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Full-Chip IC ESD Integrity
By Various Writers - 12 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

ESD or electro-static discharge induced field failures for integrated circuits (IC) has always been an challenge. Literature survey indicates that as high as 35% of total chip field failures are ESD related. Several trends in the IC industry are exacerbating the impact of ESD induced failures: (a) move towards advanced processing technologies with shrinking geometries, (b) push for higher... » read more

Debugging Graphics Synchronization Issues With Sourcery Analyzer
By Various Writers - 12 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

The modern user interface (UI) has come of age. UIs are ubiquitous among many of the more popular consumer electronic products in use today, from mobile phones and smart appliances to automotive in-vehicle (IVI) systems. In many ways, the UI is the only interaction a consumer has with an embedded system so it has to work perfectly with very little room for error. To download this white paper... » read more

Clock Gating Optimization At RTL
By Various Writers - 12 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

In today’s semiconductor designs, lower power consumption is mandatory for mobile and hand-held applications for longer battery life and for networking or storage devices for low carbon footprint requirements. Clock power can consume as much as 60% to 70% of total chip power and is expected to increase further in the more advanced technology nodes. Hence, reducing clock power is very importan... » read more

Designing An Efficient Multi-Core LTE-A Modem
By Various Writers - 12 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

LTE-Advanced represents the next generation mobile broadband, and in turn throws the challenge to the designers to create highly power efficient mobile devices capable of delivering these services. ARM, the leading supplier of embedded processors, physical IP and inter-connect fabric, along with CEVA propose a joint analysis looking at the design considerations that are required to realize the ... » read more

Reduce Power, Area And Routing Congestion
By Various Writers - 12 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

This paper, using an example design, demonstrates how to meet challenging performance, latency and bandwidth goals by using the DesignWare Interconnect Fabric for the ARM® AMBA 3 AXI while minimizing the total area, power consumption and number of top-level wires. The paper also studies the design requirements and examines the optimization features of the DesignWare Interconnect Fabric used to... » 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

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

Virtual Prototypes For Early Software Development
By Various Writers - 29 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

This white paper examines tthe challenges of developing some of the hardware-dependent software layers - namely boot ROM code, OS bring-up, driver development - used in fast-evolving mobile devices and how to use virtual prototypes to: Start developing software far in advance of hardware availability Break the gating dependencies between layers in the software stack to enable parallelized... » read more

An Automated Resource Management System To Improve Production Tapeout Turn-Around Time
By Various Writers - 22 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

n today’s semiconductor industry, both the pure-play and independent device manufacturer (IDM) foundries are constantly and rigorously competing for market share. A key feature in their success is the ability to meet or exceed aggressive time-to-market schedules. Leading foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) aims to ensure continual improvement in its fab’s tu... » read more

Put On The Future: Wearable Technology
By Various Writers - 17 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

While jogging, your shoes can record your running speed, acceleration, path and distance. While taking a subway, the ring you wear can display how far your train is and how soon it will come; it also shows you at which stop you should take a transfer and when the next train will arrive. While putting on your mask in a city with poor air quality, your mask not only protects you, but it also dete... » read more

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