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Memory Access In AI Systems
By Ed Sperling - 27 Jul, 2020 - Comments: 0

Memory access is a key consideration in AI system design. Ron Lowman, strategic marketing manager for IP at Synopsys, talks about how memory affects overall power consumption, why partitioning of on-chip and off-chip is so critical to performance and power, and how this changes from the cloud to the edge. » read more

eFPGAs Vs. FPGA Chiplets
By Ed Sperling - 22 Jul, 2020 - Comments: 0

Embedded FPGAs are a totally different concept from discrete FPGA chiplets, and that is reflected in size, cost, power and performance. Geoff Tate, CEO of Flex Logix, talks about which applications are best for each, how each maximizes power and performance, and why choices will vary greatly by application. Related eFPGA Knowledge Center FPGA Knowledge Center Increasing EFPGA Densit... » read more

3 Types Of AI Hardware
By Ed Sperling - 20 Jul, 2020 - Comments: 1

As AI chips become more pervasive, three primary approaches are moving to the forefront. Bradley Geden, director of product marketing at Synopsys, looks at how to take advantage of repeatability, what the different flavors look like, the difference between flat and hierarchical design, and what impact black-box arrays have on programmability. » read more

Increasing eFPGA Density
By Ed Sperling - 24 Jun, 2020 - Comments: 0

How to boost embedded FPGA density to the point where it is competitive with traditional FPGAs, at a lower cost and faster turnaround time. Geoff Tate, CEO of Flex Logix, talks about the importance of interconnects and standard cells in adding flexibility into chips, and why eFPGAs are suddenly gaining attention. » read more

Different Levels Of Interconnects
By Ed Sperling - 17 Jun, 2020 - Comments: 0

The interconnect hierarchy from metal 0 in a semiconductor all the way up to racks of servers. Kurt Shuler, vice president of marketing at Arteris IP, explains why each one is different, and how every level can contribute to latency and performance. » read more

DAC 2020: Virtual And Different
By Ed Sperling - 08 Jun, 2020 - Comments: 0

Zhuo Li, group director at Cadence, and Harry Foster, chief scientist at Mentor, a Siemens Business, talk about the changes in content for this year's Design Automation Conference. » read more

Big Changes For eFPGAs
By Ed Sperling - 11 May, 2020 - Comments: 0

Geoff Tate, CEO of Flex Logix, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about the state of embedded FPGAs, why this is easier for some companies than others, why this is important for adding flexibility into an ASIC, and what are the main applications for this technology. » read more

Who Owns A Car’s Chip Architecture
By Ed Sperling - 05 May, 2020 - Comments: 0

Kurt Shuler, vice president of marketing at Arteris IP, examines the competitive battle brewing between OEMs and Tier 1s over who owns the architecture of the electronic systems and the underlying chip hardware. This has become a growing point of contention as both struggle for differentiation in a market where increasingly autonomous vehicles will all behave the same way. That, in turn, has si... » read more

DDR PHY Training
By Ed Sperling - 21 Apr, 2020 - Comments: 0

Brett Murdock, senior product marketing manager at Synopsys, explains how to train the DRAM physical layer using firmware, why that is so important for flexibility, and what kinds of issues engineers encounter when using this approach. » read more

Stream Vs. Pool Data Processing
By Ed Sperling - 08 Apr, 2020 - Comments: 0

Geoff Tate, CEO of Flex Logix, looks at the very different data processing requirements at the edge and in the data center, and what really drives efficiency and speed in applications such as automotive. » read more

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