Synopsys Timing Constraints Manager: Constraint Verification


Constraint verification refers to the verification of the contents of an SDC file to flag situations where the specified constraints are either incorrect, or incomplete, both of which, if not addressed, could result in silicon failure. The key to constraint verification is the ability to flag real issues without swamping an engineer with noise: issues that upon designer review result in no chan... » read more

proteanTecs On-Chip Monitoring And Deep Data Analytics System


High reliability applications in service-critical markets, such as autonomous driving and cloud computing, demand maximum performance and minimal power and cost. Reducing design margins while maintaining high reliability becomes imperative. State-of-the-art silicon processes offer mainly logic density improvements at limited speedup. Worst-case design analysis is not cost effective anymore. ... » read more

A Perfect Blend Of Quality In Functional Safety To Accelerate An Automotive IP Product Release


The integration of functional safety and quality into the automotive development process is crucial for ensuring the safety and reliability of vehicles on the road. Automotive manufacturers must take a comprehensive approach to both functional safety and quality, considering all aspects of the vehicle from design to production and beyond. This includes the use of advanced technologies s... » read more

Cyberon Speech Recognition Technology – Light Bulb


The purpose of a design journey is to show, in a demonstrative way, how to incorporate the technology into a design. The base designs are by definition very simple to highlight the new technology and how it can be incorporated easily. Distinct lines are drawn between the application and the technology so the reader can more generalize how to incorporate it in their own design. Introduction ... » read more

The Touch-Sensing HMI In Wearable And IoT Devices


The touch-sensing human-machine interface (HMI) in wearable devices is a key element of their consumer appeal, providing a responsive, intuitive way to interact via touch buttons and sliders in devices such as earbuds and smart glasses, or via a small touchscreen in a smart watch. Competition in the market for these types of wearable device continually drives innovation. Manufacturers battle fo... » read more

Speeding Time-To-Market With A Comprehensive And Tightly Integrated Design And Verification Process


Nobo Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech automotive electronics company under the Nobo Automotive group, focusing on intelligent cockpit, vehicle control, connectivity, and driving. Its range of products include cabin domain controllers, displays, instrument clusters, infotainment systems, central electronic units, T-Box terminals, and driving domain controllers, among others. Nobo A... » read more

Optimizing IC Designs For Real-World Use Cases


Semiconductor systems are becoming more focused on power, performance, and area for the primary scenarios they are likely to see in real-world applications, but increasingly at the expense of secondary tasks. This is happening at all levels of abstraction and all stages of the design flow. At the highest level, processors are being optimized to run a given set of software. RISC-V is one of t... » read more

Accelerating Monte Carlo Simulations For Faster Statistical Variation Analysis, Debugging, And Signoff Of Circuit Functionality


Over the years, semiconductor process nodes have been scaled aggressively, with device dimensions now approaching below 5nm. This, along with lower device operating voltages and currents, has allowed modern integrated circuits (ICs) and system-on-chip (SoC) designs to integrate more devices in a smaller chip area without compromising on lower power consumption and optimal performance. However, ... » read more

Stop-For-Top IP Model To Replace One-Stop-Shop By 2025… And Support The Creation Of Successful Chiplet Business


The One-Stop-Shop model has allowed IP vendors of the 2000’s to create a successful IP business, mostly driven by consumer application, smartphone or Set-Top-Box. The industry has dramatically changed, and in 2020 is now driven by data-centric application (datacenter, AI, networking, HPC…), requiring best-in-class, high-performance IP developed on bleeding edge technology nodes. That’s wh... » read more

Power Supply Noise Effects On Jitter In Clock Synchronous Systems With Emphasis On Memory Interfaces


In today's fast-paced digital world, the performance and capacity of high-speed memory has become crucial for a wide range of applications, from personal computing devices to data centers and high-performance computing systems. Designers face challenges in optimizing their designs for speed, power efficiency, and reliability — all while ensuring robustness in the face of power supply noise. T... » read more

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