Moore's Law
Moore's Law: 43 Years and counting
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Who are the Computer Architects?
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FPGA
OpenFPGA
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Tools
Free Chip Estimation Tool
A free design automation tool for chip estimation has been developed by Giga Scale IC, Inc. The tool named "InCyt…
FPGA
Teaching Embedded Systems using ARM and FPGAs
Prof. Saeid Nooshabadi of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has an excellent website describin…
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Guides for Better Writing and Presentations and References
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Supercomputers
Top 500 Supercomputers
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SystemC
SystemC
SystemC provides hardware-oriented constructs within the context of C++ as a class library implemented in standard C++.…
Testing
Most Significant Papers on IC Test
Many important papers have been presented at the annual International Test Conference (ITC) over the past 35 years. Th…
Multiprocessors
Configurable Multiprocessor Systems
Multiple microprocessor cores which communicate via an on-chip network are increasingly found in integrated circ…
Piracy
Pirated EDA software available on Bangalore streets
We all know the severity of software piracy in Taiwan & China. But how many of you know that EDA software like Mode…
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SNUG India 2009: Dates to remember
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Infineon has introduced two RF-chips for LTE and 3G - SMARTi LU for highest data rates with LTE, and SMARTi UEmicro for…
Breakthrough
Silicon Brain
Researchers have built a chip with the equivalent of 200,000 neurons and 50 million synapses in an effort to mimic a hu…
Breakthrough
Worlds First Satellite-Cellular Mobile Platform Based on SDR Technology
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Shareware VLSI CAD/CAE/EDA Software!
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Webinar watch: Accelerating Time-To-SI-Closure
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IEEE
Upcoming VLSI/IC Conference - Cool Chips 2009
Cool Chips 2009 IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High Speed Chips Yokohama, Japan April 15-17, 2009 COOL Chips is an Int…
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Open-Source EDA Tools - No supporters?
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Webinars
Webinar Watch - Synopsys, A Structured Methodology for Verifying Low Power Designs
An in-depth technical webinar focusing on low power verification methodology. On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:00 pm, Pacif…
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Interview Question on FPGA logic synthesis
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e-verification
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Verification
SOC verification
At a Glance, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) can consolidate the work of many chips into a single, sm…
Breakthrough
Universal phone charger coming
Just a day after , the all unexpected The Universal phone charger is a reality!
SaaS
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Standard phone charger?
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Manufacturing
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History
Chip Art - Through History
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Digital Electronics
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Hall of Fame
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Teaching
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Markets
Why the layoffs if we're still profitable?
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VLSI Society of India
Upcoming Events: Automated Design of Digital Microfluidic Lab-on-Chip
An event of VLSI Society of India ! Seminar on: Automated Design of Digital Microfluidic Lab-on-Chip (Connecting Bioch…