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A Dream For The Future Of Real System-Level Design Validation
By Guilhem Depelley - 29 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 1

"I have a dream…that one day…all SoCs will be free…of bugs and verifying them will be a walk in the park. I have a dream…that one day…all software engineers will be able to validate their software on pre-silicon hardware at the speed of light, delivering fully functional embedded software “before-on-time” for tape-out. I have a dream today…Well, if not today, how about first ... » read more

A Primer On ISO 26262 Certification
By Kurt Shuler - 29 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

As the electronic processing capabilities of the average car increases, more and more software, semiconductor, and semiconductor IP companies are trying to enter the automotive electronics market. Many of these new entrants have strong backgrounds in consumer electronics or the PC industry, and are new to the unique requirements of the automotive market. The purpose of this article is to pro... » read more

Gluten-Free Virtual Prototyping
By Tom De Schutter - 24 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

When marketing products, should you emphasize what is included in the product or what is not? These days it seems that for so many foods it has become more important to highlight what is not in the food rather than what is. With sugar-free drinks, alcohol-free cocktails, gluten-free bread and dairy-free milk, one might wonder what you should continue to eat or drink. In fact, you now often see ... » read more

Redefining A System…And Why It Matters
By Ed Sperling - 23 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

The concept of a system on chip has been around since the mid-1990s, but the actual mass implementation of this scheme is almost synonymous with the rise of the smart phone over the past decade. Put in perspective, it isn't that old, and it's about to change. Prior to the [getkc id="81" kc_name="SoC"], an electronic system was largely a collection of components on a PCB that included memory,... » read more

How Many Levels Of Abstraction Are Needed?
By Jon McDonald - 23 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

Recently I was having a conversation with a user who was creating cycle accurate SystemC models. My initial thought was, "Why would this be necessary?" Through the course of discussions I realized that he did have a design questions that required that level of accuracy and the simulation performance trade-offs were appropriate for his needs. His cycle accurate SystemC models were running at abo... » read more

Changing The World, One Transaction At A Time
By Mike Gianfagna - 23 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

It’s the season for foundry seminars. A few weeks ago, eSilicon exhibited at the TSMC Open Innovation Platform event in San Jose. This week, we were at the GLOBALFOUNDRIES Technical Seminar, also in San Jose. I talked with a lot of folks during both events – recited the elevator pitch many times (“who is eSilicon?”). Everybody has attention deficit disorder on a tradeshow floor. Fast ex... » read more

A New Reuse Paradigm To Take 2.5D Packaging Technology Mainstream
By Jeff Scott - 23 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

With all of the recent product implementations and demonstrations of the technical viability of 2.5D technology, there is a lot of excitement around its potential. However, as with any new technology, there are concerns with cost and risk that limit mainstream adoption. Cost reduction and risk mitigation require some level of volume production, and therein lies a classic Catch-22. Is there a wa... » read more

Legal Battlefield In Emulation
By Brian Bailey - 23 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 1

Given the rate of research and development within the EDA industry, you might expect it to be a highly litigious industry, but apart from theft claims, there have not been that many law suits brought to bear – except in the area of [getkc id="30" comment="emulation"]. Emulation has, since its early days in the early 1990s, always been a legal battlefield, and the hostilities continue to this ... » read more

System Design Enabling Surround Computing
By Frank Schirrmeister - 23 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

For a while now I have been wondering about the next killer application driving electronics. During CDNLive in Austin a couple of weeks ago, Dr. Lisa Su, at the time still Chief Operating Officer and since October 7th president and CEO at AMD, gave some answers at a keynote titled, “The Trends Redefining Our Industry.” The answer may well be “surround computing.” Su identified a coup... » read more

Welcome To The Knowledge Center
By Jesse Allen - 10 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

The Knowledge Center is a new feature you may have seen popping up in articles over the past few weeks. This has been a large development project for Semiconductor Engineering that started early in 2014. It is a ground-up development and it is amazing how far we have come in that time. Expect to hear more about this from our editorial team in the next few weeks. Just a few stats to get us st... » read more

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