Conference provides a platform for design engineers to exchange ideas and best practices
Bangalore, India, August 11, 2016—Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., successfully concluded its annual flagship user conference CDNLive India 2016. The conference brought together users and industry experts from semiconductor and electronics product and design services companies.
The two-day conference, held on August 9 and 10, provided an opportunity for participants to network with peers and industry leaders, share best practices, understand the latest solutions and discover new techniques to address their most difficult design challenges.
Speaking about the conference, Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and managing director of Cadence India, said, “Over the years, CDNLive India has become one of the most eagerly awaited conferences for the EDA and electronic ecosystem. It’s inspiring to see the enthusiasm amongst the attendees, many of whom have been attending the event for several years, which is a testament to the growing semiconductor and electronics design community in India.”
On Day 1, August 9, Michal Swinski, vice president product management, System and Verification Group, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., gave a keynote talk on “Expanding your Opportunities with System Design Enablement”. The guest keynote on Day 1 was Dr. Karthik Sankaran, general manager, IoT Platform, Analog Devices, Inc., who addressed the audience regarding “Internet of Things (IoT) – Technology and Application Driver for the Semiconductor Industry”. On Day 2, August 10, Vivek Mishra, vice president of product engineering in the Digital and Signoff Group, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., presented a keynote on “Expanding your Opportunities with System Design Enablement”. The guest keynote on Day 2 was Balaji Kanigicherla, founder, CTO and vice president of engineering, Ineda Systems, who talked about “Internet of Things – Opportunities and Challenges”.
The conference featured 10 tracks and 85 paper presentations. More than 30 companies involved in the semiconductor, software and electronics industries participated in this year’s event.
The best paper award winners were:
| System/Verification:
Productivity |
Texas Instruments | Comprehensive and Efficient GLS using Innovative Apps |
| System/Verification: Advanced Methodology | NXP Semiconductor | Fault Verification Of Safety Centric Automotive Mixed Signal Chip |
| System/Verification: Formal | Texas Instruments | Functional Safety Analysis Demystified With Cadence Safety Verification Solution |
| System/Verification: Hardware Assisted | Analog Devices | Enhancing Transaction Based Acceleration Performance using Efficient SCE-MI modelling |
| PCB Design & IC Packaging | Seagate Technology HDD India Pvt Ltd | High Speed Signal Routing Techniques & Challenges |
| Custom/Analog: Implementation | NXP Semiconductor | A Novel EMIR Methodology For Embedded Memories |
| Custom/Analog: Verification | Texas Instruments | Comprehensive Automated Design Validation Suite for Standard Cells |
| System-to-Signoff: Digital Implementation | Broadcom | Physical Implementation tricks & techniques with Innovus for large designs |
| System-to-Signoff: Digital Front-End | GlobalFoundries | Abstract Boundary Model Based Test Architecture |
| System-to-Signoff: Signoff | Freescale Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd. (part of NXP Semiconductors Group) | Signoff Timing Analysis Challenges and Solutions for Hierarchical Designs |
