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In-Vehicle Network Design Methodology
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 06 Aug, 2015 - Comments: 0

The complexity of in-vehicle networks puts the traditional design processes to a test. Last-minute changes, difficult verification, testing, and similar issues add to the challenges. However, changing the design paradigm to a structured engineering process can lead to better, cheaper, and easier network designs. With the right tools to support such a process, the network design itself becomes a... » read more

Analog FastSpice Platform Full-Spectrum Sampled Periodic Noise Analysis
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 29 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

Many high-performance analog/mixed-signal ICs include track-and-hold circuits to sample analog signals at one or more discrete timepoints per period. Although track-and-hold circuits are periodic, traditional periodic noise (pnoise) analysis does not apply because it measures the device noise impact integrated over an entire period rather than at instantaneous time points within the target peri... » read more

Ensuring Optimal Performance For Physical Verification
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 22 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

By accessing the most recently qualified version of foundry rule files, users get the most efficient rule implementations. By adopting the most recent version of Calibre, users get the latest improvements in available operations, operation performance, data hierarchy optimization and total scaling, providing the best possible performance and minimizing runtimes. Design teams running full-chip D... » read more

Next-Generation Power-Aware CDC Verification: What Have We Learned?
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 08 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

Reducing power consumption is essential to mobile and handheld application chips where reduced power contributes to longer battery life while minimally impacting performance. Reduced power consumption is achieved by partitioning an ASIC into multiple power domains, then controlling the power of these domains by switching off power or reducing voltage levels. Reduction of power consumption is fu... » read more

Securing Modern-Day Devices With Embedded Virtualization And ARM TrustZone Technology
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 06 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

When securing today’s modern devices, it’s not enough to know the type of device you want to secure. Equally important is the process used to develop that device. In this paper, we’ll take a closer look at security as it relates to protecting data, building security into a device, and securing SoCs in multicore architectures. ARM TrustZone technology, which provides a solution for carving... » read more

Dedicated ASIC Design Is Now Cost-Effective
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 24 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Current market and technology trends have increased the demand for mixed-signal ASICs. Smaller projects with modest design budgets are viable due to low cost design tools and easy access to flexible, mature IC processes. This is especially compelling for developing mixed-signal ASICs for cost-sensitive sensor applications for the Internet of things (IoT). This paper discusses how costs and risk... » read more

FinFET And Multi-Patterning Aware Place And Route Implementation
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 18 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

The use of finFETs and multi-patterning has a huge impact on the entire physical implementation flow. This paper outlines the new challenges in placement, routing, optimization, and physical verification and describes how the Olympus-SoC place and route system handles them. To read more, click here. » read more

Power Usage Shift Leads To Methodology Shift
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 15 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Veloce offers a unique and customized flow for SoC power exploration and analysis. Veloce Power Application is enabling a methodology shift in the way power measurements are done to address the new requirements due to usage shift. Chip designers do not need to rely on functional test benches and extrapolation techniques to come up with power number. The new flow enables booting OS, running live... » read more

Round-Trip Engineering Key To AUTOSAR-Based Development
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 04 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

This paper discusses how round-trip engineering can be used as an iterative development process and describes interoperability between tools from Mentor and MathWorks. Model-based design has become an important component in vehicle manufacturer and supplier development processes. Electronic control units are complex in terms of functionality, connectivity, and variants; therefore automotive ... » read more

Addressing Design Challenges In Heterogeneous Multicore Embedded Systems
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 27 May, 2015 - Comments: 0

Single-core processor designs for purpose-built devices used to rule the day. Now, heterogeneous multicore systems are quickly becoming the de facto architecture as devices are tasked to do more complex functions faster and more efficiently. In this paper, we’ll explore why hetero/multicore systems have become so popular and why many of our current procedures and practices must change if we a... » read more

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