tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36198351456017772312024-11-01T16:23:50.626+05:30Pradeep Chakraborty's Blog!Pradeep Chakraborty's Blog -- A resource for semiconductors, solar photovoltaics, telecom, electronics, infocom, components, nanotechnology, IT and leisure.Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.comBlogger938125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-80628100906404983412014-09-26T22:51:00.003+05:302014-09-28T22:55:49.965+05:30Accelerating EDA innovation through SoC design methodology convergenceAccording to Dr. Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp., verification has to improve and change every year just to keep up with the rapidly changing semiconductor technology. Fortunately, the innovations are running ahead of the technology and there are no fundamental reasons why we cannot adequately verify the most complex chips and systems of the future. He was speaking Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-78572796307815549302014-09-16T20:30:00.002+05:302014-09-16T20:30:13.486+05:30SEMICON Europa 2014 calls for innovatorsSEMICON Europa 2014 will be held at Grenoble, France, on October 7-9 October, 2014. The event will see over 400 exhibitors, which means, the exhibition area has expanded by over 40 percent vs. 2013. There will be over 70 programs featuring 300+ speakers. SEMI expects 6,000+ visitors.
A feature of the event will be the Innovation Village that will feature 35 start-ups. I have been just informedPradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-52772064035180057872014-09-11T23:33:00.002+05:302014-09-12T01:33:25.906+05:30DVCon India 2014 aims to bring Indian design, verification and ESL community closer!
DVCon India 2014 has come to Bangalore, India, for the first time. It will be held at the Hotel Park Plaza in Bangalore, on Sept. 25-26. Dr. Wally Rhines, CEO, Mentor Graphics will open the proceedings with his keynote.
Other keynotes will be from Dr. Mahesh Mehendale, MCU chief technologist, TI, Janick Bergeron, verification fellow, Synopsys, and Vishwas Vaidya, assistant GM, Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-12245381093042661162014-09-10T04:11:00.001+05:302014-09-10T04:11:00.673+05:30Apple continues to 'wow' all over again!Apple has done it again! Trust the Cupertino-based company to come up with great products -- time after time, after time!
Today, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been announced! These were followed quickly by announcements regarding the Apple Watch and Apple Pay.
The phones have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch Retina HD displays, and packed with innovative technologies in an all-new dramatically Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-44289195801044100902014-08-31T02:05:00.002+05:302014-08-31T02:12:05.707+05:30All of my blogs are now up for sale! ;)My dear friends, as most of you are probably aware, Webstatsdomain.org has estimated Pradeep's Point! at a whopping $19.1 billion in July 2014. As I write this post, the number has slightly reduced to $16.6 billion. Pradeep's Point! is my flagship blog! ;)
Friends, I am now in the process of selling off Pradeep's Point! as well as all of my other Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-4312077070322939692014-08-28T23:55:00.001+05:302014-08-29T00:14:01.619+05:30Cadence now realizing EDA 360 vision: Nimish Modi
The EDA 360 was an industry vision. It reflected a change in market requirements. It was application driven system design. From a Cadence perspective, the company has done system design enablement, according to Nimish Modi, senior VP, marketing and business development, Cadence Design Systems Inc.
In Apple's case, the iOS is unique. Cadence feels that the heart of the design is the SoC. The Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-87705729773667235292014-08-21T00:34:00.002+05:302014-08-21T00:34:54.508+05:30Need for efficient product development ecosystem: CDNLive 2014
According to Vasudevan Aghoramoorthy, VP at Wipro Technologies, a product-centric approach targets multiple customers as well as diverse needs.An example is the desktop server. He was delivering the guest keynote on day two at the CDNLive 2014 in Bangalore, India.
For an app-centric approach, it addresses one specific market and has multiple end customers.Examples are set-top boxes and mobile Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-60028816584388930192014-08-21T00:28:00.001+05:302014-08-21T00:31:34.056+05:30Diverse requirements for IoT evolving: Charlie Huang
According to Charlie Huang, senior VP, Worldwide Field Operations and System & Verification Group, Cadence, today, we are talking about tremendous data growth. Mobile has been driving the growth of semiconductors, besides medical, industrial, consumer and automotive electronics as well.
