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Prototyping Partitioning Problems
Gap widens between increasing design complexity and FPGA capabilities, making this a lot harder than it used to be.
One-On-One: Mike Muller
Arm’s CTO sounds off on machine learning, the new starting point for designs, new markets that are opening up, and what became of dark silicon.
Could Liquid IP Lead To Better Chips?
Experts at the Table, part 1: High-level synthesis has been shown to produce better results, so when will IP start being shipped as abstract blocks?
Video
Tech Talk: Verification
How verification will change as chips are used in machine learning, medical, 5G, and what impact advanced packaging will have on all of this.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling contends this week’s semiconductor stock gyrations are just the beginning, in More Volatility Ahead.
ArterisIP’s Kurt Shuler looks at how to increase memory bandwidth and reduce latency in next-generation SoCs, in Heterogeneous Cache Coherence Requires A Common Internal Protocol.
Mentor’s Prasad Tota and Analog Devices’ Robert Day find that testing every configuration of a package in a lab is practically unfeasible, but thermal simulation can help, in How To Use CFD To Test And Analyze A Chip Package.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister argues that many things could trip up the predicted explosion of connected devices, but the hurdles are not insurmountable, in 5 Pitfalls That May Kill The IoT.
Aldec’s Krzysztof Szczur observes that FPGAs are the fastest prototyping platform, and that speed can be utilized in other parts of the verification process, in Using FPGAs For Emulation.
OneSpin’s Sergio Marchese zeroes in on efforts to streamline certification and bring the many safety standards under a more general framework, in The Uncontrolled Rise Of Functional Safety Standards.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter notes that in prototyping, automation is no substitute for the experience of specialists, in Going On A Quest.
eSilicon’s Mike Gianfagna finds that as chip complexity rises, it’s no longer possible for one company to do it all, in Advanced ASICs: It Takes An Ecosystem.
