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bloggerStereotypical Engineering Humor

Just stumbled upon a funny set of YouTube videos purporting to be about engineers by engineers. Turns out they are...

Fahrvergnügen

bloggerCan ASIC verification be fun?

The German word Fahrvergnügen directly translated means “the joy of driving“, and anybody who has ever driven a...

Taken For Granted

bloggerIndia trip, January 2009

I'm off on a  business trip to India - New Delhi, to give an invited talk at the VLSI 2009 conference, and then visiting...

Verification Vertigo

bloggerUnfair patents

As a technology consultant, one of the things I have to keep up with is patents that have been issued or applied for. We here...

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Stereotypical Engineering Humor ( 12-19-08 )

Just stumbled upon a funny set of YouTube videos purporting to be about engineers by engineers. Turns out they are sponsored by National Instruments. Clever bit of PR. But the videos must have been wr...

F a h r v e r g n ü g e n

Can ASIC verification be fun? ( 4-10-08 )

The German word Fahrvergnügen directly translated means “the joy of driving“, and anybody who has ever driven a performance car on the German Autobahn knows what I mean, they know that exhilarati...

T a k e n    F o r    G r a n t e d

India trip, January 2009 ( 1-2-09 )

I'm off on a  business trip to India - New Delhi, to give an invited talk at the VLSI 2009 conference, and then visiting places in Noida and Pune.  It has been almost a decade since I have been in I...

V e r i f i c a t i o n    V e r t i g o

Unfair patents ( 12-31-08 )

As a technology consultant, one of the things I have to keep up with is patents that have been issued or applied for. We here alarming stories about how bad the patent system has become, how the times...

E D A    T h o u g h t s

Merry Mergers ( 12-26-08 )

In 2009 I expect that EDA companies will continue to merge in order to stay financially viable. Here are a few rules and questions that companies should consider following for a successful merger: ...

D o m e i k a ' s    D i l e m m a

5 months in multi-core - what has changed? ( 10-27-08 )

This week found me in Zurich, Switzerland, delivering a talk to researchers.  The purpose of my talk and the other talks at this symposium was to share what different companies and researchers are do...

W i z a r d s    o f    M i c r o w a v e

Meet Us IRL (In Real Life) At DesignCon 2009 ( 1-6-09 )

Despite rumors from some Web 2.0 fanatics that it isn't necessary, you can still actually meet people "IRL" (in real life) not just virtually via the web. My Agilent colleagues and I will be staff...

K o b y ' s    K a o s

Updating “The Case for Crazyâ€? ( 11-7-08 )

Awhile back, I attended a lecture by Sir Roger Penrose, an English mathematical physicist, which was part of a series by the Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy in Portland, Oregon. ...

T u n i n g   I n t o   J i m

K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple Stupid) ( 1-5-09 )

I just read a blog that indicated that people would rather make their electronic devices easier to use than to have their feature sets constantly expanded. Ya think? To me, this is not an astoundi...

R i c k ' s   W i r e l e s s   N e t w o r k i n g

Life on the Treadmill ( 7-30-08 )

 How many engineers think of their career as being spent on a treadmill?   It is a larger portion than most realize.   The majority of electrical engineers work on products that are performanc...

P a l l a b ' s   P l a c e

Process technology and design - an expanding direction for IEDM ‘08 ( 12-19-08 )

The IEEE's Electron Device conference has traditionally focused on advancements in process technology, new devices and the modeling and understanding of how these devices and the process chemistry/phy...
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