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OneSpin: the future is bright

on March 31, 2011

OneSpin President & CEO Peter Feist is enthusiastic about the next phase of life for his company, now that UK-based Azini Capital is helping build on present successes and future strategies.

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EDA's got nuttin' for Power, and vice versa

on March 30, 2011

It was with high expectations that I attended the last panel on the last day of DATE 2011: “What the Power Industry needs from the EDA industry and what the EDA industry is doing about it.” Unfortunately, those expectations were not met.

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DAC 2011: from Woz to wonderful

on March 25, 2011

You heard it right: Steve Wozniak's keynoting at the Design Automation Conference in June in San Diego, but that's not the only reason you should be planning to attend.

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Reusability is everything

on March 25, 2011

Delta Microelectronics VP Gert Jørgensen lists the three most difficult issues associated with mixed-signal design: partitioning hardware/software, determining the design flow, and most importantly, evaluating the choices related to IP.

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Meet the future of flexible OPVs

on March 23, 2011

If Vancouver-based I|D|ME CTO Clint Landrock & Team have anything to say about it, very soon your CMOS chip will be wearing its own power, like a turtle wears its shell, except this shell will be a very flexible, ultra-stable organic photovoltaic cell.

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Atrenta Inaugural in Grenoble

on March 18, 2011

On Thursday, March 17th, Atrenta inaugurated its new R&D center at MINATEC in Grenoble. Atrenta has had a relationship with the campus for 10 years. Now, that relationship has been formalized.

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DATE 2011: building better brains

on March 16, 2011

For some time, DATE has differentiated itself through an emphasis on building better system-level designs, and the tools and ecosystems that support that effort. The focus at DATE 2011, however, appears to have moved up several levels of abstraction, emphasizing the building of better brains, and the tools and clusters that define them.

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DATE 2011 in context

on March 14, 2011

DATE 2011 begins today as ongoing news from Japan is on the minds of many attending the conference. Other news will also inform the conversation in Grenoble this week.

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Industry update: Rajeev Madhavan

on March 11, 2011

Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan offers up a candid evaluation of the post-recession EDA industry, where it's been and where it needs to go.

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Day 1 in The Cloud

on March 9, 2011

The Cloud Connect Conference & Expo is happening this week in Silicon Valley, and it's not about what is The Cloud. This week it's about how to use it, now that The Cloud is here.

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