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Why The Chartered Semiconductor Acquisition Matters


The acquisition of Chartered by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi government may sound like a rather brash investment, but our sources say it’s all part of a rather audacious plan that began unfolding one day after the deal to jointly run AMD’s foundry was hatched. In fact, this is anything but an impulsive buy by a country swimming in oil profits. The plan is actually to inte... » read more

Experts At The Table: Evolving Standards


System-Level Design sat down with Keith Barkley, senior engineer in IBM’s systems and technology group; Steven Schulz, president and CEO of Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2); Yatin Trivedi, director of standards and interoperability programs at Synopsys; Ian Mackintosh, chairman of the OCP International Partnership (OCPIP), and Michael Meredith, vice president of technical marketing at For... » read more

It’s All About Money


In the end, it all comes down to money. In the beginning it’s all about money, too. But when it gets into the middle of the cycle, people seem to forget about that. System-level design, Moore’s Law, abstract modeling, lithographic advances and everything in between have all been caught in the worst downturn since the great depression. The problem is that instead of just independent secto... » read more

A Well-Engineered Leap Of Faith


The economics of engineering chips are changing again. We’ve been hearing for several process nodes about runaway non-recurring engineering costs and the rising costs of masks and how Moore’s Law would meet an abrupt end because no one could afford to stay the course. And while it’s true that not everyone did stay the course, the solution has turned out less onerous than many predi... » read more

Experts At The Table: Evolving Standards


System-Level Design sat down with Keith Barkley, senior engineer in IBM’s systems and technology group; Steven Schulz, president and CEO of Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2); Yatin Trivedi, director of standards and interoperability programs at Synopsys; Ian Mackintosh, chairman of the OCP International Partnership (OCPIP), and Michael Meredith, vice president of technical marketing at For... » read more

What’s New And What Isn’t In ESL


By Jon McDonald Just because a problem can be solved doesn’t mean it has been solved. Last week I was on a panel at the ISLPED conference in San Francisco. This conference is focused on low power, and the panel addressed some of the things that are being done and some things needed for low power analysis exploration and trade-offs. While the panel was very interesting, one question that... » read more

System-Level Design Challenges


Prasad Subramaniam, vice president of design technology at eSilicon, talks with System-Level Design Editor Ed Sperling about the challenges at future process nodes. [youtube vid=HSgClJ9rQGk] » read more

End-User Report: Interoperability Still Lacking With System-Level Power Modeling


All of the major EDA vendors and standards groups are pitching modeling as the next level of abstraction for advanced process nodes, but is it working as planned for the chipmakers? System-Level Design caught up with Frans Theeuwen, Department Manager for System Design at NXP Semiconductors Corp. to discuss system-level design and power modeling. By Ann Steffora Mutschler SLD: How long has N... » read more

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