Top Stories
HW Vs. SW: Who’s Leading Whom?
Both sides have some specific problems and have developed solutions suited to their needs. But as hardware and software are forced closer together, who has the best ideas?
Hybrid Emulation Gets More Hybrid
Possibilities increase for what can be done with this technology as profitability and investments grow.
Culture Clash In Analog
Different design perspectives begin creeping into analog world as systems engineers enter the market with big-picture ideas and training.
The New Face Of Formal
Experts at the table, part 1: What has caused the increase in adoption rate of formal technology and will that continue.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling looks at what happens after the smartphone market flattens out, in Counting By The Billions.
Technology Editor Brian Bailey takes aim at badly written and inefficient software, arguing it delays the move to better hardware architectures, in Technology Reboot Required.
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna finds ideas for the next big things are showing up in different places than in the past, in Incredible Ideas In Unusual Places.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter questions why you would develop software in the dark after conducting an unusual experiment, in You Can’t Walk Straight Blindfolded.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister observes that demand for more efficient emulation utilization is growing, in Requirements For Datacenter-Ready Emulation.
Mentor Graphics’ Robin Bornoff explains how to limit power loss and what to watch out for, in 3D Thermal Simulation Of Resistive Heating.
Arteris’ Kurt Shuler concludes that if you can’t optimize your interconnect, you’ve neglected this area too long, in Top 5 Reasons The SoC Interconnect Matters.
Aldec’s Doug Amos digs into how to improve pre-silicon verification and validation, in Say Hi To Hybrid.