Posted Mar 15, 2010, by John Ferguson
In my last blog I discussed the importance of support and the value it provides in the physical verification space. As indicated, one of the key components in providing support is having an infrastructure helps to assure quality software releases in the first place. In this blog, I will provide more insight into the procedures in place within the Calibre organization that help to ensure the high standards … Read More
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DRC,
Mentor,
Calibre,
quality,
physical verificaiton,
pv
Posted Mar 15, 2010, by Tom Fitzpatrick
For those of you who didn’t make it to DVCon this year, you missed one of the things that makes the conference worth attending - the free goodies in the registration packet. Clearly the most interesting and informative such item was the February edition of our Verification Horizons newsletter (for which this blog was named). As both the editor of VH and the General Chair of DVCon, I could not have been … Read More
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Uncategorized
Posted Mar 15, 2010, by Colin Walls
In last week’s blog I talked about what was going on at Embedded World and made some observations about what seemed to be “hot”. I have been thinking about this and wondering which topics, technologies or products embedded software engineers actually think are important, interesting or exciting. Obviously trend surveys and the like give some indication, but I realized that I already had a tool at my … Read More
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embedded software,
Google,
Android,
Inflexion,
USB,
graphics,
gui
Posted Mar 12, 2010, by John Day
We form opinions quickly these days and increasingly we gravitate toward those who agree with us and tune out opposing arguments. It happens with political and social issues and it’s happening with Toyota as the company struggles to determine the cause(s) of unintended acceleration. Some have empathy while others delight in the company’s difficulties.
One problem with polarization is that details can … Read More
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GM,
GPS,
Ford,
Toyota,
unintended acceleration,
OnStar,
SYNC
Posted Mar 12, 2010, by John Parry
Last time I promised I’d drill down into more detail about the difference between the CAD-integrated up-front approach to CFD and CAD-embedded Concurrent CFD. CAD-integrated CFD tools are essentially stand-alone tools launched from within the CAD system whereas Concurrent CFD is fully built into the CAD system. So what’s the real difference between the two?
CAD-integrated CFD tools use the same approach … Read More
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upfront analysis,
traditional CFD,
upfront CFD,
CAD integration,
CFD,
CAD embedded,
FloEFD,
fluent design,
concurrent CFD,
design process
Posted Mar 12, 2010, by Robin Bornoff
Conduction, the transfer of heat through a solid object. Convection, the transfer of heat in moving air/fluid. Radiation, the transfer of heat from one solid surface to cooler solid surface in ‘line of sight’. The 3 modes of heat transfer are your enemy when it comes to thermal insulation of built environments. Heat is as sly as a fox when it comes to squirming its way out of a space to the cool outside. … Read More
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HVAC,
thermal insulation,
FloVENT,
U-value,
Watts
Posted Mar 11, 2010, by Thomas Bollaert
DesignCon is a major event for EEs working on leading edge hardware design and semiconductor activities. The event takes place annually in the Silicon Valley and it’s never a waste of time to attend it. After each conference, the organizing International Engineering Consortium (IEC) designates DesignCon Paper Award Winners. And it’s quite insightful to see which papers and which kind of topics receive … Read More
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DVCon,
Award,
STMicroelectronics,
Takach,
FFT,
high-level synthesis
Posted Mar 11, 2010, by John Day
Do you ever watch the credits at the end of a movie? When you see all those names and titles for jobs that might not mean much to those outside the business, it’s evidence that filmmaking is a complex undertaking and a highly collaborative effort.
Kind of like cars.
Those thoughts came to mind when Volvo announced its new S60. The list of electrical and electronic features in the vehicle seemed to … Read More
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S60,
rollover protection,
sensor fusion,
Delphi,
driver alert control,
blind spot information,
Volvo,
Mobileye,
pedestrian detection,
full auto brake,
lane departure warning
Posted Mar 9, 2010, by John Isaac
In the automotive industry we have always talked about the cost of reliability in terms of the warantee expense that they incur when they have a problem. You can justify a lot of tool and designer expense based on the cost of one failure that requires a warantee fix. Turns out warantee costs are a drop in the bucket compared to the cost in sales and credibility being experienced by Toyota.
At Mentor … Read More
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HALT,
HyperLynx,
expedition enterrpise,
Reliability,
thermal analysis,
mechanical analysis,
PCB design
Posted Mar 9, 2010, by John Parry
I’m just back from a very productive SEMI-THERM Conference where we launched our new FloTHERM IC product. We had meetings with the editors of 5 leading electronics magazines to coincide with the launch, which was made at our vendor presentation during the exhibition at the start of Tuesday afternoon. Well done to all involved! If you want to see what others are saying about FloTHERM IC check out the … Read More
Tags:
Thermal Design,
SEMI-THERM conference,
thermal management,
DELPHI model,
Electronics Cooling,
2-Resistor model,
JEDEC,
JEDEC JC15,
FloTHERM,
FloTHERM IC