Improving Verification Methodologies
The verification problem space is outpacing the speed of the tools, placing an increasing burden on verification methodologies and automation impro...
Lines Blurring Between Supercomputing And HPC
Acceleration of performance improvements due to AI and disaggregation are driving significant changes at the leading edge of computing.
Multi-Die Design Complicates Data Management
Design data and metadata are ballooning, and no one is quite sure how long to save it or what to delete.
Universities Augment Engineering Curricula To Boost Emplo...
Companies need engineers across all disciplines and universities are stepping up to deliver them; schools reap benefits, too.
AI In Data Management Has Limits
Trusting which data to use and what can be deleted still requires human oversight; startups are at a disadvantage.
Chip Architectures Becoming Much More Complex With Chiplets
Options for how to build systems increase, but so do integration issues.
Design Customization Puts Heavy Burden On Verification
Configurability causes an explosion in verification complexity, but the upside is verification engineers are gaining in stature.
Startup Challenges In A Changing EDA World
Without innovation, it may not be possible to fully utilize technological advances.
Startup Funding: Q4 2024
AI chips and interconnects end year on high note; $3 billion for 75 companies.
Top Tech Videos Of 2024
What chip industry engineers watched in 2024.
Published on December 31st, 2024 by
Liz Allan
Design Customization Puts Heavy Burden On Verification
Configurability causes an explosion in verification complexity, but the upside is verification engineers are gaining in stature.
RISC-V Profiles Help Conformance
More than just the processor needs to be defined for standard operating systems. Profiles help a little, but still not enough.
How AI Is Transforming System Design
LLMs and machine learning are automating expertise in an aging workforce.
RISC-V’s Software Portability Challenge
A hardware-software contract is needed for software portability, but RISC-V is not yet defined well enough to know what that is.
RISC-V Conformance
Finding out if a processor implementation matches the specification is important, but conformance testing is currently not available.
Cracking The Memory Wall
How faster data movement can impact overall system performance.
PCIe Over Optics
The benefits and tradeoffs of using optics to move data.
Livelocks And Deadlocks In NoCs
How to prevent complex systems from freezing up.
Distributed Voltage And Frequency Scaling Gaining Traction
More data to process with fewer available knobs to turn are boosting demand for this technique.
The Evolution of HBM
From 2.5D to AI everywhere.
