Verification At 28nm And Beyond


Low-Power Engineering looks at the challenges ahead in IC verification with Frank Schirrmeister of Synopsys, Ran Avinun of Cadence, Prakash Narain from Real Intent and Lauro Rizzatti from EVE. [youtube vid=bc5IhGrlJo4] » read more

Billion-Gate Chips


Low-Power Engineering examines hurdles ranging from power to cost in billion-gate IC designs with Arteris; Jack Browne, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Sonics; Kalar Rajendiran, senior director of marketing at eSilicon; Mark Throndson, director of product marketing at MIPS; and Mark Baker, senior director of business development at Magma. [youtube vid=0jum2ThIVzg] » read more

Concurrent Design


The idea of developing software and hardware simultaneously isn't new, but it has taken on renewed urgency in IC design because of growing complexity, including power and proximity issues. Low-Power Engineering captures the perspective of executives at four companies working in this market: Marco Brambilla of STMicroelectronics; Charlie Janac of Arteris; Mike Gianfagna of Atrenta, and Javier De... » read more

The Trouble With Semiconductor IP


Low-Power Engineering takes a poll of the big problem with IP and how to solve it from Ken Brock, senior staff product marketing manager at Synopsys; Kalar Rajendiran, senior director of marketing at eSilicon; Mike Gianfagna, vice president of marketing at Atrenta, and Jim McCanny, CEO of Altos Design. [youtube vid=b7wnkY_rU04] » read more

The Road To DAC: One On One With Wally Rhines


Mentor Graphics' CEO talks with Low-Power Engineering about the cost of designing a chip, the rising percentage of embedded software, the shift to FPGAs and what's changing in EDA. [youtube vid=Zjs9xz4iD3E] » read more

Handcrafted Designs


Ludo Deferm, VP of business development at IMEC, the Belgian research house, talks about changes ahead at future process nodes. [youtube vid=8b6O52qY0bs] » read more

Challenges At 32nm And Beyond


Wally Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics, talks about what's changing in design, the effect of low power, and who's going to be doing the most advanced designs. [youtube vid=_hDk9bx4gXo] » read more

Tesla: The Ultimate Low-Power Design


When your battery pack alone costs $30,000 and you get 200 miles per charge, you've got to be looking for ways to save power. The Tesla roadster is crammed with parts from many Silicon Valley companies, all designed to draw as little power as possible. But there's still much more work to be done. [youtube vid=qdGLvJzBUYI] » read more

Tech Talk: Saving Power By The Milliwatt


Jan Rabaey, head of UC Berkeley's Wireless Research Center and the author of a new book entitled, "Low Power Design Essentials," discusses how to generate small amounts of power and what can be done to reduce the amount of power needed for semiconductor design. [youtube vid=G0j1Sm8RCns] » read more

The In’s And Out’s Of Parasitic Extraction


Low-Power Engineering sat down with two of the top experts—Robert Hoogenstryd, director of marketing for design analysis and signoff at Synopsys, and Carey Robertson, Calibre product marketing director at Mentor Graphics—to talk about what changes at 28nm and 22nm and why parasitic extraction is becoming so important. [youtube vid=JXnUWN1uwGQ] » read more

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