Tech Talk: 7nm Process Variation


Ankur Gupta, director of field applications at ANSYS, discusses process variation and the problems it can cause at 10/7nm and beyond. https://youtu.be/WHNjFr1Da6s » read more

Tech Talk: Debugging ASICs With Embedded FPGAs


Valy Ossman, senior architecture and applications engineer at Flex Logix, discusses the advantages of debugging an ASIC using an embedded FPGA, including time to market, flexibility in design, and after-market changes. https://youtu.be/XGhFcirS9Vg » read more

Tech Talk: EM Crosstalk


Anand Raman, senior director at Helic, talks about the impact of electromagnetic interference on digital design at 10/7nm and beyond. Once confined to the analog space, noise is suddenly an issue at advanced nodes for all designs. At the root of the problem are smaller nodes, increased speed and higher levels of integration. https://youtu.be/hzZqK2lNJNQ » read more

Tech Talk: Substrate Noise Coupling


Roland Jancke, head of the department for design methodology for the Fraunhofer's Engineering of Adaptive Systems Division, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about the impact of substrate noise coupling on reliability of chips and how to deal with this issue. https://youtu.be/7E2rCwYr6-o » read more

Tech Talk: 802.11ax Multi-User


Daniel Webb, staff marketing manager at Marvell, talks about the new wireless standard, what's needed to make it work, and why it's so critical in the home and office. https://youtu.be/xIG7J928XFs » read more

Tech Talk: MCU Acceleration


Tony Kozaczuk, director of Solutions Architecture at Flex Logix, talks about how to add programmability, efficiency, and speed into microcontrollers. https://youtu.be/rDZFjlut_N8 » read more

Tech Talk: Verification


Frank Schirrmeister, Cadence's senior group director for verification platforms, talks about what's changing in verification with 5G, machine learning, greater connectivity, advanced packaging, and the growing need to build security into designs. https://youtu.be/GMF8BkmdJzE » read more

Tech Talk: Near-Threshold Power


Lauri Koskinen, CTO and founder of Minima Processor, and Ron Moore, vice president of marketing at ARM, talk about near-threshold computing, dynamic power and margining, and how these techniques can extend battery life and reduce energy consumption. https://youtu.be/BhiNFe4NYQU » read more

Tech Talk: eFPGA LUTs


Cheng Wang, Flex Logix's senior vice president of engineering, explains how to use lookup tables in embedded FPGAs and which number of inputs is best for which application. https://youtu.be/ScnIbCOLcP4 » read more

Tech Talk: eFPGA Programming


Kent Orthner, system architect at Achronix, explains how to program an embedded FPGA and what's different for ASIC engineers. https://youtu.be/uVyflHZi-x8 » read more

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