As the co-chair of the Si2 OpenAccess Change Team, Gregory Schaeffer will attest that change in the technical standards world, though critical, is anything but easy. Schaeffer is a senior software engineer at IBM, his only employer since earning an MS in Computer Science from Case Western University. A native of Elizabethtown, Pa., Schaeffer said […]
By Vic Kulkarni Senior Vice President and General Manager RTL Power Business ANSYS, Inc. San Jose, Calif. www.ansys.com Innovation in semiconductor design is enabling smaller device architectures with higher performance and energy-efficient devices for powering smart products in the emerging Internet of Things verticals. In addition to solving problems posed by the Moore’s Law, traditional EDA […]
By Marshall Tiner Director, Production Standards In a recent article, Randy Smith, vice president of Marketing for Sonics, pinpointed a problem confronting the EDA industry. “The difference between IP and EDA doesn’t matter much anymore. It is all about design acceleration. “Where can we make a difference?” he added. “The physical design flow has been commoditized at […]
Si2 is planning to launch its first special interest group, which will focus on process design kits. Ted Paone, interoperability standards architect, said the SIG will “refine the methodology to improve process data and create quality process design kits.” Special interest groups are open to all Si2 members. For more information contact Ted Paone, tedp@si2.org