New Regulations on Semiconductor Origin Certification! A Comprehensive Analysis of Chip Tape-out

New Regulations on Semiconductor Origin Certification! A Comprehensive Analysis of Chip Tape-out

On April 11, 2024, the China Semiconductor Industry Association issued an “Emergency Notice on Clarifying the Certification Rules for the Origin of Semiconductor Products” (Zhongbanxie [2024] No. 12) to the entire industry. This document addresses the current disputes over the traceability of the semiconductor supply chain in the context of international trade frictions and establishes … Read more

Learning Embedded Development of 51 Microcontroller with Proteus 8 Simulation Tool at Zero Hardware Cost

Learning Embedded Development of 51 Microcontroller with Proteus 8 Simulation Tool at Zero Hardware Cost

What is Proteus 8? Proteus 8 is an electronic design automation (EDA) software developed by Lab Center Electronics, widely used in the field of electronic engineering. It integrates functions such as circuit simulation, PCB design, and virtual model simulation, providing a one-stop solution for electronic design, particularly suitable for simulation experiments of the 51 microcontroller, … Read more

The First Battle of Chinese Chips in 2025

The First Battle of Chinese Chips in 2025

Author: Han Lijie, Partner at Kaiteng Law Firm Editor: Zheng Kejun, Su Yang On March 17, Huada Jiutian announced that it plans to issue shares and pay cash to acquire 100% of the shares of Xinheng Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Ten days later, another EDA supplier, Gaolun Electronics, announced that it was planning to … Read more

Basic Operations and Considerations for Exporting Gerber Files in PCB Design (Part 1)

Basic Operations and Considerations for Exporting Gerber Files in PCB Design (Part 1)

Previously, I wrote an article on my blog titled “Why Convert PCB Files to GERBER Files and Drill Data for PCB Manufacturers”. That article simply explained why this is necessary. In this article, I will discuss how to convert PCB design files into the corresponding Gerber files and some common pitfalls to avoid. Many engineers … Read more

Understanding the Internal Structure and Principles of CPLD and FPGA

Understanding the Internal Structure and Principles of CPLD and FPGA

Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) originated in the 1970s and are a new type of logic device developed based on Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). They are the main hardware platform for digital system design today, characterized by being fully configurable and programmable by users through software to perform specific functions, and can be repeatedly erased and … Read more

The AI Explosion Will Give Rise to New ‘Species’: New Opportunities for EDA/IP Companies

The AI Explosion Will Give Rise to New 'Species': New Opportunities for EDA/IP Companies

This year’s IIC Shanghai, while similar in arrangement to previous years with forums on power supply, MCU, EDA/IP, and the China IC Leaders Summit, has a notable difference: everyone is talking about AI. Almost all topics revolve around AI—even discussions related to power supply and testing are intertwined with AI. This is closely related to … Read more

Renesas Electronics’ $4.28 Billion Bet on Altium Achieves First Major Milestone!

Renesas Electronics' $4.28 Billion Bet on Altium Achieves First Major Milestone!

Last year, when the Japanese semiconductor giant Renesas Electronics acquired the electronic design automation (EDA) giant Altium for $5.91 billion (approximately 428 billion RMB), the industry was concerned about the high premium paid—this price was not only nearly 50% higher than Autodesk’s $4 billion offer for Altium in 2021, but also raised doubts about whether … Read more

Multisim 14.0 Installation Guide

Multisim 14.0 Installation Guide

Multisim 14.0(32/64-bit) Download Link: Link: pan.baidu.com/s/1oD8QFlN5gNntRtxZSM76nQ Password: iyy1 If you encounter any issues during installation, please contact An Jingqi via QQ: 851555560 Software Introduction EDA (short for “Electronic Design Automation”) technology has been widely used in the field of electronic design. In developed countries, manual design of electronic products is virtually non-existent. The design process … Read more

Low Power Design Techniques: Data Gating and Operand Isolation

Low Power Design Techniques: Data Gating and Operand Isolation

Low Power Design Techniques: Data Gating (Data Gating) and Operand Isolation (Operand Isolation) Previously, we discussed Clock Gating (Clock Gating), which is a well-known low power design technique. It can be easily applied during the logic synthesis stage without requiring changes to the RTL, making it one of the more straightforward methods for achieving low … Read more

EDA: Research Framework in the Industrial Internet of Things

EDA: Research Framework in the Industrial Internet of Things

Authors: Yang Zeyuan, Ding Qi The localization of the semiconductor industry chain is imperative, and the independent and controllable development of EDA is accelerating. New downstream scenarios are expanding the development space for EDA, bringing new investment opportunities to the industry. The mid-term scale of EDA in China is expected to exceed 30 billion, supporting … Read more