category: System-Level Design

category: IoT, Security & Automotive

RISC-V: What’s Missing And Who’s Competing
By Ed Sperling - 23 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Part 2: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the business and technology landscape for RISC-V with Zdenek Prikryl, CTO of Codasip; Helena Handschuh, a Rambus Security Technologies fellow; Louie De Luna, director of marketing at Aldec; Shubhodeep Roy Choudhury, CEO of Valtrix Systems; and Bipul Talukdar, North America director of applications engineering at SmartDV. What follows are exc... » read more

5G NR Primer For Amplifier And Filter Design
By Cadence - 23 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

This primer examines some of the challenges engineers face when designing filters and power amplifiers for 5G New Radio (NR) communication systems. See how the Cadence AWR Design Environment platform can be used to simulate amplifier and filter performance under 5G operating conditions. Click here to continue reading.     » read more

Monte Carlo Analysis Using Synopsys Custom Design Platform
By Synopsys - 23 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

In this 5th video of the series, Kai Wang, Director of Engineering at Synopsys, explains the need of Monte Carlo to improve yield, and how designers use advanced features like variation scoping and sigma amplification to avoid costly MC simulations. Click here to watch this video white paper. » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 18 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Nvidia will acquire Arm from SoftBank in a $40 billion deal. Nvidia says that Arm will continue to operate its open-licensing model while maintaining global customer neutrality. SoftBank acquired Arm in 2016 for $32 billion; it also holds an ownership stake in Nvidia that is expected to remain under 10%. The deal does not include Arm's IoT Services Group. The acquisition will need to pass regul... » read more

Blog Review: Sept. 16
By Jesse Allen - 16 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out what's new for TSMC's advanced packaging solutions and the ultra-low power, RF, eNVM, and CMOS image sensor specialty processes. Mentor's Ron Press points to an automated solution to measuring pattern value that provides a consistent, “apples to apples” assessment of patterns detecting defects based on the likelihood the physical defects occurring. S... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Sept. 15
By Jesse Allen - 15 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Higher-res lidar Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) devised a way to improve lidar and provide higher-resolution detection of nearby fast-moving objects through mechanical control and modulation of light on a silicon chip. "Frequency modulated continuous wave" (FMCW) lidar detects objects by scanning laser light from the top of a vehicl... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 11 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Silvaco acquired the assets of Coupling Wave Solutions (CWS), including IP, patents, and analysis technologies. CWS provides tools for system-level interference analysis of complex SoCs that integrate analog, RF, and digital blocks. Silvaco said that the acquisition expands the company’s portfolio to address RF SOI (Silicon on Insulator) substrate analysis to accurately model and simulate noi... » read more

Blog Review: Sept. 9
By Jesse Allen - 09 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Mentor's Jacob Wiltgen considers the recent advances in safety critical engineering and how automated the lifecycle can become, where tools form a set of checks and balances to ensure the accuracy of results. Cadence's Paul McLellan finds out what's new at TSMC, including a new R&D center, fab construction, capacity increases for existing nodes, and what the company sees for beyond its N... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 04 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 0

Tools & IP Arm unveiled the Cortex-R82, a 64-bit, Linux-capable Cortex-R processor targeted for next-generation enterprise and computational storage solutions. The Cortex-R82 provides 2x performance depending on workload compared to previous Cortex-R generations and provides access of up to 1TB of DRAM for advanced data processing in storage applications. It offers an optional memory manag... » read more

Components For Open-Source Verification
By Brian Bailey - 02 Sep, 2020 - Comments: 2

Defining an open-source verification methodology is a lot more difficult than just developing an open-source simulator. This is the reality facing open-source hardware such as RISC-V. Some people may be asking for the corresponding open-source verification, but that is a much tougher problem — and it is not going to be solved in the short term. Part one examined the reasons why open-source... » read more

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