Tech Talk: Debugging IP


Just because IP is standard doesn't mean it will function as expected in a complex SoC. Ravindra Aneja, senior technical marketing manager at Atrenta, looks at what needs to be done to make sure everything works together. [youtube vid=wlDabbrF2zU] » read more

Tech Talk: Power, Performance And Area In 2.5D


The cost will be comparable at first, but the only way to improve power, performance AND area at the same time will be with a different architectural approach. [youtube vid=XAbE7jpjuMA] » read more

Tech Talk: Dealing With The Unknowns


Rebecca Lipon, senior product marketing manager for verification at Synopsys, discusses the problematic X's and where verification teams typically make mistakes in trying to eliminate the false X's from their designs. Power emerges as the biggest problem. [youtube vid=Iym4ITWJJrs] » read more

Tech Talk: 16nm-14nm Effects And Challenges


Arvind Shanmugavel from Apache Design talks with Semiconductor Engineering about electromigration, electrostatic discharge and thermal effects caused by increasing power density in finFETs.   [youtube vid=GOra5uYyIr8] » read more

Executive Briefing: Formal Attire


Kathryn Kranen, CEO of Jasper Design Automation, talks with Low Power-High-Performance Engineering about formal verification, where the pain points are in SoC design, and why there is still life left in Moore's Law. [youtube vid=x4jlo6_RRqw] » read more

Tech Talk: FinFETs, FD-SOI And The Future Of SoC Design


Mary Ann White, marketing manager for Synopsys' Galaxy Implementation Platform, talks with Low-Power/High-Performance Engineering about new opportunities to reduce power and improve performance, and where the pain points will be. [youtube vid=kuJdcHIRxfU] » read more

RTL Signoff


Piyush Sancheti, Atrenta's vice president of product marketing, talks with Low-Power/High-Performance Engineering about where the pain points are in design and why RTL signoff has become so important. [youtube vid=8Ra1_VmzW50] » read more

Roundtable: Is The Chip Ready


Mobile devices demand complex chips—so complex to build that signoff has become something of a balancing act between what the verification teams believe is good enough and time-to market demands. Low-Power/High-Performance Engineering talked about this with Simbal Rafiq, director of engineering at Applied Micro; Robert Hoogenstryd, senior director of marketing for design analysis and signoff ... » read more

Tech Talk: Getting To The Next Node


IBM's Gary Patton talks with Low-Power/High-Performance Engineering about finFETs, EUV, and the challenges of staying on the Moore's Law road map. [youtube vid=jtz9XSXyBp0] » read more

Roundtable: Battery Life Vs. Delay


Low-Power High-Performance Engineering talks about the challenges of dealing with latency in semiconductor design with Andrew Caples of Mentor Graphics, Chris Rowen of Tensilica, Drew Wingard of Sonics and Larry Hudepohl of MIPS Technologies. [youtube vid=Q_opQ3W9esA] » read more

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