Trends are also driving disruptive opportunities -- from driving growth in China to growth in India. Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-13859369138950412282014-08-18T02:47:00.002+05:302014-08-18T02:49:39.868+05:30IoT gathering pace as revolution: Guru GanesanBy 2020, there will be over 8 billion people on our planet. This will also bring tremendous innovations and challenges. ARM has been connecting intelligence at every level, said Guru Ganesan, president and MD, ARM India.
He was delivering the guest keynote at the recently held CDNLive 2014 event in Bangalore, India.
Newer apps are helping connect with the world. As per Gartner, $27 billion Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-55427735890177892052014-08-18T01:41:00.002+05:302014-08-18T01:41:53.002+05:30Innovating in system of systems: Lip Bu-TanThere have been innovations of innovations happening in the global technology industry. IoT, mobility, cloud computing, etc., are creating opportunities for the system of systems, according to Lip-Bu Tan, president and CEO, Cadence Design Systems Inc. He was delivering the main keynote. at the recently held CDNLive 2014 in Bangalore, India,
Some of the trends driving semiconductor growth in Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-61705382830400906472014-08-03T05:31:00.000+05:302014-08-03T05:31:00.203+05:30Cadence Quantus solution meets 16nm FinFET challengesCadence Design Systems Inc. recently announced the Quantus QRC extraction solution had been certified for TSMC 16nm FinFET.
What's
the uniqueness about the Cadence Quantus QRC Extraction solution? KT
Moore, senior group director – Product Marketing, Digital and Signoff
Group, Cadence Design Systems, said: "There are several parasitic
challenges that are associated with advanced node Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-53840433742011802402014-08-01T22:20:00.001+05:302014-08-01T22:32:19.730+05:30India needs to learn from Intersolar North America show!
Intersolar
North America successfully concluded its seventh annual show in the
heart of the United States’ largest solar market, California. More than
17,000 visitors from 74 countries visited 530 exhibitors.
The
show had the latest innovations in the photovoltaic, energy storage,
balance of systems, mounting and tracking systems, and solar heating and
cooling market sectors.
It just Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-39189467954245950972014-07-19T15:45:00.000+05:302014-07-19T15:45:08.934+05:30SEMI materials outlook: Semicon West 2014At
Semicon West 2014, Daniel P. Tracy, senior director, Industry Research
and Statistics, SEMI, presented on SEMI Materials Outlook. He estimated
that semiconductor materials will see unit growth of 6 percent or more.
There may be low revenue growth in a large number of segments due to the
pricing pressures and change in material.
For
semiconductor eequipment, he estimated ~20 percent Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-83225027720396536232014-07-14T16:58:00.001+05:302014-07-14T16:58:16.552+05:30Semicon West 2014: SEMI World Fab forecast report
Christian
Gregor Dieseldorff, senior analyst, Industry Research & Statistics
Group at SEMI, presented the SEMI World Fab Forecast at the recently
held Semicon West 2014, as part of the SEMI/Gartner Market Symposium on
July 7.Scenarios of fab equipment spending over time has been
20-25 percent in 2014, and 10-15 percent in 2015. At this time,
worldwide fab equipment Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-65247367755293237982014-07-11T15:07:00.001+05:302014-07-11T15:07:30.746+05:30Semiconductor capital spending outlook 2013-18: Gartner
At
Semicon West 2014, Bob Johnson, VP Research, Gartner, presented the
Semiconductor Capital Spending Outlook at the SEMI/Gartner Market
Symposium on July 7.First, a look at the semiconductor revenue
forecast: it is likely to grow at a 4.3 percent CAGR from 2013-2018.
Logic continues to dominate, but growth falters. As per the 2013-2018
CAGRs, logic will be growing 3.5 percent, memory at Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-4686065416898050952014-07-11T14:29:00.000+05:302014-07-11T14:29:17.599+05:30How Intel competes on today’s fabless ecosystem?The SEMI/Gartner Market Symposium was held Semicon West 2014 at San Francisco, on July 7. Am grateful to Ms. Becky Tonnesen, Gartner, and Ms Agnes Cobar, SEMI, for providing me the presentations. Thanks are also due to Ms Deborah Geiger, SEMI. Dean Freeman, research VP, Gartner, outlined the speakers:• Sunit Rikhi, VP, Technology and Manufacturing Group, GM, Intel Custom Foundry Intel, presented Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-21056697448018959002014-06-30T23:51:00.002+05:302014-07-08T17:00:53.707+05:30What's the future of MEMS?What does the future hold for MEMS? How can the MEMS indistry stay
profitable and innovative in the next five years? The MEMS market is
still in a dynamic growth with an estimated 12.3 percent CAGR over
2013-2019 in $US value, growing from $11.7 billion in 2013 to $24 billion in 2019.
