David Manners

6 days ago | electronicsweekly.com | David Manners

de Vries said that to integrate these non-CMOS technologies in a system-in-package (SiP) “requires an EDA environment we don’t have today”. “We are far from that,” he said. However, both Cadence and Synopsys are confident they will be able to develop design tools to cope. Mike Fister, Cadence chief executive, has tasked the firm’s chief technology officer Ted Vurcurevich and head of new business Aki Fujimura with investigating what is needed to build capable tools.

6 days ago | electronicsweekly.com | David Manners

Arm bought Artisan in 2004 for around $900 million to help make Arm’s processor IP more accessible to IC designers and foundries. The deal with Cadence includes a licensing agreement, so Arm is presumably retaining ownership of some parts of the Artisan IP portfolio.

6 days ago | electronicsweekly.com | David Manners

The 90-day grace period has temporarily eased concerns about demand loss due to new tariff barriers, however lingering uncertainty over the direction of US trade policy has made  memory buyers more defensive — increasing  DRAM and NAND  inventory levels as a buffer against supply risk. This proactive stockpiling has expanded the anticipated contract price increases for both DRAM and NAND Flash in Q2. However, this rise is likely to be short-lived.

6 days ago | electronicsweekly.com | David Manners

TDK claims the world’s first “Spin Photo Detector,” a  Photo-Spintronic conversion element that operates at a 20 picoseconds using light with a wavelength of 800 nm. This is more than 10X faster than conventional semiconductor-based photo detectors, making it a game-changer for the next generation of AI applications. Key highlights of the Spin Photo Detector include:– **Ultra-High Speed**: Capable of responding at 20 picoseconds, enabling rapid data transmission.

1 week ago | electronicsweekly.com | David Manners

Around 5% of the world’s datacentre capacity is currently under construction there. The main reasons given are tax incentives, superior connectivity and infrastructure well suited to the resource needs of big server farms. Other key data center sites in the U.S. include Chicago, Dallas and Omaha in Nebraska. Combined, these four locations summed to around 12.4 GW of installed capacity in 2024 and just over 10% of the global capacity currently under construction.