Special Report
Bridging Machine Learning’s Divide
Why new approaches are needed to tie together training and inferencing.
Top Stories
Pushing Performance Limits
Are optimizations really a zero sum gain? Where to gamble and when to play it safe.
Turning Down The Voltage
SoC complexity is making it more difficult to combine functional performance with demands for lower power.
Video
Tech Talk: Applying Machine Learning
How to use AI, deep learning and machine learning across a variety of applications.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling points to why it’s becoming more difficult to achieve the usual balance in designs, in Customizing Power And Performance.
Fraunhofer’s Andy Heinig explains why complex packages make it necessary to handle data in a machine-readable format, in Why Use An Assembly Design Kit And Assembly Design Flow?
Mentor’s Derong Yan digs into verification methods and how they can help with electrostatic discharge, in How Robust Is Your ESD Protection? Are You Sure?
Moortec’s Ramsay Allen considers the effects and mechanisms of chip aging, plus how to predict a device’s lifetime, in Understanding Your Chip’s Age.
Rambus’ Frank Ferro argues that the path to GDDR memory isn’t so clear, in GDDR6 PHYs: From The Data Center To Self-Driving Cars.
Cadence’s Larry Przywara shows how DSPs enable a new ubiquitous interface, in What Was Everywhere At CES? Voice.
Synopsys’ Licinio Sousa and Arm’s Vassilis Androutsopoulos peel back the curtains on display subsystem architectures for high-end smartphones, in Embedded Display IP For 4K Resolutions.