This
growth, principally driven by a huge expansion of consumer products, is
mitigated by two main factorsPradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-49696457561679219962014-06-11T14:24:00.002+05:302014-06-11T14:24:51.447+05:30Is GaN-on-Si disruptive technology?The masse adoption of GaN on Si technology for LED applications
remains uncertain. Opinions regarding the chance of success for
LED-On-Si vary widely in the LED industry from unconditional enthusiasm
to unjustified skepticism. Although significant improvements have been
achieved, there are still some technology hurdles (such as performance,
yields, CMOS compatibility, etc.).
The Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-36497411005760668352014-06-03T16:20:00.000+05:302014-06-03T16:20:02.049+05:30Plunify’s InTime helps FPGA design engineers meet timing and area goals!
Engineers designing FPGA applications face many challenges. Starting from setting up the environment, to handling multiple tools, tackling design problems and analyzing results.Using Plunify's automation and analysis platform, engineers can run 100 times more builds, analyze a larger set of builds and quickly zoom in on better quality results. Using data analytics and the cloud, Plunify createdPradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-53183300225132392412014-05-28T16:17:00.000+05:302014-06-03T16:17:56.609+05:30Optic2Connect develops software for photonics!
Optic2Connect will be present at this year’s DAC. I caught up with Sean Seah, project manager, to find out more.First,
what’s the company’s X factor and why? (What is it that makes your
offering special and noteworthy – how are you different from
competitors)?Optic2Connect develops software solutions for the
photonics industry. The demand to manage high volumes of data in
networks, Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-46973258404315465012014-05-08T17:45:00.002+05:302014-05-08T17:45:27.334+05:30Metro450 Conference 2014 discusses all things 450mm wafers!
Thanks
to the Enable450 newsletter, sent out by Malcolm Penn, CEO, Future
Horizons, here is a piece on the Metro450 Conference 2014, held earlier
this year in Israel.
Metro450 is an Israel-based
consortium with the goal of helping the metrology companies advance in
their fields. The consortium’s members include metrology and related
companies, as well as academics who support these Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-52132529011906254902014-05-01T18:46:00.002+05:302014-05-01T18:46:33.694+05:30Renesas aims to increase its MCU share in India
Renesas
Electronics recently opened its India subsidiary in Bangalore.
Elaborating, Sunil Dhar, managing director of Renesas Electronics India
said: "We are glad to announce the opening of Renesas Electronics India
Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Singapore Pte
Ltd., located in Bangalore."Since 2010, Renesas has been
providing technical product support to its Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-74882536898915388872014-04-21T15:16:00.001+05:302014-04-21T15:16:13.856+05:30Set up strong methodology teams to create better verification infrastructure: Synopsys
This
is the third installment on verification, now, taken up by Synopsys.
Regarding the biggest verification mistakes today, Arindam Ghosh,
director – Global Technical Services, Synopsys India, attributed these
as:* Spending no time on verification planning (not documenting
what needs to be verified) and focusing more on running simulations or
on execution.* No or very low investment in Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-4624680315766217982014-04-14T12:43:00.002+05:302014-04-14T12:43:59.831+05:30Cadence: Plan verification to avoid mistakes!
Following Mentor Graphics, Cadence Design Systems Inc. has entered the verification debate. ;) I met Apurva Kalia, VP R&D – System & Verification Group, Cadence Design Systems. In a nutshell, he advised that there needs to be proper verification planning in order to avoid mistakes. First, let's try to find out the the biggest verification mistakes.Top verification mistakesKalia Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619835145601777231.post-28603585108341854352014-04-07T12:40:00.000+05:302014-04-14T12:41:12.777+05:30Five recommendations for verification: Dr. Wally Rhines
It
seems to be the season of verification. The Universal Verification
Methodology (UVM 1.2) is being discussed across conferences. Dennis
Brophy, director of Strategic Business Development, Mentor Graphics,
says that UVM 1.2 release is imminent, and UVM remains a topic of great
interest.Biggest verification mistakesBefore I add
Dennis Brophy’s take on UVM 1.2, I discussed with Dr. Wally Pradeep Chakrabortyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10085593672804875856noreply@blogger.com0