Special Report
The Uncertainties Of RISC-V Compliance
Tests and verification are required, but that still won’t guarantee these open-source ISAs will work with other software.
Top Stories
Verification And Test Of Safety And Security
Functional verification is being stretched beyond its capabilities to ensure safe and secure systems. New support is coming from hardware and software.
Better Choreography Required For Complex Chips
Just choosing the best tools and technologies is no longer enough. It now requires extensive and extremely tight coordination.
Not All There: Heterogeneous Multiprocessor Design Tools
Tools are being developed to optimize a single processor for a given piece of software, but gaps remain for multicore systems.
CEO Outlook: Chiplets, Data Management, And Reliability
Fundamental shifts and persistent problems in current and future semiconductor design.
Challenges Grow For Data Management And Sharing In EDA
Increasing design complexity, AI, and geopolitics make it more difficult to share data; open APIs can help.
Blogs
Technology Editor Brian Bailey warns that some changes to software can damage hardware, in The True Cost Of Software Changes.
Siemens’ Om Prakash outlines a new way to securely transfer data from one device to another and shows how the integrity of data is maintained through an encryption process, in New Age Solution For Data Integrity And Authenticity.
NI’s Joey Tun shows how a company’s semiconductor testing strategy is a differentiating opportunity in the shifting automotive ecosystem, in How ADAS And EVs Drive Semiconductor-To-Automotive Supply Chain Innovation.
Movellus’ Barry Pangrle looks at the progress that has been made over the past 15 years from an efficiency and performance standpoint, in Supercomputing Efficiency Lags Performance Gains.
Expedera’s Paul Karazuba shows what to consider when choosing an accelerator in a constantly changing AI landscape, in A Buyers Guide To An NPU.
Renesas’ Graeme Clark explains why noise becomes a much bigger problem as transistor sizes shrink and switching frequency increases, in Reducing Noise Issues In Microcontroller Systems: Part 1.
Synopsys’ Robert Ruiz zeroes in on how to find the root causes of simulation regression failures, in Overcoming Regression Debug Challenges With Machine Learning.
Cadence’s Reela Samuel looks at how generative AI in EDA tools could boost design space exploration, in Revolutionizing Product Development And User Experience: The Transformative Power Of Generative AI.
Codasip’s Tora Fridholm finds that a ‘digital ear’ that can detect and measure body signals more precisely would be a boon for medical devices, in Developing A Customized RISC-V Core For MEMS Sensors.
Keysight’s Hwee Yng Yeo drills down into emerging battery cell chemistries and why they require test systems with the flexibility and readiness to adapt to changes, in What’s The Buzz At The Battery Show?
Sponsor White Papers
Shift Left With Calibre To Optimize IC Design Flow Productivity, Design Quality, And Time To Market
Why it’s critical to perform verification analysis throughout the design cycle.
Edge Computing: Four Smart Strategies For Safeguarding Security And User Experience
How to boost security, ensure quality of service, and future-proof a network’s edge for years to come.
Heterogeneous Integration — Chiplets
GSA’s paper on chiplets explores the commercial, interface, packaging, and security issues that heterogenous chiplets face.
An Automated Method For Adding Resiliency To Mission-Critical SoC Designs
Implementing the safety mechanisms/measures (SM) in the design to make them more resilient.
L31 Embedded Core Extensions For Wireless And Connectivity
How processor design automation technology can be used to extend embedded RISC-V cores to handle key algorithms in advanced wireless systems such as 5G.
Reduce BOM Costs And Development Efforts For EtherCAT And Other Industrial Ethernet-Compatible Servo Systems
Achieving broad reductions in BOM costs and development efficiency when expanding EtherCAT-ready devices to support other protocols.
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