category: IP And LP In SoCs

category: IoT, Security & Automotive

Leveraging Symbolic Simulations For IO Verification
By Moninder Singh - 14 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

IO libraries and interface IPs are an important part of any integrated circuit design that needs to communicate with the outside world or other integrated circuits. Interface IPs are the literal gatekeepers to the flow of logical and electrical information from one IC to another to form today’s complex computer systems, influencing almost every aspect of our lives these days. Interface IPs (e... » read more

Hyper-Convergence Is The New Normal For Digital Implementation
By Yudhan Rajoo - 23 Sep, 2021 - Comments: 0

The era of smart-everything has led to a surge in the need for semiconductor devices across a myriad of traditional and novel applications. These applications demand high performance yet energy-efficient compute over blazing-fast networks to service trillions of edge devices that are constantly consuming and generating large amounts of data. This surge has invigorated system architects to innov... » read more

Integrated Ethernet PCS And PHY IP For 400G/800G Hyperscale Data Centers
By Priyank Shukla - 09 Sep, 2021 - Comments: 0

Ethernet has become the primary network protocol of choice for the required server-to-server communication in hyperscale data centers, as it allows hyperscalers to disaggregate network switches and install their software operating systems independently. Ethernet enables cost-effective, dense, open switches and networking technologies which reduce cost/power per bit with transistor scaling. Ethe... » read more

Time To Rethink Memory Chip Design And Verification
By Anand Thiruvengadam - 12 Aug, 2021 - Comments: 1

It’s no secret to anyone that semiconductor development grows more challenging all the time. Each new process technology node packs more transistors into each die, creating more electrical issues and making heat dissipation harder. Floorplanning, logic synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, electrical analysis, and functional verification stretch electronic design automation (EDA) tools... » read more

Best 112G SerDes IP Architecture
By Manu Verma - 08 Jul, 2021 - Comments: 0

Real world operation of a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) in a hyperscale data center is very demanding and requires robust performance in challenging conditions such as multitude of channel insertion loss, extreme temperature cycles, different types of packages with different trace lengths and discontinuities, etc. Hence, meeting interference tolerance (ITOL) and jitter tolerance (JTOL) compl... » read more

Getting Ready For An Efficient Shift To PCI Express 6.0 Designs With Optimized IP
By Gary Ruggles - 10 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

PCI Express (PCIe) 6.0 technology with key changes will bring about challenges that high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and storage system-on-chip (SoC) designers will face. This article provides designers a summary of the major changes and how they can be handled to ensure a smooth and successful transition to PCIe 6.0. The three major changes in PCIe 6.0 that designers nee... » read more

Early Detection Of Reset Domain Crossing Errors
By Joe Mallett - 13 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

Many aspects of system-on-chip (SoC) designs are growing, including the numbers of gates, memories, clock domains, reset domains, power domains, on-chip buses, and external interfaces. A recent blog post focused on reset domain crossings (RDCs) and the requirements for effective pre-silicon verification of these trouble-prone structures. If properly applied, a solution meeting these requirement... » read more

Meeting Fundamental Interface Requirements For Camera And Display With Integrated MIPI IP
By Licinio Sousa - 08 Apr, 2021 - Comments: 0

Cameras and displays are used in cars, industrial and medical devices, smartphones and other mobile devices, and machine vision applications. Over the years, the required data for high resolution videos and images have increased, forcing camera and display SoCs to process more complex visual data. The MIPI Alliance offers a portfolio of camera and display interfaces that deliver differentiation... » read more

Addressing IC Hyperconvergence Design Challenges
By Aveek Sarkar - 11 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

Recently in an article titled “A Renaissance for Semiconductors,” my colleague Michael Sanie highlighted some of the trends that are driving next-generation product development. He detailed how designs targeting new applications are innovating through a combination of advanced process node technologies and heterogeneous integration of stacked die/3D/2.5D systems. Additionally, advanced vert... » read more

Know Your Own Power, Early And Accurately
By Taruna Reddy - 11 Feb, 2021 - Comments: 0

By Taruna Reddy and Vin Liao Chip designers have always had to balance timing and area. Everyone wants a design as fast as possible and as compact as possible, but these two goals are usually in conflict. For the last couple of decades, minimal power consumption has been a third goal, often of equal importance. Some of the biggest drivers for the semiconductor industry are battery operated p... » read more

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