Going 'Digital End-to-End' ... and Riding Your ECOs to the Finish Line
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Kenneth Chang
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February 7, 2011
Thinking of your next ASIC ECOs? It could be for today, or maybe you are considering your next ASIC ECO methodology. You are probably not alone ... most designs will go through ECOs , whether they are related to bug fixes (those 'oh oh' moments
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Wrapping Up 2009 With Some Reflections
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Kenneth Chang
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December 23, 2009
As many of my customers mentioned and no surprise, 2009 was a tough year. Regardless though, designs continued to get pumped out the door by aggressive design teams, putting products in eager customer hands. I constantly get mesmerized by the number of
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I Need ASIC IP. Where Can I Find Information?
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Kenneth Chang
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August 7, 2009
By Kenneth Chang. The world's best IP ecosystem is ChipEstimate.com . That's what we're hearing every day from our customers. Second to none as a solution, ChipEstimate.com took DAC by storm, with its incredible line up of IP Talks! sessions
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SDC Best Practices: What to do With "-through" Constraints?
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Kenneth Chang
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April 28, 2009
One of my customer's last week asked a good question that has come up many times before when I was a designer too. Customer : When is using "-through" in my SDC timing constraints a bad thing? Any guidelines? Here was my response for those
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My Twitter Experiment - Just Follow Me
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Kenneth Chang
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March 24, 2009
"I didn't know that Conformal ECO-physical was released. When did that happen? Which version of LEC?" , said one of my customers said recently. I have a lot of customers who ask about the latest product information once in a while. I see
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Making the Right Decisions *Before* You Start Your Project
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Kenneth Chang
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March 23, 2009
Seems logical, but unfortunately, I run into customers today that grumble about their past experiences such as: "Gosh, I wish our chip wasn't so big. How did that happen?", says one ... "Our memory requirements grew and grew, out of
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Build ASICs With a Strong Ecosystem: A New Paradigm
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Kenneth Chang
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February 5, 2009
Building ASICs is a pretty much standard process - you may define your specification based on whatever constraints you have, pick your IPs if any, do a guess-timate of your entire chip so you can figure out the budget, then commit - plunk down the cash
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Levels of Logic Analysis - A Thing of the Past? What's the Trend?
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Kenneth Chang
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January 7, 2009
For years as a designer, levels of logic analysis was a staple in the ASIC flows I worked on. Especially the last company (before I joined Cadence), the ASIC vendor we worked with forced us to abide by their Levels of Logic analysis metric before moving
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Flash: Qi Wang - Cadence Low Power Architect Presenting @ VLSI Conference in India
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Kenneth Chang
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January 6, 2009
Just a short note for those who will be attending the exciting 22nd International conference on VLSI design in India . Don't miss Dr. Qi Wang of Cadence, Senior Architect, who co-authored a paper and is co-presenting at this event @ 9am ! Location
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Frontend Design and Verification Trends for 2008 - A Personal AE Perspective
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Kenneth Chang
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December 26, 2008
Each year, before I head off into vacation mode at the end of the year, I like to think back to what I learned through trends, to drive my 2009 personal goals and expectations. In a nutshell, here's my view from visiting a large number of customers
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