve got a brand new nerdy giveaway – the Microchip TCHIP003 chipKIT™ Starter Pak – </ … Read More → "Sensors on the Brain and FinFETs in the Game"

Boldly Going…

Where No Fish Fry Has Gone Before

by Amelia Dalton

March 29, 2013

Fish Fry is going off the rails this week. We’re trading o-scopes for tri-corders. We’re ditching that RTL, HLS, UVM and I²C for JTK baby. JTK. Yes, I said it. My guest is Marc Cushman, author of the book “These are the Voyages – The True History of Star Trek: The Original Series, Season One”. We’re dishing about some of the juicy details of this new book including how Hollywood politics shaped its legacy, what Gene Roddenberry’s private memos revealed about the nature of the … Read More → "Boldly Going…"

These Silicon Times – They Are a Changin’

From Silicon to Tools and Back Again

by Amelia Dalton

March 20, 2013

With Moore’s Law in our back pocket, we’re hitching a ride to 2015 and the next process nodes. That’s right, we’re talking hardcore chip design. From your silicon dreams to their verified reality, we’re looking at each step of the chip design process with Frank Schirrmeister from Cadence Design Systems. Frank and I are going to chat about some serious top-to-bottom design flow business and try to map out a path to the future.

Also this week, I’ve got a Freescale Freedom … Read More → "These Silicon Times – They Are a Changin’"

E Ticket To Ride

EDA, Ethics, and Energetic Engineering

by Amelia Dalton

March 14, 2013

All aboard! The train is leaving the station. This week we’re taking the EE express from EDA station through some twisty turns in the mountainous region of ethics in our fair semiconductor industry, and then it’s on over the hill to some awesome energetic engineering. We’re checking out the EDA goodness that is CDNLive including the seriously Sci-Fi movie in one of this year’s keynotes. On our next stop, we’re looking into the role that ethics plays (and should play) in the semiconductor industry with Xerxes Wania (CEO – Sidense), and we’re … Read More → "E Ticket To Ride"

Clearly You’ve Never Been to Singapore

(and Other Adventures in Fish Fry Land)

by Amelia Dalton

March 8, 2013

Fish Fry is coming to you from the beautiful island nation of Singapore this week. We’re checking out the best geeky hotpots this fine country has to offer including a visit to GLOBALFOUNDRIES – the second largest independent semiconductor company in the world, a tour of the Funan Digital Life Mall, and some serious LEGO action at the ScienceArt Museum.

Also this week we’re chatting with Tom Tranter (Avnet) and Wendy Lockhart (Microsemi) about their SpeedWay Design Workshops and we’re giving away an ST Discovery Kit courtesy of Newark element14.

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EDA All Around

DVCon, Aldec Meets Hitatchi, and Parties Galore

by Amelia Dalton

March 1, 2013

In honor of DVCon this week, we’re rounding up all the verification jokes we can muster. “I just finished verifying my multicores and boy are my ARMs tired.” Or maybe: “How many verification engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?” “None, of course – but they will be able to confirm that the bulb has actually been changed.” Or how about: “Seriously folks – take my dev-kit… Please!”

In Fish Fry this week, we’re looking at the themes, parties, and verification technologies at DVCon 2013. Keeping with the EDA theme, I also … Read More → "EDA All Around"

The New Chip In Town

Achronix Shakes Up The FPGA Scene

by Amelia Dalton

February 21, 2013

As the ‘70s rock band the Eagles put it so appropriately, “They will never forget you until somebody new comes along.” Hey Xilinx and Altera, there’s a new kid in town…and he’s got a big brother will a lot of money, power, and a hot new process technology. This week’s Fish Fry is all about the biggest EE news to hit the streets, Achronix (with Intel) is now shipping their Speedster22i FPGAs and the programmable marketplace may never look the same again. My guest is Robert Blake (CEO – Achronix) and we’re … Read More → "The New Chip In Town"