Special Report
Darker Silicon
MRAMs offer less volatile cache to address the dark silicon dilemma. What happened to Dennard’s Law?
Top Stories
New Market Expectations for 2015
While everyone expects IoT to continue growing, many are also looking in other directions for new opportunities in 2015.
First Look: 10nm
Problems and an early look at best practices that will be required for dealing with the next level of complexity.
Automotive System Design Challenges
New standards and complex ecosystem leaves companies scrambling to fit in.
Tools and Flows In 2015
Sometimes predictions are interesting by what is not said. That is certainly true for this year and possibly indicates a period of change ahead.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling finds that after years of talk about expanding the definition of the system, it’s finally happening, in Bigger Systems, Bigger Profits.
Mentor Graphics’ Jon McDonald observes that well-written and efficient models equal high performance simulation platforms, but the challenge is understanding what it takes to create one, in Simulation Performance Driven By Model Efficiency.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister looks at which predictions from past years are worth a second look and what they bode for the future, in What Will 2015 Bring For System-On-Chip Verification.
Open Silicon’s Divya Macharla provides a list of best practices for meeting overall design objectives and more effectively dealing with increased design complexity, in Speeding Up Timing Constraint Creation, Refinement And Validation.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter considers what it would be like to use a drone to scout the road ahead while you’re out hiking so you can figure out exactly where you are, in A Bird’s Eye View.
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna looks at why people are paying attention at webinars and why, in IP Marketplace-Act 1.
Technology Editor Brian Bailey digs into the summary judgment in a court case between Mentor and Synopsys over emulation, in The Danger Of Using Patents.
