Top Stories
Building Chips That Can Learn
Machine learning, AI, require more than just power and performance.
Making Cars More Reliable
First of two parts: Why and how the car industry is reshaping verification.
Hypervisors: Help Or Hindrance?
Almost everything is a tradeoff, and tipping the scales is usually influenced by the end product goals. Hypervisors have a few such parameters.
Gaps In The Verification Flow
Experts at the Table, part 1: The verification task is changing and tools are struggling to keep up with them and the increases in complexity. More verification reuse is required.
News
EDA, IP Sales Up
Strongest growth in Asia/Pacific; Japan continues rebound; Americas steadily up.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling observes that concerns are growing about machines hurting or replacing people, in Fear of Machines.
Mentor Graphics’ Steve Pateris contends that automotive test solutions risk overlooking the majority of automotive IC field failures, in Moving Automotive Test Into The Analog Domain.
OneSpin Solutions’ Dave Kelf argues that in the wake of the Yahoo hack, chipmakers need to increase the focus on security verification, in Using Formal Verification To Prevent Catastrophic Security Breaches.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter examines new prototyping solutions that integrate hardware and software, making it easier to achieve performance goals in less time, in Team Work.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister finds that connecting traditionally disconnected flows is an important part of a strong ecosystem, in TSMC OIP, Vertical Integration And The Power Of Ecosystems.
Aldec’s Brandon Wade explains why AXI has become the most widespread AMBA interface, in Introduction To AXI Protocol.
ARM’s Jason Andrews digs into development tools for the Cortex-R52, in Do More, Earlier.
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna points out how to close the gap in online IP procurement, in Designers: Take Control Of Your Chip.
