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The annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) was held last month, and what a show it was!  If you recall, back in February, I talked about TSMC and ARM’s first tape-out with the ARM Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processors. At DAC, we presented…

SAN FRANCISCO--Design Automation Conference 2014, more than ever, was about SoC design challenges and solutions, IoT, automotive, embedded market opportunities and how they electronics ecosystem is joining to push ahead into advanced nodes.

If you missed…

SAN FRANCISCO--We've written a lot about the really fun, really clever ARM Step Challenge at DAC 2014. From the initial The ARM Step Challenge at DAC: Throwing Down the Gauntlet post to The Aftermath of the ARM Step Challenge at DAC.

Sean O'Kane took…

Two very different analysts stress the importance of software in chip and server ecosystems.

Last week, veteran semiconductor electronic design automation (eda) analyst garysmith made the following observation about ecosystems in his annual Design Automation…

My DAC started early last Monday morning with a delicious breakfast and a lively discussion with robaitken of ARM, Kelvin Low of Samsung Electronics, Glenn Dukes of Synopsys and skillfully moderated by synopsysphil. The team came together to discuss the…

"What escalator?"

"What elevator?"

"Can I give you a walking demo instead?"

I've finally come to the point where I don't feel guilty for giving my feet a rest - and this is most likely true for all of those that participated…

I didn't get a chance to participate in the ARM Community Step Challenge at Mobile World Congress, alas. ( ARM Step Challenge: “Who is the ‘hardest working’ at MWC?”) But I'm pumped beyond reason to be able to do so at the…