| What's the Role of Conferences and Trade Shows, Anyway? |
June 23, 2008 -- The biggest news from DAC 2008 in the EDA world was that the biggest news wasn't announced at DAC, but the week after!: Cadence’s attempt at a friendly takeover of Mentor Graphics was rejected, but was quickly followed by a hos ... read more |
| ESL Trends: What to Look for at DAC 2008 |
May 12, 2008 -- DAC 2008, in Anaheim, California, is almost here (June 8 to 13). This year, the DAC committee has expanded the number of pre-conference workshops and ancillary events, which makes a crowded ESL calendar even more crowded. Every ... read more |
| A DATE with the Future? |
March 10, 2008 -- This week, I will be attending and participating in the Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2008), which is being held in Munich. I've been fortunate enough to attend several of the DATEs in the past and look forward to ... read more |
| A FETCHing Experience |
January 14, 2008 -- At the beginning of this year, I was fortunate to be able to attend the Ecole d’hiver Francophone sur les Technologies de Conception des systèmes embarqués Hétérogènes, otherwise known as FETCH 2008. It was held at the Châtea ... read more |
| ESL Wishes for 2008 |
December 10, 2007 -- I got a couple of very interesting emails from my last chat column on the US being behind in ESL (or not), and had some interesting email dialogue. This shows that some people are reading these columns, and I would encourag ... read more |
| U.S. Behind in Use of ESL: Reality or Myth? |
October 24, 2007 -- I’ve seen some recent comment that the U.S. is behind in the adoption of ESL – behind both Europe and Asia – and recommendations that companies in the U.S. need to invest more in people, tools and training, re-create the meth ... read more |
| VSIA's Work Lives On In Its Children |
September 17, 2007 -- A recent note in the electronics industry press about a proposal to create an IP Industry Association (IIA) struck me as slightly ironic in light of the shutdown of the Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA) earlier this ... read more |
| An Endless Summer of Modeling |
August 9, 2007 -- I’ve been spending most of my work-time summer on system-level modeling: generating improved model interfaces for configurable processor ISS models, working with commercial ESL tools, improving SystemC modeling, working with c ... read more |
| Academia: With or vs. Industry |
July 6, 2007 -- The continued discussion of the usefulness and future of DAC, trade shows, technical conferences and the like is a subject of some interest. This summer, the technical conferences, symposia and workshops show no signs of abating ... read more |
| Post-DAC ESL Musings |
June 18 2007 -- I was fortunate in being able to attend DAC 2007 in San Diego for most of the week and participate in a number of events including workshops, associated conferences and industry meetings, technical sessions, and book signings! D ... read more |
| Barriers to ESL Adoption |
May 21, 2007 -- The last few years have seen several advances in the development of ESL tools, models and methodologies. Several of these methodologies have started to obtain real credibility in the designer “marketplace” and adoption, albeit in ... read more |
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