category: IP And LP In SoCs

category: IoT, Security & Automotive

Outbound Power Management
By Srikanth Jadcherla - 15 Oct, 2015 - Comments: 0

Many years ago when I first suggested that we should do platform-level power instead of focusing on the CPU, I was considered somewhat of a heretic. Yet, within 10 to 15 years of that recommendation, most of the platforms around us have moved to that method using operating system functions to keep track of the overall power, battery life, etc. As we move into the era of billions of connected de... » read more

Shift In Focus For Low Power Design
By Alan Gibbons - 10 Sep, 2015 - Comments: 0

The increased levels of interest we have seen over the last couple of years in system-level power modeling and energy-aware system-level design methodology, coupled with broad participation in the associated industry standard activities around system level power, gives us a clear indication that a shift in focus for low-power design is taking place. Our attempts to deliver energy-efficient high... » read more

Using Automotive-Ready IP To Accelerate SoC Development
By Ron DiGiuseppe - 13 Aug, 2015 - Comments: 0

IP suppliers play a key role in the automotive supply chain to enable high-performance advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) SoCs. Vision-based SoCs may contain a high amount of third-party IP to implement the key embedded vision, sensor fusion, multimedia, security and advanced connectivity functions. And while IP suppliers have permeated the semiconductor ecosystem for consumer, mobile, PC... » read more

Interface IP Subsystems Speed TTM
By Ralph Grundler - 09 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

Interface protocol specifications start out simply, handling off-chip communication for SoCs. As more companies get involved in the specifications, each company adds features to address their market segments. Each new version of the protocol specification offers new features and increased speed, and the protocols are often overhauled to work at higher speeds and improve performance for applicat... » read more

Confidence Is The New Verification
By Srikanth Jadcherla - 16 Jun, 2015 - Comments: 0

Everywhere around us the devices we use are getting connected to each other digitally. New devices that sense and quantify the parameters we need to make decisions are also being created. It is estimated that 26 billion connected devices will be installed by 2020, or roughly four per person on the planet! The whole purpose of the connected device is to observe/report and control remotely, of... » read more

One PHY Does Not Fit All
By Rita Horner - 14 May, 2015 - Comments: 0

Consumers expect their battery-operated mobile devices to be faster, smaller and more reliable while providing greater functionality at a reduced cost. Most of all, consumers demand longer battery life and 24/7 access to data. To meet these demands, consumer system-on-a-chip (SoC) designers must make tradeoffs between features, performance, power and cost. Enterprise SoC designers have their... » read more

Securing 4K Content And Beyond Over HDMI
By Angela Raucher - 09 Apr, 2015 - Comments: 0

By Angela Raucher & Dana Neustadter As we move into the era of transmitting and receiving 4K Ultra-High Definition (UHD), High Dynamic Range (HDR) and even 8K UHD content, robust security becomes even more important for the protection of premium content. Today, High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is the most widely used, and sometimes the only interface to connect high-resolution c... » read more

Extending UPF For Use In System-Level Design
By Alan Gibbons - 12 Mar, 2015 - Comments: 0

Energy efficiency as a design constraint continues to dominate, and now that we see greater momentum behind a shift left toward system-level design, we are naturally seeing power-aware system-level design as a key area for EDA and IP enablement, especially among mobile and IoT platform providers. In my last article I highlighted the role that IP power models play in the architecture and design ... » read more

Low Power Trends Toward FinFET
By Mary Ann White - 12 Feb, 2015 - Comments: 0

My previous blog, Power Reduction Techniques, covered which low power techniques were applicable for various process nodes, from larger planar CMOS process technologies through finFET. The 16 and 14nm finFET-based process nodes are moving into production this year, and we are seeing many companies rapidly move their designs to finFET. In my last post, I noted some of the reasons why finFET is s... » read more

Image Sensor And Display Enhancements Drive Low-Cost Smartphone Growth
By Hezi Saar - 15 Jan, 2015 - Comments: 0

The low-cost smartphone segment is fueling the growth of the overall smartphone market. Smartphones are being adopted in emerging markets and are displacing feature or basic phones in developed markets. Mobile phone device manufacturers are closing the leadership gap with the No. 1 vendor – Samsung – by competing in both the high-end and low-end smartphone segments. See Table 1. Table ... » read more

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