Are There Enough Cooks In The Kitchen?
We work in a fascinating industry, without a doubt, and I watch with interest to see the new technologies that the industry decides to adopt. finFETs and FD-SOI are some really cool technologies, in...
View ArticleApple’s Impact on Battery Power
More than one person I’ve spoken with lately has pointed out the fact that battery life is no longer the most important thing when a consumer is choosing a smartphone. Wait! I thought power was the #1,...
View ArticleThermal On My Mind
Oh heat, how I miss thee… in the dead of winter of course. And while heat is a good thing for my garden, it’s not so great when it comes to my, your and everyone’s electronic devices. I’ve been...
View ArticleAre You A Disrupter?
I read a fascinating article recently about how to be a disrupter and how to avoid being disrupted. It goes through the characteristics of a disrupter such as: unencumbered development, unconstrained...
View ArticleThe Next Limiting Factor
It’s an interesting time in the semiconductor industry. Nodes continue to shrink, we’re on the verge of adopting a new type of transistor (finFET), and there’s also a shift away from planar CMOS – to...
View ArticleA Poison Apple
As I was researching ‘green’ as it relates to the world of semiconductors I recalled the big story from early 2011 about Apple’s alleged poisoning of workers in China manufacturing plants and wondered...
View ArticleReflecting on the Future
Since returning from the Design Automation Conference, I’ve been reflecting on some very interesting discussions I had last week in Austin. The ones that are sticking with me concern the old,...
View ArticleTo DVFS Or Not To DVFS
I’m in a great position to hear lots of interesting opinions about technology today and this week was no different. During a discussion with Atrenta CTO Bernard Murphy about power and performance...
View ArticleSecurity And Convergence
I’ve had a lot on my mind the past few weeks while reporting on seemingly disparate topics like the Internet of Things, embedded software and hardware accelerators, but in the world today, these things...
View ArticleHow Secure Are Low-Power Techniques?
As a chip designer, you and your team have done the best job possible to optimize power in your SoC, likely utilizing all of the low power techniques at your disposal. The chip tapes out, gets...
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