Tech Talk: Power Sign-Off


Calvin Chow, area technical manager at Ansys, talks about power sign-off for complex SoCs at advanced nodes, including early stage prototyping, the importance of context, accurate power modeling of sub-blocks, and simulation of power-delivery networks. [youtube vid=MN4TjZ3dHVk] » read more

Tech Talk: Formal Verification


Praveen Tiwari, senior R&D manager for verification at Synopsys, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about when to use formal verification, why it isn't limited to small parts of the design, how to reduce complexity, bounded proofs, and bug hunting. [youtube vid=v8CoIAWU1XA] » read more

Tech Talk: IP Integration Part 2


Sonics CTO Drew Wingard talks about the challenges of integrating IP into SoCs in this second of two parts. [youtube vid=ipQkPjJMcgY] » read more

Tech Talk: SW vs. HW


Arteris CTO Craig Forest talks about what gets done in hardware, what gets done in software, and where the two worlds meet and sometimes collide. [youtube vid=-EbUTZL0uz8] » read more

Tech Talk: Power Optimization II


Solaiman Rahim, senior director of engineering at Atrenta, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about where to put your efforts to reap the greatest rewards in power reduction and optimization. This is the second of two parts. [youtube vid=OWyzIyEH_pQ] Part one can be viewed here. » read more

Tech Talk: IP Integration


Sonics CTO Drew Wingard talks about the challenges of integrating IP into SoCs and what typically goes wrong. [youtube vid=T1FAPDqIJK8] » read more

Tech Talk: Power Optimization


Solaiman Rahim, senior director of engineering at Atrenta, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about where to put your efforts to reap the greatest rewards in power reduction and optimization. [youtube vid=czK60j65JLo] » read more

Tech Talk: Near Threshold Computing 2


ARM Fellow Rob Aitken walks through the details of near-threshold computing and why it's such an important consideration at established process nodes. [youtube vid=lvfu54_JwEg] » read more

Tech Talk: Near Threshold Computing


ARM fellow Rob Aitken talks about what is NTC, why it has taken so long to catch on, and the enormous energy savings possible using this technique at established process nodes. [youtube vid=Ersdl81yTnM] » read more

Tech Talk: Photonics, Take 2


Mentor Graphics’ John Ferguson explains why light is getting so much attention for inter-chip communications, where it excels, and why it has limitations. This is the second part in a two-part series. [youtube vid=4-5FbxIpIk4] To view part 1, click here. » read more

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