category: System-Level Design

category: IoT, Security & Automotive

Bluetooth LE Audio Makes Its Debut
By Shewan Yitayew - 27 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

The Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 specification introduces LE audio, which is a significant step forward for Bluetooth audio, both in terms of sounds quality and functionality. LE Audio, based on our new iEB110 IP, will enable manufacturers to create low power audio devices that offer several revolutionary new features that weren’t possible before, even with third-party proprietary solutions. T... » read more

SoC Co-Emulation Using Zynq Boards
By Michelle Mata - 27 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

Have you ever worked on a group project where you had to combine your work with that of a colleague of a different engineering discipline but the absence of an efficient means of doing so affected the project’s overall outcome? Well, for software and hardware engineers developing an SoC, the merging of their respective engineering efforts for verification purposes is a big challenge. Early... » read more

The Cost Of Programmability
By Brian Bailey - 27 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 1

Nothing comes for free, and that is certainly true for the programmable elements in an SoC. But without them we are left with very specific devices that can only be used for one fixed application and cannot be updated. Few complex devices are created that do not have many layers of programmability, but the sizing of those capabilities is becoming more important than in the past. There are... » read more

Parasitic Extraction of MIM/MOM Capacitors In Analog/RF Designs
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 26 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

The extensive use of MIM/MOM capacitors in analog/RF designs presents designers with extraction challenges that typically require multiple extraction techniques. The Calibre xACT platform offers analog/RF designers the fast performance of a rule-based extraction engine, and the capacity and performance of a field solver, to efficiently extract all parasitic components in a timely manner, with t... » read more

PowerPR Virtualization: A Critical Feature For Automotive GPUs
By Imagination Technologies - 26 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

What is GPU virtualization? Conceptually, virtualization is the capability of a device to host one or more virtual machines (VMs) that each behave like actual independent machines with their own operating system (OS), all running on the same underlying device hardware. In regard to GPUs, this means the capability to support multiple concurrently running operating systems, each capable of submit... » read more

LPDDR4/4X DRAM Variants and Possible System Configurations
By Synopsys - 26 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

LPDDR is the de-facto standard for main-memory targeting mobile applications such as smartphones and tablets. Low-Power Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memories (LPDDR SDRAMs) or DRAMS offer high-performance while consuming significantly lower power than standard DDR memories, such as DDR5/4/3, which are ideal for systems requiring large memory capacity. For this reason, LPDD... » read more

Hybrid Prototyping
By Ed Sperling - 26 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 1

David Svensson, applications engineer in Synopsys’ Verification Group, explains how a virtual transaction logic model can be connected to develop hardware-dependent drivers before RTL actually exists, why this is now critical for large, complex designs, and how to find the potential bottlenecks and debug both software and hardware. » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 26
By Jesse Allen - 26 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Paul McLellan listens in as Warren Savage of the University of Maryland explains how security threats are increasing as IoT devices broaden the attack surface and why the semiconductor industry needs to take responsibility. Synopsys' Taylor Armerding argues that a key first step to complying with new and upcoming consumer privacy laws should be ensuring cybersecurity to protect aga... » read more

Why Is PSS So Important?
By Ed Sperling - 25 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

Robert Hoogenstryd, product marketing manager at Mentor, a Siemens Business, talks about the new testbench verification language standard, what are the big advantages of using PSS, what kinds of challenges this language solves, and how much time this approach can save. » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 21 Feb, 2020 - Comments: 0

Dialog Semiconductor will acquire Adesto Technologies for $12.55 per share in cash, or for approximately $500 million enterprise value. Founded in 2006 and based in Santa Clara, CA, Adesto provides application-specific semiconductors, embedded systems, and specialty memory for IoT and industrial IoT applications. “This acquisition substantially enhances our position in the Industrial IoT mark... » read more

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