Designing the Future: The Design Automation Conference Celebrates 60 Years!

In this week’s podcast, my guest is DAC60 Engineering Tracks Program Chair Ambar Sarkar. Ambar and I chat all about this year’s Design Automation Conference including the new aspects of this year’s exhibition and conference, the RISC-V zone, what you can expect from this year’s visionary talks and keynotes, and the details of the DAC60 Celebration Panel called Designing the Future. Also this week, I … Read More → "Designing the Future: The Design Automation Conference Celebrates 60 Years!"

The Semiconductor Company from Another World: The Siliconix Story, Part 4 – Siliconix and Stewart-Warner Microcircuits

In their 15 years of working together since their marriage in 1947, Frances and Bill Hugle accumulated all the technical know-how they needed to manufacture transistors and ICs. From their efforts to produce gemstones at Stuart Labs, they developed techniques for growing crystal ingots, annealing those ingots, and doping them with impurities. From their years developing optical encoder technology at the DH Baldwin Piano Company, they developed the technology … Read More → "The Semiconductor Company from Another World: The Siliconix Story, Part 4 – Siliconix and Stewart-Warner Microcircuits"

The Semiconductor Company from Another World: The Siliconix Story, Part 3 – Molecular Electronics

After spending five years at the DH Baldwin Piano company developing photocells for optical encoders, Bill and Frances Hugle were ready for a new challenge. According to family records, Bill left for Youngwood, Pennsylvania outside of Pittsburgh in 1958 to help Westinghouse set up a new cleanroom at its semiconductor fab in that town. Frances followed with their four children in February 1960. However, the Hugles would not stay … Read More → "The Semiconductor Company from Another World: The Siliconix Story, Part 3 – Molecular Electronics"

The Rise of Software-Defined Vehicles: How Infineon is Driving Automotive Innovation with World’s First LPDDR Flash

How about an automotive themed Fish Fry podcast to start your Friday? My guest this week is Sandeep Krishnego from Infineon and we are investigating the world’s first LPDDR flash memory. We investigate the benefits of this new memory solution and how it will drive innovation in the next generation of automotive designs. Also this week, I check out a hidden culprit found in automotive emissions. (Spoiler Alert: … Read More → "The Rise of Software-Defined Vehicles: How Infineon is Driving Automotive Innovation with World’s First LPDDR Flash"

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Posted on Jun 8 at 12:31pm by Steven Leibson
rrestel, thanks for the comment. The documentation I have seen said the Multi-Waveform organ did not go into production. Is there any documentation that you know of showing it became a production product. The presence in Cincinnati's Music Hall (same town as Baldwin) suggests, but doesn't prove, that it was ...
Posted on Jun 8 at 12:20pm by Steven Leibson
rrestel, thanks for the comment. The documentation I have seen said the Multi-Waveform organ did not go into production. Is there any documentation that you know of showing it became a production product. The presence in Cincinnati's Music Hall (same town as Baldwin) suggests, but doesn't prove, that it was ...
Posted on Jun 8 at 9:09am by rrestle
One fascinating story. I am thankful to Steve Leibson for finding that it was Siliconix that has a connection to DH Baldwin Co. and for resolving the missing links that this former Baldwin Piano and Organ Co. employee (i.e: me) was always intrigued by.
Posted on Jun 8 at 8:49am by rrestle
Indeed, Baldwin Piano and Organ did produce and sold organs based on optical tone wheels. These were called their Multi-Waveform Organs. I believe one of these organs was built into Cincinnati's Music Hall as I recall a fellow Baldwin Piano and Organ Company employee pointing out the two panels far ...
Posted on Jun 1 at 10:15am by Max Maxfield
Hi Fred, how can you say you are not a trendsetter while sporting that hat? Not to digress, but I last saw Deputy Dawg when I was a kid and I was unfamiliar with US accents. On re-watching it as part of this blog, I was struck by how much ...
Posted on Jun 1 at 10:07am by TexasBubba
Max, Not even close! No wandering off into the weeds and no digressing. Definitely omitted the fashion icon bit and mom was no where to be found, let alone Genia the Gorgeous. Looks like you are safe for a couple of weeks or so... I used ChatGTP for advice on ...
Posted on May 30 at 3:12pm by JimLewis
Hi Max, > I’m up to my armpits in alligators I suppose that is better than being up to your eyeballs. :) If you have enough time to click the link you will see that in 2022, OSVVM regained the title of worlds #1 VHDL verification methodology. Cheers, Jim
Posted on May 9 at 12:10am by espent
Hi Max, Yes, Jim is correct. VHDL is in fact used in more than 50% of all FPGA projects, and the survey clearly shows that VHDL is also the leading HDL for FPGA verification. I would assume that verification methodologies/libraries like UVVM and OSVVM are contributing to the strong position ...
Posted on May 8 at 1:40pm by Max Maxfield
Hi Jim -- I'm up to my armpits in alligators at the moment but all things are possible for the future -- I'll also ask Espen if he would care to comment here
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