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Evolution Of The MCU
As selling prices plunge, microcontroller companies are looking for new ways to achieve economies of scale.
Move Data Or Process In Place?
Moving data is expensive, but decisions about when and how to move data are very context-dependent. System and chip architectures are heading in opposite directions.
Dealing With Deadlocks
Understanding of dependencies and IP interactions is becoming essential to SoC design.
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Tech Talk: Pseudo SRAM
A different way to improve performance at the most advanced nodes.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling predicts the semiconductor world is headed for some major and rapid changes, in Making Machine Learning Portable.
Synopsys’ Malte Doerper zeroes in on key factors to understanding speedy virtual prototypes, in Are You Virtually Fast Enough?
Aldec’s Vatal Choksi digs into the Universal Verification Language and how to use it effectively, in Inside UVM.
OneSpin’s McKenzie Ross shares a first-hand experience with autonomous driving, and where it falls short, in Look Ma, No Hands! Functional Safety From The Driver’s Seat.
Mentor’s Ben Whitehead and Paul Morrison explain why emulation is well suited to address the complex challenges of new storage technologies, in Four Steps To Verifying An SSD Controller With Emulation.
ARM’s Zach Lasiuk shows how to streamline a software development workflow by implementing virtual platforms with regression scripting, in Continuous Integration.
NetSpeed’s Rajesh Ramanujam focuses on deadlocks, which are more prevalent than anyone wants to admit, and how to deal with them, in Shhhhh…Deadlocks Anonymous In Session.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister looks back on a year of user experiences in emulation, in Use Model Versatility: Key To Return On Investment For Emulation.