Rizwan Farooq

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Rizwan Farooq is a technical marketing engineer with the Mentor Graphics Emulation Division. He has over 15 years specializing in emulation technologies, both as a lead engineer on emulation projects at networking and telecommunication companies and as an emulation expert within the EDA industry. Rizwan earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

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Deterministic ICE App Tackles ICE Limitations

By Rizwan Farooq - 13 Oct, 2016 - Comments: 0

Historically, SoC verification has used In-Circuit Emulation (ICE) to exercise the design under test (DUT) by connecting physical targets to an emulator. ICE delivers the advantage of being able to run real-world usage scenarios before tape-out. However, an ICE-based verification environment is hampered by several inherent limitations. It is restricted to trigger- and waveform-based debug. W... » read more

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: It Will Be On Your Phone

By Rizwan Farooq - 07 Aug, 2014 - Comments: 1

The advent of smart devices has ushered in a revolution all over the world. The most widely used smart device is the mobile phone, which has radically changed the way we communicate. There are many other types of devices running 24/7 in our homes, hospitals, businesses, etc. No matter what kind of functionality smart devices have, they have one thing in common: they all consume energy. They ... » read more