Tech Talk: SoC Protocol Debug


Bernie DeLay, group director for verification IP R&D at Synopsys, talks about what goes wrong in complex SoCs, how so-called standard pieces play together, and where are the gotchas in re-use. [youtube vid=AaY_AmdjUpo] » read more

Tech Talk: Power Emulation


Jean-Marie Brunet, marketing director for Mentor Graphics' Emulation Division, talks about why hardware-assisted verification is now required for power and where it works best. [youtube vid=Mb63cbjbZ_I] » read more

Tech Talk: Sensor Design


NXP's Wouter Sijm talks about sensor design in the IoT age, where engineers can go astray, and why the IoT is a more complex environment for sensors than previous devices. [youtube vid=7fqEatgvZnE] » read more

Tech Talk: 10nm Patterning


David Abercrombie, advanced physical verification methodology program manager at Mentor Graphics, talks about triple and quadruple patterning after 20/16/14nm and what design teams need to understand to get this right. [youtube vid=7bjutPWakpw] » read more

Tech Talk: DDR4


Rambus' Ely Tsern digs into the challenges in integrating DDR4 compared with DDR3 and why it will get even more difficult over the next few iterations. [youtube vid=2M6vFweaZ-M] » read more

Tech Talk: 4K Screen Design


Hezi Saar, MIPI IP product manager at Synopsys, talks about how to design high-resolution displays for mobile devices and what can go wrong. [youtube vid=rQKNM0CABM0] » read more

Tech Talk: USB Type-C


NXP's Ravi Shah explains how to design in the new USB standard, what to watch out for and why it's going to be so important for mobile and connected devices. [youtube vid=iPCwpaPy1pw] » read more

Tech Talk: Wafer Plane Analysis


Leo Pang, executive vice president at D2S, talks about the problems of patterning at 40nm and below and how to deal with them more effectively using existing equipment. [youtube vid=FbRyhw2q3fE] » read more

Tech Talk: 22nm FD-SOI


Subramani Kengeri, vice president of global design solutions at GlobalFoundries, discusses the evolution of 22nm FD-SOI and its advantages, including single patterning in the middle end of line, 0.4 volt operating voltage, and how it compares to finFETs in terms of performance. [youtube vid=5fa1AcIGcUw] » read more

Tech Talk: Mesh Networks


Yifeng Zhang, director of systems at NXP, discusses problems in connecting home networks and how that's about to change with Bluetooth Low Energy and mesh networking approaches. [youtube vid=zcET06J2Z2k] » read more

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