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Adam Sherer
I market the OVM and the multi-language verification simulator for Cadence, tapping 18 years of experience in verification and software engineering including roles in marketing, product management, applications engineering, and R&D. With seven consecutive Boston Marathons run on the Boston Children’s Hospital Marathon Team, I'm always ready to see who has the fastest verification on the planet!
Recent Posts
Scalability Made OVM The Ideal Choice For UVM
Adam’s Verification Top 10 In '10
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Alan Whittaker
8 years at Harris Semiconductor in CAD group
Recent Posts
RF Measurement Library: Capturing Circuit Characterization Setups on the Schematic
Calculating Large Signal Phase Noise Using Transient Noise Analysis
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Amit Dua
The Product Engineer of Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator, Amit is responsible for driving the integration of several key verification technologies, including simulator engine, testbench automation and methodology, in Incisive Enterprise Simulator.
Recent Posts
Tech Tip: Viewing The Combined Help for IES-XL
Tech Tip: Avoiding "Error! Integer Overflow" With Incisive Simulator
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Arthur Schaldenbrand
As a Senior Technical Sales Leader with Cadence Design
Recent Posts
Analyzing Distortion With Spectre RF
Periodic Steady-State Analysis for DC-to-DC Converters
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Bob Hilker
I've been involved with functional verification at Cadence for 18 years. Currently I am a part of the Verification Solutions Deployment team.
Recent Posts
Demo: New Signal Tracing Capability in Incisive Enterprise Simulator
Demo: New Simulation Comparison Utility in Incisive Enterprise Simulator
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Brad Griffin
16+ years in the biz
Recent Posts
Come See TeamAllegro at DesignCon2010
APD and SiP Layout 16.3 - Virtual-ly Amazing
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Chi-Ping Hsu
Chi-Ping Hsu is senior vice president of research and development for the Implementation Products Group. In this role, his responsibilities include development of analog design, implementation, and verification; digital implementation and signoff; mixed-signal design and implementation; physical verification; design-for-manufacturing (DFM); and design and analysis of complex PCBs and integrated circuit (IC) packages. Hsu previously served as chief strategist of products and technologies and corporate vice president and general manager of both synthesis solutions and digital IC implementation. During his tenure, Cadence® grew its presence in the synthesis segment tenfold, and the company made significant quality and technology advancements in digital IC implementation.
Recent Posts
Turning the Downturn Upside Down
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Christopher Clee
I began my EDA career in the late 1980s with language-based design pioneers Praxis, working pre and post-sales support for simulation and synthesis products. I then worked for Zuken in various customer-facing roles, supporting PCB design products - specializing in routing. I have spent a total of almost nine years in DFM product marketing at Cadence, punctuated by a two-year stint with a place-and-route startup (thanks, Scott - it was fun!)
Recent Posts
Moore no More
Assura Foundry Support
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Craig Thompson
I am currently a Sr. Technical Leader (Field Application Engineer) in the North America Central Region primarily supporting the Virtuoso Layout Suite physical design tools and Cadence Space-based Router and Chip Optimizer. My specialty is in CIC advanced automation tool solutions including placement and routing.
Recent Posts
Part 1 - Constraint-driven Physical Design Speeds Custom IC Design Convergence
IC Design vs. Manufacturing Objectives - Can Both Be Achieved Concurrently?
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George Frazier
George Frazier is an engineer at Cadence Design Systems where he works on ESL and SystemC tools. He is a past columnist for Windows Developer Magazine and Dr. Dobb's Journal and lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and daughter.
Recent Posts
Speeding up SystemC compilation with Incisive SystemC
Tracing TLM 2.0 Activity in an ESL Design – Part 3
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Gerald "Jerry" Grzenia
Currently a Support Application Engineer working with the Cadence SPB team. I have worked in various roles with Cadence for more than 20 years, with an emphasis on Customer Support and providing detailed product knowledge to both customers and Cadence R&D/Marketing/Sales groups.
Recent Posts
What's Good About DEHDL Font Support? The Secret's in The SPB16.3 Release!
