January 2014 - Page 2 of 10 - Semiconductor Engineering

The Road Ahead For 2014: Tools
By Brian Bailey - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

In the third and final part of this predictions series we see the natural conclusion of market shifts that are driving changes in semiconductors, and which in turn drive the tools and IP needed to create those systems. To be expected, the changes fall into a few areas: New tools, techniques and changes required for smaller geometries; A migration to higher-levels of abstraction and the... » read more

Billion-Gate Signoff
By Graham Bell - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

At last year’s Design and Verification Conference in San Jose, Real Intent had a tutorial session on “Pre-Simulation Verification for RTL Sign-Off.” This was a start of conversation in the industry that we have seen grow through DAC 2013 in Austin, and which is getting louder each day. Verification companies are now talking about crossing the billion-gate threshold and what can be done to... » read more

Internet Of Things Hype: The Sound And The Fury
By Kurt Shuler - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 2

“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” —William Shakespeare, Macbeth Bill was referring to life in the above quote, but he may as well have been referring to the hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it is going to create a new era of innovation in the semiconductor industry. I’m skeptical, and I will tell you why. We’ve bee... » read more

Ticket to Ride
By Mike Gianfagna - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Welcome to the newly named eSilicon blog. We’ll discuss topics of general interest related to the semiconductor industry here. Our blog title does however take us off the hook to have complete, rational and defensible points of view at all times. Let’s begin… Do you like a roller coaster ride? Some do and some, well, get sick at the thought. I’m here to tell you that if you’re invo... » read more

How To Speed Up Verification
By Ann Mutschler - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Software requirements have changed the tapeout process in today’s SoCs so much that it isn’t uncommon to hear a design can’t be released because Android hasn’t booted. “It’s one of those things where you really understand that what used to be classic hardware verification that said ‘the chip is done’ is heavily impacted by if it actually does software things,” noted Frank S... » read more

A Connected Resolution
By Tom De Schutter - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Let me first start off with wishing everyone a belated but great New Year! I wish everyone good health and a lot of friendship. And hopefully all those software driven devices around you will make your life better. At least that is the goal and the promise from the industry. I’m a big believer in the benefits of a “connected” future. The Internet of Things really has the potential to i... » read more

10 Years Later—Will Project Delays Stop Faster Technology Innovation?
By Frank Schirrmeister - 29 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Every January I enjoy looking back 10 years to learn from the past, consider implications for the future, and have fun picking the worst prediction that did not come true. This year I even can combine my annual trip to the garage where I keep some January issues of IEEE Spectrum with reviewing my own blogging. Five years ago in 2009, I did my first “10-year-lookback” that I called “Bac... » read more

Localized, System-Level Protocol Checks and Coverage Closure Using Veloce
By Various Writers - 29 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Broadcom recently developed a unified, scalable, verification methodology based on the Veloce emulation platform. In order to test this new environment, they ran a test case, which proved that they can take assertions, compile them into Veloce, and verify that they fire accurately. In so doing, they were able to provide proof of concept for their primary goal: the creation of an internal flow t... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 29
By Ed Sperling - 29 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

ARM’s Ellie Stone returns from the Mobile Games Forum in London with some insights about where the future competition will come from. No. 4 on her list is the big surprise. Cadence’s Brian Fuller has unearthed an old black & white AT&T video that makes you wonder how they created wire. So that’s what happens when you heat a semiconductor with a Bunsen burner. What’s the real val... » read more

Rapid Distortion Analysis For Intercept Point Calculations
By Various Writers - 29 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Distortion effects have an important impact on the performance of RF circuits, including mixers, low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) and power amplifiers (PAs). At high frequencies, particularly with narrowband circuits, it is common to characterize the distortion produced by circuit nonlinearities in terms of an intercept point (IPn). Under small signal input conditions, from where intercept points ar... » read more

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