84 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I AUGUST 2022
The "left shift" concept has been under way
for at least five years, as EDA tool providers
offer more powerful functionality earlier in the
stages of PCB design and layout. This month,
we focus on one tool that's been shifting
leftward for some time now: the field solver.
Even though we hear the terms artificial intel-
ligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) almost
daily, there's still a lot of confusion about the
actual meaning of these designations.
In this interview
with Arjun
Bangre, direc-
tor of product
for high-speed
interface IPs for
PCI Express and
CXL at Rambus,
the discussion
revolves around
new developments in CXL, PCI
Express, and interoperable IP
solutions that Rambus has
developed.
Copper foils used in the PCB industry are decep-
tively complex. Copper is an excellent electrical and
thermal conductor, which makes copper foil ideal
for the conductive layers of most PCB applications.
There are many other copper foil properties which
are important for an engineer to understand.
TOP TEN
All Systems Go:
Accelerate Your PCB Designs
with Machine Learning
Rambus Driving a CXL
Memory Option
The Shaughnessy Report:
With Field Solvers, GIGO Hurts
Arjun Bangre
EDITOR'S
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An Overview of Copper Foils
