How Crystal Oscillators Keep the Semiconductor Industry in Tune ♫

How Crystal Oscillators Keep the Semiconductor Industry in Tune ♫

A crystal oscillator (XO) can be thought of as a musical instrument that produces a pure and constant tone. The...
Strapping in for Safety

Strapping in for Safety

White paper by Sumit Vishwakarma that explores the challenges, applications, benefits, and impact of analog fault simulation on chip design.
‘SPICE up’ your Verification this holiday season!

‘SPICE up’ your Verification this holiday season!

Just as I wrapped up my fancy Thanksgiving cooking marathon, I couldn’t help but draw parallels between the meticulous artistry...
Do you hear me now?

Do you hear me now?

Siemens Symphony platform accelerates mixed-signal verification of DSP chips
Mixed Reality needs Mixed Signal

Mixed Reality needs Mixed Signal

Empowering the Design and Verification of Mixed-Signal SoCs for Advanced Spatial Computing with Symphony Pro We are on the cusp...
Analog Computing: The Underdog AI Hero That Refuses to Go Digital

Analog Computing: The Underdog AI Hero That Refuses to Go Digital

Generative AI has the potential to benefit humankind in various ways. It can assist creative industries by generating innovative works...
Listen to the symphony of ‘Symphony Pro’ at DVCon 2023

Listen to the symphony of ‘Symphony Pro’ at DVCon 2023

We are at a tipping point of AI-generated content, be it text, images, video, or music. Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer...
Importance of Selecting the Right Tools – for Velarium to Verification

Importance of Selecting the Right Tools – for Velarium to Verification

A couple of years back during the peak of the Covid lockdown, I was spending a good deal of time...
Adaptation to Evolution – the course of digital-centric AMS verification

Adaptation to Evolution – the course of digital-centric AMS verification

These two terms, adaptation, and evolution are commonly mistaken to be the same. The key distinction between adaptation and evolution...
The Charisma of Cinema from Analog to CMOS

The Charisma of Cinema from Analog to CMOS

In the early 80s, back in India, we had a big joint family and my grandfather used to rent the...
Siemens EDA at TSMC OIP 2021

Siemens EDA at TSMC OIP 2021

Though the COVID19 pandemic swept the global economies around the world, semiconductor sales increased by 10% in 2020 fueled by...
The Story of “Debug”

The Story of “Debug”

It is the first step to improve your verification productivity “If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d...
Can you hear me now (with 5G)?

Can you hear me now (with 5G)?

Remember the guy from the Verizon commercial “Can you hear me now”? The guy travels over and over many different...
Surprise! DVCon 2021 has an AMS Track – See you there

Surprise! DVCon 2021 has an AMS Track – See you there

It is fascinating and often surprising to find the origin of words that we commonly use every day. For example,...
A “Whirley Pop” for Library Characterization

A “Whirley Pop” for Library Characterization

In this new era of social distancing, my binge-watching has peaked. Well, what I do miss of course is the...
Variation Aware Mixed-Signal Verification – your chip’s Yield Shield

Variation Aware Mixed-Signal Verification – your chip’s Yield Shield

In this time of financial uncertainty, a yield-shield portfolio can protect your investments from market volatility.  Uncertainty can be defined as...
Knowledge is Power – Introducing Mentor AMS Webinar series

Knowledge is Power – Introducing Mentor AMS Webinar series

Sitting in your pajamas, you just kicked off your simulation from your home-office and now you are reading this blog...
Beyond the ABCs of ADCs

Beyond the ABCs of ADCs

Technology companies are racing to build machines like humans. The expectation from these machines is to sense real-world analog data...
Mentor Israel Tech-Day serving Hummus N’ Chips

Mentor Israel Tech-Day serving Hummus N’ Chips

You must have heard about “fish N’ chips”, how about “hummus N’ chips”? When you think of Israel, you probably...
Mixed-Signal Verification make SENSE for MEMS

Mixed-Signal Verification make SENSE for MEMS

Invensense OnDemand Webinar The automation age is here. Sensors play a key role in bonding the analog world to the...
Join Mentor at TSMC OIP 2019

Join Mentor at TSMC OIP 2019

This week is very exciting for us as Mentor will be participating in TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum on September 26,...
Sigma and Sandwiches on us

Sigma and Sandwiches on us

Mission-critical applications such as autonomous driving are forcing fundamental changes in the way chips are designed, tested and tracked, from...
What happens in Vegas remains in Vegas but what happens at DAC goes around fast!

What happens in Vegas remains in Vegas but what happens at DAC goes around fast!

It’s an exciting time for DAC as the conference is coming back to Vegas after 18 years and will definitely...