Category Archives: Firmware

How many engineers does it take to spin a chip?

The title of this blog entry paraphrases a very old joke category about light bulbs but the topic is serious because it goes to the heart of the electronic industry’s profitability. EDA analyst and ur chip-design guru Gary Smith discussed … Continue reading

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Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Android tablets will overtake Apple’s iPad in 30 months

 According to this article on Techspot.com, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang told the audience at the Reuters Technology Summit in New York that Android tablets will overtake Apple’s iPad in 30 months. He said that it took the Android phone about … Continue reading

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Jim Hogan details his views of SoC opportunities and again reveals his SoC Realization investment shopping list

Jim Hogan gave the keynote at today’s EETimes Virtual SoC event and he presented a deep dive into the opportunities in semiconductor device development and the associated EDA opportunities from the perspective of an investor who makes his money building, … Continue reading

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Are you in tune with the bare naked realities of MPSoC development? System Realization in the 21st century.

My good friend Jack Ganssle just published a terrific article for http://www.embedded.com titled “Mars ate my spacecraft!” Ganssle is the most accessible authority on firmware development that I know and his article (a fast and easy read) is must reading … Continue reading

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