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UPF Power Domains And Boundaries
By Progyna Khondkar - 10 Aug, 2017 - Comments: 0

The Universal Power Format (UPF) plays a central role in mitigating dynamic and static power in the battle for low-power in advanced process technology. A higher process node is definitely attractive as more functionality integration is possible in a smaller die area at a lower cost. However, in reality, this comes at the cost of exponentially increasing leakage power. This is because the minim... » read more

System Design Considerations For Embedded Heterogeneous Multiprocessing (HMP)
By Kinjal Dave - 10 Aug, 2017 - Comments: 0

Heterogeneous multiprocessor (HMP) systems, using functionally asymmetric compute elements, such as application processors and microcontrollers integrated within the same SoCs, are now used extensively across a wide range of applications. These SoCs are used in smart, connected devices to transform the way we live – at home, in the car, and in our cities – with even more intelligence, speed... » read more

Enabling UHD Or 4K Resolution Displays Using Data Stream Compression
By Pedro Ricardo Miguel - 10 Aug, 2017 - Comments: 0

Displays delivering quad HD or 4K resolutions at faster frame rates and support for RGB formats are becoming prevalent in high-end smartphones, automotive infotainment systems, and mixed reality (AR/VR) devices. For this reason, designers need a protocol that enables visually lossless compression over display interfaces like MIPI Display Serial interface (DSI). The Video Electronics Standard... » read more

Who’s Responsible For Transistor Aging Models?
By Ann Mutschler - 13 Jul, 2017 - Comments: 0

While there are a number of ways to go about reliability and transistor aging analysis, it is all in large part dependent on fabs and foundries to provide the aging models. The situation is also not entirely clear in the semiconductor ecosystem because the classic over-the-wall mentality between design and manufacturing still exists. And unfortunately this wall is bi-directional. Not only... » read more

Estimating Power And Performing Optimization
By Guillaume Boillet - 13 Jul, 2017 - Comments: 0

Power analysis and optimization have gained importance over the last few years. During this time it has become obvious how critical it is to use realistic payloads to accurately estimate power and perform optimization tasks. Designers have a range of different objectives and concerns when it comes to power. On one side, a team wants to ensure that the average power of their chip is low enough t... » read more

Memory Buffer Chips: Satisfying Amdahl’s Law To Sustain Moore’s Law
By John Eble - 13 Jul, 2017 - Comments: 0

Moore’s Law, the observation that the available transistors in an integrated circuit doubles every two years, has driven the semiconductor and IT industries to unparalleled growth over the last 50+ years. These transistors have been used in CPUs to increase the number of parallel execution units and instruction fetches, expand the levels of on-chip cache (and overall capacity), support spe... » read more

How The Evolution Of SoC Design Is Igniting Innovation Again
By Phil Burr - 13 Jul, 2017 - Comments: 0

A funny thing happened on the way to the future. The futurologists were proven wrong. They said for years that the electronics industry was “consolidating,” and they sketched visions of a future that involved less innovation and openness, with fewer opportunities for entrepreneurs to deliver on their dreams. Reality turned out to be different. Yes, consolidation continues among tradit... » read more

Using An Integrated Subsystem To Accelerate Data Fusion In Your SoC
By Rich Collins - 13 Jul, 2017 - Comments: 0

The fusion of sensor data, voice, audio and biometrics is constantly increasing the processing requirements for applications in mobile, automotive and IoT markets. Next-generation digital sensors require higher bandwidths, and more advanced voice detection and speech recognition algorithms are driving the development of progressively more complex embedded ICs. Sensor fusion to data fusion T... » read more

ESD Guns, Transients And Testing…Oh My!
By Ann Mutschler - 08 Jun, 2017 - Comments: 0

With the pervasiveness of power management techniques like clock gating and power gating, transient power is on the rise, accompanied by the requirement to closely examine a system for such phenomenon as electrostatic discharge. I was interested to recently learn more about ESD testing, some of which is done with software tools, but much is still done in the lab with prototypes of the end d... » read more

From SerDes Chiplets To Die-To-Die Interfaces
By Mohit Gupta - 08 Jun, 2017 - Comments: 0

The demand for ever faster high-speed interfaces has never been quite so pronounced. In our increasingly connected world, petabytes of data are continuously generated by a wide range of devices, systems and IoT endpoints such as vehicles, wearables, smartphones and even appliances. The resulting digital tsunami has prompted industry heavyweights like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to co... » read more

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