Accelerating EDA innovation through SoC design methodology convergence

According to Dr. Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp., verification has to improve and change every year just to keep up with the rapidly changing semiconductor technology. Fortunately, the innovations are running ahead of the technology and there are no fundamental reasons why we cannot adequately verify the most complex chips and

SEMICON Europa 2014 calls for innovators

SEMICON Europa 2014 will be held at Grenoble, France, on October 7-9 October, 2014. The event will see over 400 exhibitors, which means, the exhibition area has expanded by over 40 percent vs. 2013. There will be over 70 programs featuring 300+ speakers. SEMI expects 6,000+ visitors. A feature of the event will be the

DVCon India 2014 aims to bring Indian design, verification and ESL community closer!

DVCon India 2014 has come to Bangalore, India, for the first time. It will be held at the Hotel Park Plaza in Bangalore, on Sept. 25-26. Dr. Wally Rhines, CEO, Mentor Graphics will open the proceedings with his inaugural keynote. Other keynotes will be from Dr. Mahesh Mehendale, MCU chief technologist, TI, Janick Bergeron, verification

Apple continues to ‘wow’ all over again!

Apple has done it again! Trust the Cupertino-based company to come up with great products — time after time, after time! Today, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been announced! These were followed quickly by announcements regarding the Apple Watch and Apple Pay. The phones have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch Retina HD displays, and

All of my blogs are now up for sale! ;)

My dear friends, I am now in the process of selling off Pradeep’s Point! as well as all of my other blogs! 🙂 As most of you are probably aware, Webstatsdomain.org estimated Pradeep’s Point! at a whopping $19.1 billion in July 2014. As I write this post, the number has slightly reduced to $16.6 billion.

Cadence now realizing EDA 360 vision: Nimish Modi

The EDA 360 was an industry vision. It reflected a change in market requirements. It was application driven system design. From a Cadence perspective, the company has done system design enablement, according to Nimish Modi, senior VP, marketing and business development, Cadence Design Systems Inc. In Apple’s case, the iOS is unique. Cadence feels that

Need for efficient product development ecosystem: CDNLive 2014

According to Vasudevan Aghoramoorthy, VP at Wipro Technologies, a product-centric approach targets multiple customers as well as diverse needs.An example is the desktop server. He was delivering the guest keynote on day two at the CDNLive 2014 in Bangalore, India. For an app-centric approach, it addresses one specific market and has multiple end customers.Examples are

Diverse requirements for IoT evolving: Charlie Huang

According to Charlie Huang, senior VP, Worldwide Field Operations and System & Verification Group, Cadence, today, we are talking about tremendous data growth. Mobile has been driving the growth of semiconductors, besides medical, industrial, consumer and automotive electronics as well. Trends are also driving disruptive opportunities — from driving growth in China to growth in

IoT gathering pace as revolution: Guru Ganesan

IoT gathering pace as revolution: Guru Ganesan By 2020, there will be over 8 billion people on our planet. This will also bring tremendous innovations and challenges. ARM has been connecting intelligence at every level, said Guru Ganesan, president and MD, ARM India. He was delivering the guest keynote at the recently held CDNLive 2014

Innovating in system of systems: Lip Bu-Tan

There have been several innovations of innovations happening in the global technology industry. The IoT, mobility, cloud computing, etc., are creating opportunities for the system of systems, according to Lip-Bu Tan, president and CEO, Cadence Design Systems Inc. Tan was delivering the main keynote. at the recently held CDNLive 2014 in Bangalore, India, Some of