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If you're an infrastructure engineer, utility leader, or built world investor... this report was written just for you. It's a glimpse into the VERY NEAR future of how our planning & engineering design processes for critical infrastructure are fundamentally changing for the better with the help of technology like generative design. 12 months in the making, dozens of companies involved, all kinds of cool insights, and the first of it's kind to succinctly explain topics like generative design vs. generative AI! I hope you enjoy it - full report is linked in the comments below 👇 P.S. big thanks to the contributions and case studies from Francesco, Laura, Ian, Gary, Theo, Daniel, Kimberly, Sébastien, ALICE Technologies Inc., Remix, PVcase, Andrew, Cadence Design Systems, Higharc, Stjepan, and many more! #engineering #design #sustainability #generativeAI #infrastructure

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Time to integrate coding to 3D! Working with EngenuityAi in developing a real-time plant monitoring system. Manipulating real world environments with their digital twin! #3D #simulation #demo

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Gate-level simulation has many benefits, but we also all know the pain of trying to run it. Setting up and running GLS on large designs is a huge time sink for engineers. Learn how a team at Northrup Gruman used speedy gate-level simulation with Xcelium Multi-Core. Cadence Design Systems

Hot take: Creating a spec and giving it to someone to build will never result in getting what you actually want. I had a lot of fun chatting with Nael Alismail, Head of Engineering at ImagineX on how to align your engineering efforts with tangible business outcomes. Link in comments!

Gate level simulation (GLS) is a type of digital simulation performed on a design described at the gate level, which is a lower abstraction level compared to the register-transfer level (RTL). At the gate level, the design is described in terms of logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc.) and flip-flops rather than higher-level constructs like registers, operations, and data paths. Why We Still Need Gate Level Simulation: 1. Verification of Timing: - GLS incorporates accurate timing information, which allows designers to verify that the circuit meets its timing requirements. This includes checking for setup and hold times, clock skews, and propagation delays that are not evident at higher abstraction levels. 2. Identification of Synthesis Issues: - During synthesis, RTL code is transformed into gate-level netlists. This transformation can introduce issues such as glitches, races, and improper optimization. GLS helps identify these issues early. 3. Power Analysis: - GLS can provide more accurate power estimation because it includes detailed information about switching activity at the gate level, which is crucial for power-sensitive designs. 4. Validation of Netlist: - The gate-level netlist is a closer representation of the actual hardware. Simulating at this level ensures that the synthesized netlist functions correctly and matches the intended RTL behavior. 5. Formal Verification Support: - GLS serves as a bridge to formal verification techniques. Formal tools often use gate-level representations to prove properties about the design, such as equivalence checking between RTL and gate-level netlists. 6. Detection of X-Propagation: - GLS helps in detecting unknown states (X states) in the design which can cause functional issues. X-states may arise from uninitialized flip-flops or bus contention, and they can propagate in unintended ways. 7. Testability Verification: - Test vectors generated for manufacturing tests (such as scan chains and built-in self-test, or BIST) are often applied and verified at the gate level. This ensures that the design is testable once fabricated. Despite the increasing power of RTL simulation and formal verification techniques, gate level simulation remains a crucial step in the design verification process to ensure the robustness and reliability of digital circuits.

From engineering to medicine, 3D models have revolutionized multiple industries such as Telecommunications. These models are optimizing processes, enabling precise simulations, and providing a unique perspective across various fields. At VERTSPEC, we don't just create 3D models; we craft customized solutions for project management. From visualization to informed decision-making, our 3D models are driving efficiency and precision in project management. 🏢 #vertspec #5G 📶 #telecommunications #telcom 📞 #celltowers 🗼 #towercos 🗼 #5Grevolution 🚀 #telecomexperts 💼 #infiniteconnections

"The introduction of full 3D-ICs will require a simultaneous analysis of various physical effects under different workloads, a step-function change that will add complexity at every step of the design flow, expand and alter job responsibilities, and bring together the analog and digital design worlds in unprecedented ways. 3D-ICs will be the highest-performance advanced packaging option, in some cases reducing the distance that signals need to travel compared to a planar SoC, while also using less power to drive those signals. But with thinner substrates, more concentrated dynamic power density, and enclosed spaces that can trap heat, as well as the potential for noise and other physical effects, getting these devices to work properly will be a massive design challenge" #semiconductorindustry https://lnkd.in/eTvzX_H7

As René Christensen of Acculution ApS rightly remarks in this audioXpress post, building a #model is an essential step in the design and optimization of #acoustic #transducers. Different approaches or methodologies exist in transducer #modelling like finite-element, lumped element, transmission line, analytical expression based modelling or a hybrid combination of all methods, each approach having different benefits and outcomes. Simulation using models helps in various stages of research and development in: 1. Tuning characteristics of a transducer to study the outcome 2. Investigation of the cause of an anomaly observed in the transducer's behavior 3. Quick assessment of complete built-up systems involving multiple transducers interconnected by other circuit elements and studying the combined output of the same 4. Design level changes and trials on different design topologies before building an actual unit/prototype and measuring it The #LumpedElement modelling approach, though limited in the frequency range of its effectiveness, offers a very quick and easy method to test ideas and analyze the overall system behavior to a reasonable degree of accuracy. In his post, Rene briefly demonstrates building one such model for a #BalancedArmature receiver and also discusses a study of combination of 2 receivers along with a crossover circuit connecting them. A Lumped model is also used as a baseline to build a measurement framework to characterize a driver. The transfer function simulations from the model are matched with the actual measurements of the transducer by employing curve fitting techniques, while varying model parameters/degrees of freedom across a pre-set range. That encompasses a large part of my #thesis project where I investigate #microspeakers and build lumped element models for them along with a system of measurement which estimates model parameters. https://lnkd.in/drBHkcyn