http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick Helping Engineers Become "Wizards of Electromagnetism" Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:50:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en EE Web interviewed me for their "Featured Engineer" series. The interview is posted here: Featured Engineer: Colin Warwick Let me know what you think! http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2011/my-interview-on-ee-web/ One of the beauties of finite difference time domain (FDTD) EM solvers is that it's relativity ease to code the equations up for massively parallel computing. And thanks to the huge number of video gamers who have bought parallel computing GPUs like those from NVIDIA, these chips have worked their ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2011/200x-productivity-boost-with-fdtd-on-a-gpu/ Here's some info about our next webcast. Hope to see you (virtually) there! Series: Innovations in EDA Webcast Series Title: Accurate Modeling of Packages and Interconnects (click link to register) Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010 Time: 1:00 pm EST (10:00 am PST) Duration: 1 hour Description: Why this Webcast is important: An important step in high frequency / high speed IC design is the ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/accurate-modeling-packages-interconnects/ The free on-demand webcast posted here (no registration requried) Measuring Without Placing a Probe and Measuring Things That Haven’t Been Built Yet includes a refresher on Maxwell’s equations and field solvers that I’m hoping will give you an ‘A ha!’ moment or two. There’s also a PDF version of the slides with ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/webcast-includes-easy-refresher-on-james-clerk-maxwells-very-useful-equations/ Our next webcast is on power integrity. Here are the details: The full-wave method of moment EM simulation technique is very powerful for solving certain signal and power integrity problems. Two areas in particular are those where: Trace inductances are small and the frequency ripple extends into the gigahertz regime (e.g. packages ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/integrate-signal-and-power-integrity-em-simulations-by-using-ads-momentum/ Advanced Layout Solutions, the largest Allegro design bureau in the UK, uses the Allegro DFI integration in ADS in conjunction with Allegro enterprise board tool to add the multi gigabit analysis that ALS needed and that Allegro by itself lacks. In their recent white paper, Chris Halford of ALS showcases their ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/advanced-layout-solutions-solves-high-speed-digital-challenges-using-ads/ On September 9th, 2010, my colleague Sanjeev Gupta will present two webcast sessions with live Q&A entitled: Using IBIS AMI Models as ‘Executable Datasheets’ in High Speed Digital Interconnect Simulations The presentation is based on based our IBIS Summit paper at the DAC Conference this summer. Abstract The Algorithmic Modeling application programming Interface (AMI) ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/build-ibis-ami-models/ Laminate/LTCC/module products are small, typically less than 5mm × 5mm in size and their dielectric constant is relatively high, ranging from 4~9. These modules (shown in gray on the picture here) are generally assembled and measured on PCBs (green and red in the picture). For multilayer structures where the ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/dielectric-bricks-laminates-ltcc-3dem-simulations/ Are you confused about the difference between full wave and quasi-static EM solvers? (Hint: check out the posting Meaning of Quasi-static) When should you use 3D planar versus full 3D solvers? What the heck is a Green function anyway? To answer these questions and more, we're offering a free webcast entitled ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/webcast-which-em-solver-should-i-use/ This video provides an overview of the EMPro modeling environment, creation of parameterized 3D EM components for ADS, one-click ADS layout import capability, and how the FEM and FDTD simulators cover a broad range of applications. What do you think? http://www.chipdesignmag.com/warwick/2010/new-3dem-sim-video-on-youtube/