ÿþ<html> <head> <base target="http://www.aycinena.com/index2/archive.html" /> <title />Welcome to EDA Confidential</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="keywords" content="Pistilli, Kaufman, Phil Kaufman, EDAC/CEDA, EDA, IP, ASICs, FPGAs, structured ASICs, schematic, entry, simulation, synthesis, place and route, place & route, tape-out, tapeout, GDSII, foundry, fab, deep-submicron, process technologies, process nodes, multicore, manycore, concurrent software, concurrency, geometries, gates, interconnects, metal layers, high-k, PCB, boards, system-level, HDLs, Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, Ansi C, C++, SystemC, architectural exploration, partition, hierarchical design, ESL, electronic system level, system level design, nanotechnology, model-based design" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="mm_edaconfidential.css" type="text/css" /> </head> <body bgcolor="333333" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <br><table id="table_01" width="800" height="33" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" /> <tr bgcolor="#000000" /> <td colspon="1" rowspan="1" bgcolor="#FF080E" width="4" height="33" border="0" /></td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" bgcolor="#000000" nowrap="nowrap" width="205" height="33" id="date" align="center" valign="center" /><font face=georgia size="3" /> <div style="color:#cc9933;"> <script type="text/javascript"> var d=new Date() var monthname=new Array("Jan","Feb","March","April","May","June","July","August","Sept","Oct","Nov","Dec") document.write(d.getDate() + " ") document.write(monthname[d.getMonth()] + " ") document.write(d.getFullYear()) </script> </div> </font></td> <td colspon="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#000000" width="591" height="33" border="0" /></td> </tr> </table> <table id="table_02" width="800" height="795" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" /> <tr bgcolor="#000000" /> <td colspan="1" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF080E" width="4" height="795" border="0" valign="center" /></td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#7a8571" width="205" height="795" border="0" id="navigation" align="center" valign="top" /> <br> <a href="http://aycinena.com/cgi-bin/ebb/blog2/index.php" target="_blank" /> <b>Tech Talks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></b></a> <img src="index2/index3/graphics/mocha mystery.jpg" alt="tech talks" width="60" height="60" border="2" style="border-color:cc9933" align="center" /></img> <a href="http://www.same-conference.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=132&Itemid=167" target="_blank"/><b>SAME&nbsp;2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></a> <img src="index2/index3/graphics/same_2011_square.gif" alt="same forum" width="60" height="60" border="2" style="border-color:cc9933" align="center" /></img> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="180"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="navbar1.js"> </script> </table> <td colspan="1" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#000000" width="11" height="795" border="0" /></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1"/><img src="index2/index3/graphics/logo.jpg" alt="logo" width="580" height="105" border="0" valign="top" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc" valign="top" /> <td bgcolor="000000" colspan="2" rowspan="1" width="580" height="30" alt="navigation" align="center" valign="center" id="headernav1"><a href="index2/index3/about.html" target="_top" />ABOUT</a> | <a href="index2/index3/blogs.html" target="_top" >BLOGS</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/paycinena">TWITTER</a> | <a href="index2/index3/gallery.html" target="_top">GALLERY</a> | <a href="index2/index3/acoustic archive.html" target="_top" />ACOUSTIC</a> | <a href="index2/index3/archive.html" target="_top" />ARCHIVE</a> | <a href="index2/index3/contact.html" target="_top" />CONTACT</a></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" /> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1"> <img src="index2/index3/graphics/desk.jpg" alt="desk" width="145" height="355" border="0" /> <img src="index2/index3/graphics/copyright-2011.jpg" alt="logo" width="145" height="105" border="0" /></td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="410" height="660" border="0" align="center" valign="_top" /> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" /> <tr> <td width="35">&nbsp;</td> <td width="360" > <font size="5" face="times new roman" color="#808000"><i><b><br>Analog's Anno Horribilis ...</b></i></font><font face="times new roman" size="3" color="black"></P> <P>Over this past few months, three significant contributors to analog design have passed away: <b>Jim Williams</b> in June, <b>Bob Pease</b>, also in June, and <b>Ashawna Hailey</b> here in October.</P> <P>And it's not like they were old. Hailey was only 62, Williams was only 63, and Pease was only 70. In this day and age, even 70's not old.</P> <P>Also, because I had had the chance to meet both Ashawna Hailey and Bob Pease just recently, I was particularly touched when I heard news of their passing.</P> <P><a href="index2/index3/analog anno horribilis.html" target="_top" />[Read more]</a></P> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" /> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="145" height="450" border="0" valign="center" align="center" /></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>