Founder of DeepChip and general pain-in-the-ass in the ever changing EDA, IP, FPGA, and semiconductor/foundry worlds.

Joined September 2012
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11 Jun 2018
Sawicki/Anirudh/Costello/Drako on the DAC'18 Troublemaker Panel LIMITED SEATING -- click link to register! Monday, June 25th, 3:00-4:00 pm Room 3000, 3rd floor Moscone West, San Francisco, CA lnkd.in/eetNr5x lnkd.in/eMjmdvz

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8 engineers give the dirt on the Cadence/Imec first 3nm tape-out deepchip.com/items/0582-04.h…

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29 Mar 2018
User benchmarks at 16nm then at 7nm swaps out Synopsys DC-Graphical for Cadence Genus-RTL synthesis deepchip.com/items/0582-01.h…

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10 Apr 2015
Engineering analysis shows 14 technology failures in the Intel-Altera deal. deepchip.com/items/0548-03.h…

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Scoop -- Bored covert Bitcoin billionaire to buy out EDA Big 3! #SemiEDA #Synopsys #Cadence #Mentor deepchip.com/items/0538-05.h…

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21 Mar 2014
Scoops on BDA sold, Aart's ICC II at SNUG'14, and SNPS Project Renoir #SemiEDA #Synopsys #TSMC #Cadence deepchip.com/items/0537-10.h…

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25 Feb 2014
SNPS/Coverity scoop, TSMC stock manipulations, Apache, PrimeTime II vs. Tempus #SNPS #SEMIEDA #TSMC deepchip.com/items/0535-06.h…

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Cadence is taking a 2nd run at Apache/Ansys RedHawk in the IR-drop game. #SemiEDA #Synopsys #Cadence #Semi deepchip.com/items/0534-01.h…

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24 Oct 2013
Sonics CEO calls out Arteris CEO on rumored Qualcomm deal #QCOM deepchip.com/items/0528-06.h…

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10 Oct 2013
The secret unofficial story of Kathryn Kranen becoming the EDAC Chair #Synopsys #SemiEDA #Cadence deepchip.com/items/0533-06.h…

28 May 2013
Users edgy questions for Cooley DAC Troublemaker Panel. #SemiEDA #Synopsys #Cadence #TSMC #ARM deepchip.com/posts/0525.html

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24 May 2013
Rumors SNPS sues, TSMC fears, OneSpin, Atrenta, Kathryn Kranen, Apache, Sonics, Virtuoso R.I.P. #SemiEDA #Synopsys deepchip.com/items/0528-01.h…

20 May 2013
Leak says Cadence taking on Synopsys PrimeTime monopoly at DAC. #SemiEDA #Cadence #Synopsys deepchip.com/items/0524-01.h…

Sawicki, Costello, Drako, Hogan on Cooley DAC Troublemakers Panel. #SemiEDA #Cadence #Mentor #Synopsys deepchip.com/reg_DAC_trouble…

Oops! -- Mentor might be pulled into Cadence vs. Berkeley lawsuit! #SemiEDA #Mentor #Cadence deepchip.com/items/0523-03.h…

Berkeley's lawyer filed a very detailed "Motion to Dismiss or for a More Definite Statement". #Cadence #SemiEDA deepchip.com/items/0523-01.h…

11 Apr 2013
In Cadence vs. Berkeley, there's questions as to who else Cadence plans to add to this suit. Virtuoso ADE users? deepchip.com/items/0510-09.h…

10 Apr 2013
Atrenta, Jasper, and Forte giving away I HEART DAC free passes to DAC'13 in Austin, Texas. #SemiEDA #Synopsys deepchip.com/items/0510-04.h…

26 Mar 2013
Intel 14 nm for Altera rattles TSMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung. #SEMIEDA #Intel #TSMC #Samsung deepchip.com/items/0510-03.h…

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