Top Stories
Which Process, Which Material, Which IP?
More choices and market consolidation are raising questions about integrity and completeness of ecosystems with each new process node and process flavor.
Securing EDA In The Cloud
Is security the last problem to be solved before EDA moves into the cloud? There are growing pressures to make this happen.
USB Connectors Get Smarter
While it looks simple from the outside, there are still complexity issues to be dealt with inside USB Type-C designs.
Making Hardware Design More Agile
Experts at the table, part 1: Different approaches for hardware and software; questions about whether hardware can really mirror approaches taken by software teams; measuring what works instead of trying to figure out what’s broken.
IP Verification Challenges
Verification and validation of IP has gone well beyond simple simulation leaving the industry scrambling for new solutions amid growing problems.
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Tech Talk: USB Type-C
Faster connectivity, but not so simple design.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling looks at where the next big push will come from in semiconductors and why, in The Next Big Things.
Mentor’s Yuansheng Ma observes there are still some problems to work out, such as cutting defect rates, but directed self-assembly is looking very attractive, in Why DSA Is Cost Effective For 7nm And Below.
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna warns that monopolies can happen far faster in the custom chip market because there are fewer players, in Consolidation Creates Confusion.
Arteris’ Kurt Shuler contends that assessing IP quality should be the top priority for SoC design teams weighing time-to-market risk factors against configurability, in 7 Ways To Assess Semiconductor IP Quality.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister notes that the integration between verification engines is in full swing, with more to come, in Top 15 Integrating Points In The Continuum Of Verification.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter finds that in a battle of robots, picking winners isn’t always so obvious, in Prototyping To Help You Win The Battle.