What's Good About SiP Layout ADRC? See For Yourself Using The SPB16.3 Release!
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Hany El Hak
I graduated with MSEE degree from Ain Shams University, Electronics and Communications Engineering Department. Ain Shams is the oldest university in the world, located in Cairo, Egypt. The oldest theories of astronomy, engineering and medicine were developed there more than 5000 years ago. My research topic wasn't that old though. My thesis was on Low-Noise Amplifier Design in Advanced CMOS Technology. For several years, I worked as RFIC Designer, wrote six IEEE papers and led RFIC design teams. My last position before I moved to EDA was Design Manager of the RFIC Group at MEMSCAP. Today, I am a Product Marketing Manager at Cadence responsible of RF and Mixed-Signal simulators.
Recent Posts
Join us at the Cadence booth at the International Microwave Symposium
Inductors On Demand, at least one RF design task can be really automated!
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Helene Thibieroz
Helene Thibieroz received her B. Tech. and her M.S.degree from the National Institute of Applied Sciences, Toulouse, France and her degree in Doctoral studies in Dept. of Electrical and microelectronics from the Paul Sabatier Scientific University, Toulouse, France in May, 1995.
Recent Posts
DesignCon 2010 Call for Papers
An Efficient and Fast Verification Flow for Analog Designs Validation using Virtuoso SpectreMDL
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Hemant Shah
Hemant Shah joined Cadence SPB division in late 2000 as Product Marketing Director for High-Speed Products. Prior to joining Cadence, Hemant was at Xynetix Design Systems, Inc. where he was engineering director for advanced development for 3 years and product marketing director for EDAnavigator, a virtual prototyping tool for PCB systems, for 4 years. Prior to Xynetix, he played various engineering management roles at Intergraph Corporation for 12 years including managing two remote sites in India and Israel. Development of advanced PCB design tools ranged from front end CAE tools [schematic capture, integration of third party tools for Verilog & VHDL design, logic simulation, hardware acceleration from IKOS, ZyCAD; PLD/FPGA tools from Minc, Data I/O and Synthesis tools from AT&T Bell Labs] to PCB layout tools [interactive placement and routing, automatic placement and router]. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Computer Science.
Recent Posts
Innovative Approach to Optimized FPGA Pin Assignment
SPB 16.2 release - Constraint Driven HDI PCB Design Flow
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Hiroshi Ishikawa
Sr. Engineering Manager, Layout Optimization Group
Recent Posts
Optimization Environment Enables Effective Reuse of Existing Design Modules
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Jack Erickson
Held numerous AE and marketing positions in past 15 years at Cadence, covering simulation, synthesis, physical synthesis, floorplanning, and equivalence checking.
Recent Posts
What Can We Learn From The iPad About Chip Design?
RTL-to-GDSII Does Not Need Re-tooling - It Needs Re-definition!
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Jason Andrews
Jason Andrews is an Architect at Cadence Design Systems, where he is responsible for embedded software and hardware/software co-verification products and methodology. He is the author of the book "Co-Verification of Hardware and Software for ARM SoC Design" and lives in Minneapolis with wife Deborah and six wonderful children.
Recent Posts
How Big Is An int?
Android System Verification Part 6
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Jason Ware
Over 20 years in digital design, synthesis and customer support.
Recent Posts
Equivalence Checking Today For a Smooth Tapeout Later
The Science of Synthesis
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John Brennan
Product Marketing Director for Incisive Enterprise Manager (IEM), and Incisive Verification Kit. Involved with functional verification and system design at Cadence since 2002, previously in the systems business doing sales, business development, and marketing.
Recent Posts
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John Pierce
Recent Posts
Virtuoso MMSIM, Bringing Accuracy and Performance to a Neighborhood Near You
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John Wilkosz
John is currently a Core Comp Sr. Technical Leader and has been working for Cadence since 1997 in the Custom IC physical design space. Before Cadence he worked as a circuit and layout design engineer for Atmel. He earned his BSEE from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and his MSE from the University of Texas at Austin (UT).
