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The Quest To Better Define Applications
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling For nearly five decades, just being able to get software to run on hardware and communicate with other systems was considered a feat of engineering. But with that part of the technology solved well enough, the next big challenge is to make sure that applications can run as efficiently as possible to maximize performance, minimize power consumption and limit the area required to ... » read more

Connecting System-Level Flows To Implementation Tools
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler With the complexity explosion occurring in SoC design today, there is a relentless force to push design decisions further up in terms of abstraction. Resolving issues at the gate level is not possible any more because there just isn’t enough time or resources. Further, the resulting design may not even be competitive because optimization at the gate level can leave ... » read more

Embedded Computing Down To Two Major Camps
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Pallab Chatterjee The 2011 CES show was highlighted by the large number of tablet computers and mobile devices that support Internet access. The form factor for these devices is based on use models, but the computing capabilities are based on the power and operational life between charges. The platforms are drawing diving lines between x86 cores vs ARM cores, and CPUs vs GPUs. While on t... » read more

Deja Vu All Over Again
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

Every now and then you get the feeling you’ve been here before, and with technology this is a persistent theme. Virtualization looks remarkably similar to time sharing, which is what most engineers in their 40s and 50s used when they were in college. And 3D stacking, particularly the 2.5D version, looks eerily like the old MCM, aka multi-chip module. There’s nothing wrong with resurre... » read more

A Refreshing Opportunity
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Jack Harding Fifteen years after its debut as a silicon strategy the SoC is finally in full bloom worldwide. In its simplest configuration it consists of a processor, memory, I/O and the RTL crafted by the customer that defines its functionality and application. For each of the four major elements we have evolved down a different strategic path. For the processor, ARM, MIPS and a couple ... » read more

Missing The Point
By Kurt Shuler - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Kurt Shuler A couple months ago a professor researching in my company’s technology space asked me, “Why doesn’t industry use our research?” I thought for a few seconds, then looked him in the eye: “Because much of it is off target.” My friend was taken aback for a second, but to his credit he wanted to know why I thought that. I explained that I recently read an articl... » read more

Models, Models, Models…
By Jon McDonald - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Jon McDonald It's all about the models. Sometimes I get the feeling that progress is blazing along. Everyone I talk to is interested in ESL design. The value of the capabilities and possibility of dramatic impact on the design process is monumental. It's kind of like having an amazing sports car that will blow everything off the track but you are stuck on an island with no track and no way ... » read more

Embedded Computing Down To Two Major Camps
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Pallab Chatterjee The 2011 CES show was highlighted by the large number of tablet computers and mobile devices that support Internet access. The form factor for these devices is based on use models, but the computing capabilities are based on the power and operational life between charges. The platforms are drawing diving lines between x86 cores vs ARM cores, and CPUs vs GPUs. While on t... » read more

Drone Design Challenges
By Ed Sperling - 21 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

System-Level Design talks with Bob Bluth of the Naval Postgraduate School about UAV design and debug challenges--and what's inside of these devices. (The blue and green cellophane tape seal some of the access points prior to delivery--and the directions).   [youtube vid=wTsehbWwC8o] » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 5
By Ed Sperling - 05 Jan, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Mentor’s Robin Bornoff returns to his beer fridge with a New Year’s resolution for sobriety and a revelation that an empty refrigerator never cools as well as a full one. Well, there’s always Diet Coke and double-shot iced espresso. Cadence’s Tom Anderson sheds some long overdue light on the famous processor “divide bug” that generated mostly right answers. This o... » read more

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