Special Report
Biggest Verification Mistakes
With SoCs containing more processors and more software than ever before, it’s not just more verification that’s needed – it’s that the right verification is needed.
Top Stories
How Much Will That Chip Cost?
From the leading edge of design to older process nodes, development costs are being contained much better than the initial reports would indicate—but not always for the obvious reasons.
EDA Shapes Its Future
Battle lines are being drawn as the EDA industry attempts to grow outside of its traditional markets, but some say not so fast.
Distortion Effects Prevail In RF Design
With the wave of wireless devices proliferating in the world today, there is a corresponding need to perform analysis of RF circuitry.
Formal Is Set To Overtake Simulation
Experts at the Table, part one: Formal verification used to lurk in the backgrounds, but no more. Experts from formal companies are ready to take on simulation and to start to pave the way forward.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling questions the legacy that newcomers to the SoC world will leave in Look Who’s Making Chips.
Technology Editor Brian Bailey sounds off on privacy, why it’s a reasonable expectation, and what you need to think about to maintain it in We Are All Vulnerable.
Mentor Graphics’ Jon McDonald questions whether we are setting our engineering students up with the right expectations in Commoditizing Our Kids.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister observes that overcoming organizational challenges may be just as challenging as the technical challenges in The Great Shift To The Left.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter unveils a new book that looks at case studies and best practices for mobile, consumer and industrial applications in Better Software. Faster!
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna finds the semiconductor industry to woefully slow in adopting its own technology in Self-Service Semiconductors.
Real Intent’s Graham Bell points out that optimistic simulation behavior can hid bugs in a design that don’t show up until after tapeout in Getting A Handle On RTL X-Verification Challenges.