Recent Posts
Automated Digital Block Implementation Using Virtuoso
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Joseph Hupcey III
I am the marketing director for Incisive Enterprise Simulator, Specman, and the "Trailblazer" program. Before going over to "the dark side" (marketing), I worked as an EE in FPGA design, EDA tools for FPGAs and ASIC CAD, and ASIC verification. I have been a marketing guy for over 8 years now, with a stint in consumer electronics marketing (anyone remember the Handspring "eyemodule"?) before returning to the EDA world.
Recent Posts
A Look Back On 2009 (Before Hazarding Predictions For 2010)
Observations From This Autumn's Events
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Kari Summers
I've worked in Cadence Design Services since June 1997. I've learned a lot and met many great people along the way! I really enjoy helping people with their designs.
Recent Posts
Lost and Found: Missing Filler Cells, Power Vias, and Highlighted Objects
Useful dbGet One-Liners
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Keith Felton
Over 10 years at Cadence focused on Marketing IC Packaging and SiP technolgies; prior to Cadence spent 3 years at ViewLogic defining the ISIS solution for high-speed topology driven design for PCBs; before that spent 8 years with Racal-Redac (which became Zuken-Redac) in Product Marketing responsible for the Visula PCB solution
Recent Posts
Brad Griffin Speaks at DesignCon - Give Him a Listen!!
3D IC or TSV: The Next Phase in Functional Density and Miniaturization
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Kenneth Chang
Currently work as Core Comp Technical Leader AE focused on driving frontend design methodology initiatives, including use of advanced synthesis and test with RC (including physical awareness) + ET, Conformal formal verification technologies (of design and SDCs), and ChipEstimate solutions (in-depth technical and $ budget analysis). Previously, I worked as a senior ASIC designer and implementation leader with a number of high profile startups and a large company, developing bullet-proof methodologies and designing a plethora of complex large SOCs with an array of interesting IPs.
Recent Posts
Wrapping Up 2009 With Some Reflections
I Need ASIC IP. Where Can I Find Information?
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Matthew Bromley
Matt Bromley received his master's of engineering degree with in computer systems and software engineering from the University of York, England, in 1988. He has been employed within the EDA industry for around 20 years and has been involved in the design and development of EDA tools, specializing in data management, process control and collaborations tools. Matt is director of engineering with the SPB division, where he is responsible for the Allegro Design Workbench tools.
Recent Posts
It’s All In The Metrics
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Matthew Rardon
Matthew Rardon has served in various capacities at Cadence since 2000 including pre-sales applications engineering and product engineering for such products as RTL Compiler, RTL Compiler Physical, First Encounter, SoC Encounter, Build Gates, Build Gates PKS and Silicon Ensemble.
Recent Posts
Where Oh Where is "number_of_routing_layers"?
Apropos of Everything
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Michael Jacobs
I've been at Cadence since 1998 and I've worked in the capacity of design services, applications engineering, and product marketing management supporting digital verification and RTL to GDSII solutions. Prior to Cadence I was a digital design engineer for military hardware.
Recent Posts
Noise Induced Double Clocking Explained
Great Article by Freescale: Timing Convergence Accross the Flow is "Very Important"
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Michael Kelly
Recent Posts
Virtuoso, the SATs, and the Dark Knight - Part II
Virtuoso, the SATs, and The Dark Knight - Part I
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Michael Stellfox
I am the technical leader of the Verification Solutions Architecture Team at Cadence. My team's primary charter is to understand customer verification challenges in order to drive the requirements for the development of the Cadence verification solutions.
Recent Posts
"...Yes, Virginia there is a Specman"
Metric-Driven Verification in a Box...
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Neil Hand
Currently working with end-to-end solutions for customers interested in Power Efficient Design. I have 17+ years of experience in engineering design, customer support, sales and marketing - covering both EDA and telecoms design.
