The Mead-Conway methodology for designing VLSI ICs triggered the development of three dominant CAE companies – Daisy, Mentor Graphics, and Valid – which in turn led to the later development of the three dominant EDA companies – Cadence, Synopsys, and Mentor Graphics. These histories appear in Parts 3 and 4 of this article series. The … Read More → "A Brief and Personal History of EDA, Part 6: The IP Era"
EDA’s acquisition era arrived close on the heels of the EDA era. SDA merged with ECAD to form Cadence in 1987, and the new company’s first acquisition was in 1989. The company has made nearly 40 acquisitions to date. Synopsys incorporated in 1986, and its first acquisition was in 1990. The company has made more … Read More → "A Brief and Personal History of EDA, Part 5: The Acquisition Era"
Jaden Russell didn’t walk into Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium on April 27 for the Mentor Cardinal Relays expecting to compete on 4×100-meter relay on his home track.
Wednesday, May 1 at 9 Humans are inherently social and throughout history our unique capacity for cooperation has set us apart. As we grow and evolve, the internal changes we enact have the potential to impact those around us, our broader communities and societies.
Over at Substack, writer Cole Haddon (Psalms for the End of the World) digs into the strange relationship between hypermasculine 'Merican men and dressing up in drag. He touches briefly on the cross-dressing world of glam metal (particularly the uber-irony of Queen's existence within that oeuvre), but is much more interested in how the manliness of womanly dress manifested in the military: Female performers were rarely allowed near the fronts [during World War II]; members of the Women's Army...
Part 1: Newton, Rosicrucianism and the Imperial Control of Science Part 2: Tesla’s Eugenics (and other Black Magick) Part 3: Tesla and his Nazi Friend The Strangest Friendship20 In the wake of H.G. Wells’ famous War of the Worlds published in 1898, a wave of “Martian mania” spread across the western world with channelers, mediums and psychics […]
The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system called “Lavender” to target thousands of Palestinian men in its bombing campaign in Gaza. When Israel attacked Gaza after October 7, the Lavender system had a database of 37,000 Palestinian men with suspected links to Hamas More
By JM McNab Published: April 29th, 2024
Raising four children has helped me better understand the four primary temperament styles: choleric, sanguine, melancholic, and phlegmatic.
The Texas Poker Open is a $2M guaranteed event with a $3,300 buy-in and Day 1a began on Wednesday with absolute fireworks. This tournament is being live streamed on PokerGo where they captured what might be the wildest four-way all-in hand we’ve ever seen. First off, everyone in this hand thought they were ahead. It’s […]
Dame Cindy Kiro says 109 years after the landing at Gallipoli, Anzac Day
If Morrison’s Batman has one lasting legacy, it has to be Damian Wayne. When he first came into the series, it was a major shakeup to the status quo, and a lot of people were not happy. Here