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New Metrics For The Cloud
Better performance is a relative term, depending upon the type of chips, what algorithms they’re using, and how much it costs to run them.
Integration Or Segregation
Integration has been one of the natural paths for the electronics industry, but in some cases it may no longer be the right way.
Deciphering Performance Analysis
Improving system performance requires much more than simulation.
FPGA’s Role Expands
They’re still not the right choice for every application, but the scope of where an FPGA can work is widening.
Power Estimation: Early Warning System Or False Alarm?
Experts at the table, part 1: Is power estimation good enough to make design decisions and to provide confidence in final silicon?
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Tech Talk: Power Emulation
Using hardware-assisted verification to tackle complex power issues in SoC design.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling contends there is no single solution for low power, but lots of little things can make a big difference, in New Options For Power.
Executive Editor Ann Steffora Mutschler digs into how to do ‘light’ vs. ‘dark’ silicon performance analysis, in Performance Analysis On Dark Silicon.
Rambus’ Loren Shalinsky explains why bandwidth is so important in choosing memory, in Which Memory Type Should You Use?.
ARM’s Brian Fuller looks at what you need to know to build a micro weather station, in Thermal And Power Considerations In Designing For The Developing World.
Synopsys’ Alan Gibbons observes that UPF 3.0 means IP vendors no longer have to provide 57 varieties of power models, in Shift In Focus For Low Power Design.
Cadence’s Christine Young distills a speech by University of Toronto professor Farid Najm about what works best in power management, in Two Constraints-Based Techniques To Address Power-Related Challenges In SoC Design.
Mentor Graphics’ Lauro Rizzatti finds that one of the consequences of the IoT is an increase in the number of Ethernet ports, in How To Speed Up Networking Design Verification.