Recent Posts
Effectively communicating Low-Power and Power-Efficient Design knowledge
Customer Experiences With Low-Power Design
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Neyaz Khan
Neyaz Khan is an Architect in the Core Comp organization at Cadence. He is involved with the development and deployment of Mixed Signal and Low Power Design & Verification products and methodologies at Cadence. Neyaz has played a key role in the deployment of the Common Power Format (CPF) for Low Power and the Incisive Verification platform at Cadence and has also co-authored books on Advanced Verification using SystemC. Neyaz has over 20 yrs of experience in ASIC Design and Verification. Prior to working for Cadence, he has served in technical-lead roles for a number of companies including Texas Instruments and Bell Northern Research.
Recent Posts
Simulation of Voltage Scaling for Dynamic Power Reduction
Using wreals to Simulate Frequency Scaling for Dynamic Power Reduction
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Nigel Bleasdale
I spent 18 years designing mixed signal ASICs, principally in the area of signal conditioning and data recovery before moving into the EDA industry to promote the mixed signal simulation technology. This led me to my current role as a Marketing manager for Virtuoso tools.
Recent Posts
Analog Design Validation: What is Your Recipe for Success?
So, where is that mixed-signal behavioral model I ordered?
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Nora Chu
Recent Posts
EDA Industry Stays Ahead of Technology Curve
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Peter McCrorie
I joined Cadence in 2003 and am currently focused on mixed signal implementation and power integrity analysis. Prior to Cadence, I worked in EDA at Simplex and Mentor Graphics, and prior to my life in EDA, I was designing chips at Philips/Signetics.
Recent Posts
Design Signoff Begins In Implementation
VoltageStorm Is Alive and Kicking!
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Rahul Deokar
Recent Posts
ST Microelectronics – A Fountain-head of Design Innovations
It’s the Season of Giving – Send Me Your Design Innovations!
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Ran Avinun
I am the marketing group director for the System Design and Verification segment at Cadence. I served Cadence/Quickturn in the last 11 years in senior marketing management positions with focus on the acceleration, emulation and system-level markets.
Recent Posts
Methodology Is Important But Language Matters - Part 1
Emulation Is Here To Stay
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Richard Goering
I've been writing about EDA and IC design for over 20 years. I've worked as an editor for Computer Design, EE Times, and SCDsource. I recently joined Cadence as senior manager of technical communications, and I manage the Industry Insights blog.
Recent Posts
IBM/Cadence Collaboration Points To “Next Generation” EDA
DesignCon Panel: “Total” IP Solutions Fuel SoC Integration
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Richard Owen
I've been working in EDA for about seven years now, both as an individual contributor and as a team leader. My focus has been on digital design, particularly the challenges faced during synthesis and implementation. Over the past two years, my focus has been enhanced to include all things power related.
Recent Posts
Cadence and Very Cool Stuff
Leakage Power and National Security
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Robert Dwyer
I'm an Encounter Digital Implementation specialist. I believe every interaction with a customer is an opportunity to improve our solution. I believe we can achieve great things when we focus on a common goal. I type "encounter" every day I'm at work.
Recent Posts
Three Reasons to Move to EDI System 9.1
Encounter Screencast: Editing Wires More Quickly With Bindkeys
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Samir Jafferali
I graduated with a BSEE from Mcgill University in my hometown of Montréal, Québec (oui j'parle français) and escaped the glacial winters to settle down in toasty Silicon Valley. Been fanatically supporting Cadence analog/mixed-signal customers for 7 years and counting.
Recent Posts
Video Demo: Spice 2.0 - The ABCs of APS
Video Demo: ViVA-XL - Fast Waveform Viewing
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Sarah Lynne Cooper Lundell
Many years of experience in EDA covering System-Level Design and Verification. Past related companies include The MathWorks and Verisity.
Recent Posts
The Scoop on the New Incisive Enterprise Verifier
The Scoop on Tracking & Validating Formal Assumptions – You Don’t Need to Assume
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Soheil Modirzadeh
Over 13 years of Marketing experience
Recent Posts
Running Low on Power or Receiving Mixed Signals? Talk to the Expert Users
Technical Webinars Hosted by the Experts - Don't Miss Them!
