Category: Best Practices

Introduction Silicon design teams are constantly under pressure to deliver more efficient products faster, while keeping costs low. Electronic Design Automation (EDA) infrastructure teams, which provide compute, storage, and other IT resources to silicon design teams, can play a critical role in shrinking the RTL-to-GDSII cycle. Historically, compute capacity for EDA workloads has come from […]

Introduction Digital transformation is not a buzzword anymore. In fact, the last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have upended the very nature of work to the extent that we are currently experiencing what many are calling the “Great Resignation.” The new normal is quite different; remote work is here to stay. If companies do […]

Introduction Chip design is not only compute and memory intensive, it also requires varying amounts of resource in different Integrated Circuit (IC) design phases: some frontend tools are single threaded and CPU bound, while backend tools rely on high performance storage and large memory. Fixed-size compute farms on-premises result in jobs waiting in queue for […]

Introduction This post will walk you through the configuration of this powerful EDA solution and provide performance benchmarks. Semiconductor design simulation, verification, lithography, metrology, yield analysis, and many other workloads benefit from the scalability and performance of the AWS Cloud. For example, the by latest generation EC2 instance types enhance compute performance for these applications. […]

This post was co-written with Russell de Pina, former Senior Partner Solutions Architect at AWS Introduction In manufacturing plants, there have been IT systems used for creating, managing and processing enterprise business data and separate OT (Operational Technology) systems used for managing operations of factories and industrial equipment. As manufactures connect their OT systems to […]

AWS Industrial Insights Welcome to AWS Industrial Insights. In every episode, we interview visionary leaders from industrial companies to share their insights on technology, innovation, and leadership. This podcast is for industrial business leaders who are looking to make data-driven decisions and learn from those who’ve experienced similar challenges. By interviewing leading executives, we’ll uncover […]

58th Annual Design Automation Conference The 58th annual Design Automation Conference took place in San Francisco from December 5 – 9, 2021. The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is the premier event devoted to the design and design automation of electronic systems and circuits. DAC focuses on the latest methodologies and technology advancements in electronic design. […]

Overview Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads present unique challenges to compute grids, complex file-based storage systems, and scalability requirements. Semiconductor companies are rapidly growing compute and storage resources needed to meet their product complexity and density, development lifecycle and time to market requirements. Semiconductor clients are leveraging virtually unlimited compute, storage, and other resources available […]

Introduction As the global supply chain continues to impact the semiconductor industry, it is vital to find a better way to forecast demand and predict supply chain shortfalls. As a follow-on to my interview and content provided in Architecture Monthly: Semiconductor Design, this blog discusses the need for cross-industry data sharing and collaboration, and the […]

Design Automation Conference | Dec 5 – 9, 2021| Moscone West, San Francisco, CA The 2021 Design Automation Conference (DAC) is right around the corner! Join AWS at this year’s event located in the Moscone West, San Francisco, CA. We invite you to visit the AWS Booth #1252 and meet with our team of onsite […]