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Synopsys Debuts Full-stack AI-based EDA Tool Suite for IC Engineers

At today’s Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) event, Synopsys has unveiled a full-stack suite of AI-based EDA tools.

March 29, 2023 by Jeff Child

Siemens Rolls Out IC Design Tool for Data-driven Verification

Seeking to leverage today’s data-rich engineering world, Siemens has released Questa Verification IQ, a software platform enabling data-driven IC verification.

February 03, 2023 by Jeff Child

Exclusive—IBM Shares Details of Its 400+ Qubit Quantum Processor

All About Circuits spoke with IBM physicist and chief quantum hardware architect Oliver Dial to get exclusive details on IBM's 400+ qubit quantum processor: Osprey.

January 23, 2023 by Ingrid Fadelli

Server-class RISC-V Core Unveiled by Ventana at RISC-V Summit

In a bid to bring RISC-V to the high-performance, data center computing space, Ventana announced their Veyron family, a series of processors positioned to offer the flexibility needed to drive innovation.

December 19, 2022 by Aaron Carman

“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

At the annual summit, leaders in the RISC-V community had much to say about RISC-V taking over the world.

December 16, 2022 by Jeff Child

5 Online EE Resources I WOULD Have Been Thankful For

On this Thanksgiving Day, Jeff wonders what his EE college days would have been like if he’d had access to All About Circuits’ rich online resources.

November 24, 2022 by Jeff Child

IBM Touts SoC as Solution for Faster Deep Learning Training

With its new SoC, IBM hopes to pave the way for AI training and performance that can one day be 1,000 times faster than modern solutions.

October 20, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Your Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

For students back in college for their Fall semester—and anyone who needs a refresher—here’s the lowdown on our top-notch textbooks, technical articles, and calculators for EE studies.

October 12, 2022 by Jeff Child

Arm Sues Qualcomm Over NUVIA’s Custom Cores

Arm has accused Qualcomm of breaching its licenses and wants the chipmaker to destroy its NUVIA CPU designs, plus offering up compensation.

September 05, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois

Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

At this week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), Siemens EDA rolled out a next generation version of its mixed-signal IC verification tool adding new capabilities.

July 12, 2022 by Jeff Child

The “Traitorous Eight” and the Rise of Fairchild Semiconductor

While Shockley Semiconductor may have been the first company of Silicon Valley, it was Fairchild Semiconductor—founded by eight former Shockley engineers—who proliferated thousands of tech companies.

February 28, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau

Chipmakers Petition for Language Change in Funding Bill to Include Mission-Critical Devices

A bill currently going through Congress which would see semiconductor firms handed an extra $3 billion in funding could do more harm than good if its language isn’t modified, some defense firms have said.

November 07, 2020 by Luke James

As Moore’s Law Ends, Samsung Releases 3D IC Technology

Samsung announced the availability of its 3D IC technology at both 7nm and 5nm. How does this technology help system designers?

August 17, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Cadence to Acquire AWR for $160 Million to Simplify RF IC Design

Cadence and National Instruments are ramping up their collaborations to a strategic alliance to facilitate the design process of RF integrated circuits.

December 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

The World’s First 3nm Tapeout: Cadence and Imec Demonstrate Novel Lithography Techniques

Cadence Design Systems and Imec have recently introduced the world’s first 3nm tapeout. The companies have achieved a reduction in size of transistor (FinFET) nodes which will allow even more transistors to be packed onto a chip.

March 14, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois