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Brian Bailey is Technology Editor/EDA for Semiconductor Engineering.

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Wrong Verification Revolution Offered
By Brian Bailey - 25 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

SoC design traditionally has been an ad-hoc process, with implementation occurring at the register transfer level. This is where verification starts, and after the blocks have been verified, it becomes an iterative process of integration and verification that continues until the complete system has been assembled. But today, this methodology has at least two major problems, which were addres... » read more

DoD Scratches Its Head Over Foundry Security
By Brian Bailey - 25 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 1

When the GlobalFoundries deal with IBM to acquire its foundries closes, as it is slated to sometime during 2015, the U.S. Department of Defense has a small problem on its hands. Military programs no longer will have access to a trusted fab to manufacture semiconductors. How do you ensure that the foundry did not modify or alter your design, add backdoor access or implement a remote control mech... » read more

Full Coverage Or Full Monty
By Brian Bailey - 22 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Without adequate coverage metrics and tools, verification engineers would never be able to answer the proverbial question: are we done yet? But a lot has changed in the design flow since the existing set of metrics was defined. Does it still ensure that the right things get verified, that time is not wasted on things deemed unimportant or a duplication of effort, and can it handle today’s hie... » read more

New Directions For EDA
By Brian Bailey - 16 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

DAC is over and everyone is asking – what was the theme this year? It is sometimes difficult to make such a determination because quite often the theme has been there for some time, but suddenly appears more obvious than it did in the past. Some years it is a new product or class of products. The theme also can remain hidden, or disguised. As an example, people have been talking about the ... » read more

Analog’s Day Of Reckoning
By Brian Bailey - 16 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

The numbers being touted by the semiconductor industry for IoT edge devices are staggering. How they are going to be used, who will make them, or indeed who will make money from them are much less certain. The industry seems to be clear about the content of these devices. A small processor, some flash memory or possibly even some of the new memory technologies that are coming along, a radio ... » read more

DAC 2015: Day 5
By Brian Bailey - 12 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

I feel like the last man standing. The show floor is closed, most of the industry folks have gone and the other press is nowhere to be seen. The good news is that we are still here to cover the events of DAC and to bring you the whole show. The morning starts with a keynote entitled "Electronics for the Human Body." John Rogers from Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talked about the mismatc... » read more

DAC 2015: Day 4
By Brian Bailey - 11 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Are you ready for the self-driving car? Threats come from other cars – not necessarily hitting you but hacking you. Day four of DAC started with a keynote panel moderated by John McElroy of Blue Sky Productions and panelists included Jeff Massimilla from General Motors and Craig Smith from Theia Labs/OpenGarages.org/IATC. "What would happen if cars started picking up viruses," asked Anne C... » read more

DAC 2015: Day 3
By Brian Bailey - 10 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

The schedule for today revolves around eating and it is perfectly balanced between the big three. The morning starts with breakfast for the Cadence panel titled "Crossing the Great Divide: How to Safely Navigate the move from 28nm to 16FF+." The panel was moderated by Brian Fuller and panelists included Jayanta Lahiri from ARM, Afshin Montaz from Broadcom, Scott McCormack from Freescale, Yan... » read more

DAC 2015 Day 2: Keynotes, Tutorials and More
By Brian Bailey - 09 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Walking to DAC, you had to pass the Apple Developers Conference. The line to get in wrapped all the way around the block and there were many peaceful protests directed towards them. Large TV trucks, trucks from CNN, MSNBC and many others lined the streets to hear about new capabilities coming to the group of people who create the Apps for Apple devices. None of them were probably even aware tha... » read more

Full Coverage Or Full Monty?
By Brian Bailey - 09 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Without adequate coverage metrics and tools, verification engineers would never be able to answer the proverbial question: are we done yet? But a lot has changed in the design flow since the existing set of metrics was defined. Does it still ensure that the right things get verified, that time is not wasted on things deemed unimportant or a duplication of effort, and can it handle today’s hie... » read more

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