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Requirements For Exhaustive SoC Reset Domain Crossing Checks
By Joe Mallett - 13 Apr, 2021 - Comments: 0

It is common to read that the numbers of clock domains and power domains in system-on-chip (SoC) designs are increasing, but for some reason there is less discussion about resets. There is no doubt that the number of reset domains is also rising; studies have shown that the single reset of twenty years ago has been replaced by a complex network of 40-50 domains in many chips and even 150 in som... » read more

Unlock Your Vision… And A Bit Of EDA History
By McKenzie Ross - 29 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

Repetitive patterns and hardware designs have something in common: there may be more than meets the eye. Even simple designs can have corner cases that are hard to detect by code review alone, and the situation is even more complex if third-party or legacy IP is involved. What if the IP has a deliberately hidden function? This is where verification tools like OneSpin 360 come in, to remove huma... » read more

What Does RISC-V Stand For?
By Roddy Urquhart - 29 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 1

RISC-V (pronounced “risk-five”) stands for ‘reduced instruction set computer (RISC) five’. The number five refers to the number of generations of RISC architecture that were developed at the University of California, Berkeley since 1981. The RISC concept (like the parallel MIPS development in Stanford University) was motivated by the fact that most processor instructions were not... » read more

Stuck In A Rut
By Brian Bailey - 25 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 4

In the DVCon panel session about open-source verification, the first part of which has been published along with this blog, you will read about a fiery debate between the panelists. This is regarding the ability of the EDA industry to innovate. On one side is the accusation that there has been no real innovation since 1988. On the other side, there have been fantastic advances have been made th... » read more

Find Bugs Early: On-The-Fly Code Correction For Design And Verification Productivity
By Kiran Vittal - 25 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

The key rule for chip design and verification is that bugs must be found and fixed as early in the development process as possible. It is often said that catching a bug at each successive project stage multiplies the cost by ten. Bugs that escape verification and make their way to silicon are very expensive and time-consuming to fix. The ideal is to catch as many types of issues as possible as ... » read more

Digital Transformation In Aerospace And Defense Applications
By Frank Schirrmeister - 25 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

Watching the aerospace and defense verticals, one of the most impactful publications in 2020 was probably Will Roper's "There Is No Spoon: The New Digital Acquisition Reality." Using visuals from "The Matrix", which at the time was called "the first movie of the 21st century," the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics painted a picture of a "simulation ... » read more

Aging Analysis Common Model Interface Gains Momentum
By Greg Curtis - 25 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

By Greg Curtis, Ahmed Ramadan, Ninad Pimparkar, and Jung-Suk Goo In February 2019, Siemens EDA wrote an article1 entitled “The Time Is Now for a Common Model Interface”. Since that time, we have continued to see increasing demand for aging analysis, not only in the traditional automotive space, but also in other areas of technology design, such as mobile communication and IoT application... » read more

Processing With FPGAs On Mars
By Farhad Fallahlalehzari - 25 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

Tasked with finding life in the form of microorganisms, the rover Perseverance landed on Mars at about 04:00 EST on February 18, 2021. The rover has multiple sensors and cameras to collect as much data as possible and, due to the volume of live data being recorded and the long data transmission time from Mars to Earth, a powerful processing system is essential. However, whereas early Mars ro... » read more

An Insider’s View Of Verifying Custom RISC-V Processor Cores
By Shubhodeep Roy Choudhury - 15 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

By Shubhodeep Roy Choudhury, Valtrix Systems, and Lee Moore, Imperas Software Supporting images courtesy of Bill McSpadden, Seagate Technology This article is derived from a talk at the RISC-V Summit in December 2020 that Bill McSpadden, principal verification engineer at Seagate Technology, gave on the challenges and experiences his team faced in the verification of two custom RISC-V proce... » read more

The Single Greatest Opportunity For Open Source
By Brian Bailey - 25 Feb, 2021 - Comments: 7

Next week, I will be moderating a panel at the virtual DVCon on the subject of open-source verification. I thought it would be good to advertise the event on LinkedIn to see if anyone wanted to send me well-structured questions for the panelists. What happened surprised me a little because the discussions almost exclusively went to the need for open-source verification tools. In my opinion, the... » read more

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