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Stacy Whiteman
I've worked in EDA since 1993 (egads--the interwebs had a lot fewer tubes back then) when I found my true calling as an AE after solving a simulation problem for a very grateful customer at 5:30PM on a Friday so he could leave for his vacation. I've worked for Cadence 2X (this time since 2005) as well as several other smaller companies which have since been absorbed into various collectives.
Recent Posts
Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: Options? What Options?
Things You Didn't Know About Virtuoso: IC 6.1.4 (VSE L)
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Steve Svoboda
Recent Posts
We and Our Competitors Agree (Well, Almost!)
Keeping Trident Missiles "On Target" With System-Level Verification
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Steven Brown
Recent Posts
What Does The History of RTL Adoption Foreshadow For The Future of TLM Methodology Adoption?
Is The Industry Ready For Mainstream Adoption of Higher Abstraction?
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Steven Carlson
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevewcarlson
Recent Posts
IEEE 1801 - They Were That Close
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Steven Lewis
Steve was born and raised in San Jose, CA, getting his BSEE from Santa Clara University in 1987. After working for Daisy Corporation (a founder in the EDA industry) for two years, Steve joined Cadence and has has worked there for 18 years, almost all of that time dedicated to the Virtuoso custom design platform.
Recent Posts
Don't Confuse Primary With Only
Jurassic Park IV: The Return of ANALOG
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Susan Runowicz-Smith
Coordinator Power Forward Initiative,
Recent Posts
The Power Forward Initiative and Green Electronics Come of Age
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Tawna Wilsey
Currently a Staff Support Application Engineer at Cadence Design Systems in the Analog/Mixed-Signal/RF Global Customer Support group.
Recent Posts
Using The Composite Triple Beat Source to Speed up QPSS Analysis
NPORT S-Parameter Model Enhancements
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Team MDV
We are Team MDV - technologiest from around the globe that are able to implement automated plan based verification environments.
Recent Posts
Q&A With Nick Heaton: Accelerating Verification Methodology and Tool Adoption
A Holiday Gift For Verification Projects Adopting MDV
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Team ESL
The "Team ESL" blogging core team is:
Recent Posts
More Details on Post Silicon Embedded Software Verification With ISX
A Classification of ESL - High Level Synthesis Tools
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Team FED
Team FED consists of some of Cadence's leading applications experts in Front-End Design, led by:
Recent Posts
How-to Plans for ECOs - Advice From Experts
Automatically Identify, Fix, and Prevent Congestion With RTL Compiler Physical
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Team genIES
The engineers that work magic in IES have come together to create Team genIES. Over the next few weeks we'll be adding a few more key contributors but for now...
Recent Posts
Low-Power Verification With SystemC - The Great Unknown
Changing The "F" in RTFM to "Fantastic"
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Team Specman
The "Team Specman" blogging core team is:
Recent Posts
Tech Tip: Easy Way To Re-Run Using The Same Seed
Tech Tip: Waving Specman Objects in SimVision
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Thomas Costas
I am a member of the Cadence Virtuoso Product Marketing Team, involved with Virtuoso at the platform and product levels. I bring a background in RFIC design, RF/microwave circuit and system design, EM modeling, device characterization, & RF design techniques. I joined Cadence in 2004 from a fabless semiconductor startup that I co-founded which developed highly integrated single-chip RF transceivers targeting wireless networking in all its forms.
Recent Posts
Getting a Feel for RF
2009 RFIC Symposium in Boston - Are You Going?
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Thomas Moore
Recent Posts
Constraint Construction: What's Its Function? Part 4 of 4
Constraint Construction: What's Its Function? Part 3 of 4
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Tom Anderson
Tom leads marketing for the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) at Cadence and manages the product marketing team responsible for all digital verification software products.
Recent Posts
An Analogy: UVM Is To OVM As SystemVerilog Is To Verilog
Why UVM Does Not Equal OVM Plus VMM
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Wei Tan
Recent Posts
Using A Dual Flop Methodology for Dynamic Power Savings
Flow? What Flow?
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Wilbur Luo
Engineering Group Director in the Manufacturing Models and Implementation DFM group
Recent Posts
Tidbits From TSMC Q209 Earnings Call - 40nm Yield
The Buzz Around New Business Models
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