Special Report
Recharging The Battery
Evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, is the mantra of battery technology. But are the new technologies on the horizon about to shatter that paradigm?
Top Stories
DVFS On The Sidelines
Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling is moving out of favor even as companies are attempting more aggressive power reduction. Will it have a resurgence?
2.5D Creeps Into SoC Designs
Stacked die approach is steadily gaining share, but there are lots of surprises as to where, how and why.
How Long Will FinFETs Last?
Experts at the table, part one: What happens after FinFET; middle end of line; back end of line; improving FinFET now; sharing information.
Poised For Aspect-Oriented Design?
Could the adoption of aspect-oriented design practices lead us to better designs more quickly? Initial forays with these techniques in verification were not completely successful.
Video
Tech Talk: 4K Screen Design
What changes when high-resolution screens are added into mobile devices.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling finds that after years of progress in semiconductor design, it might be time to rethink the path forward…and clarify the numbers used along the way, in Moving Electrons Is Getting Harder.
Executive Editor Ann Steffora Mutschler finds a growing demand for comprehensive power modeling, in What To Do With Power Models.
Mentor Graphics’ Arvind Narayanan explains how to improve power network integrity and reduce voltage drop during design implementation, in How To Fix Common Power Problems.
ARM’s Brian Fuller digs into designing for the most constrained thermal environment, in Think IoT Designs Are Challenging? Try Embedded Systems In The Brain.
Rambus’ Loren Shalinsky examines how different pieces fit together in the memory world and where there are still gaps, in The Memory And Storage Hierarchy.
Calypto’s Anand Iyer notes that the migration to finFET processes requires a serious focus on dynamic power consumption, in Doing More With RTL Power Analysis: Smart Synthesis Architecture.
Synopsys’ Ron DiGiuseppe observes that not all IP supports stringent automotive requirements, in Using Automotive-Ready IP To Accelerate SoC Development.
