What Is Analog Signal

What does it take for analog/mixed-signal signoff?

Digital designers sign off on their designs' timing performance using a mix of dynamic (e.g., Verilog simulation) and static (e.g., PrimeTime) tools, then hand off the design to manufacturing. In the ...

Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between Analog and Digital Computing?

What is analog computing and how is it used? What is digital computing and how is it used? Why both methods provide promising results, depending on the application. The unveiling of intelligent ...

Semiconductor Engineering

Unbundling Analog From Digital Where It Makes Sense

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss what’s changing in analog design with the shift toward heterogeneous integration and more safety- and mission-critical applications with Mo Faisal, ...

Electronic Design

Even in a Digital World, Analog Multipliers are Still Relevant

In a digital world, why bother with analog? Well, sometimes it can still be the right solution. Take, for instance, the analog multiplier (see figure). At its simplest, it’s a circuit that leverages ...

Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

China’s Analog RRAM Chip Shatters GPU Limits with 1,000× Speed Boost

What if a century-old computing concept suddenly leapfrogged the most advanced GPUs on the planet? That’s exactly what researchers at Peking University have demonstrated with a new analog processor ...