Superhero Blog

Future Top Dog in the Cloud?

on April 27, 2011

Zak Homuth is founder of startup Upverter. So far, the company's small and the product in alpha, but none of the Upverter guys think they're going to stay that way

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PDKs Perplexing

on April 25, 2011

PDKs continue to be a problem, according to just about everybody. To who's advantage, however, is to get the problem fixed by way of establishing 'standards'?

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2011 MRP Award: Dr. Limor Fix

on April 22, 2011

Intel's Dr. Limor Fix has been named the 2011 recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Achievement Award. Please join us on Monday, June 6th, at DAC in San Diego when Dr. Fix will receive her award and then participate in a fascinating hour-long interview on the Pavilion Panel Stage.

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HP Builds Brains

on April 20, 2011

HP's gone rouge in the area of neuromorphic computing, or have they? Senior Researcher Greg Snider says those folks building digital brains, versus analog, will not be outcasts forever.

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Feet firmly planted on The Cloud

on April 19, 2011

If you've got your feet firmly planted on the ground, looking out at The Cloud, you're probably in IT. If you've got your feet firmly planted on The Cloud looking out at Blue Sky and the Swarm below, you're probably talking with UC Berkeley's Jan Rabaey.

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Tax Day & EDA

on April 15, 2011

April 15th is always such a special day in the U.S. particularly for accountants and the IRS. Bad news: Your taxes are due. Good news: If you've been investing in EDA of late, you've got some feisty capital gains to brag on.

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Tough Trends in SOCs

on April 13, 2011

Like every field of engineering and computer science, SOC design has its own unique Grand Challenges related to the latest trends in the technology. In a recent conversation with Dr. Pranav Ashar, CTO at Real Intent, we talked about what those trends might be.

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Howling Winds, Mournful Anonymous Voices

on April 8, 2011

In the dark of night on the high seas amidst gale force winds, it's hard not to hear mournful anonymous voices welling up from the deep. It's small distraction to listen instead to mournful anonymous voices from the depths of EDA?

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Golden Age of Engineering

on April 6, 2011

Between the Eiffel Tower, the Panama Canal, and the Golden Gate Bridge, the decades from 1889 to 1937 were rich in engineering marvels, and the optimism to drive such iconic projects to completion.

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Connectivity: Not one of the Seven Seas

on April 4, 2011

Let's admit it: we're completely addicted to fast Internet access, knowing minute by minute what's happening around the world via Twitter, Facebook, and email. Without it, we wither and “die.”

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