Top Stories
Memory Choices Grow
Memory is emerging as the starting point for SoCs, adding more confusion to already complex designs.
Handoff Points Getting Blurry
The way information is shared throughout the design and test flow is changing.
Hardware Models For Software
Where the challenges are in early software development.
Defining Sufficient Coverage
Experts at the table, part 1: The definitions of coverage are changing and the industry is struggling to find ways to define what is needed.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling contends the semiconductor industry needs less rigid walls and a new roadmap, in The Pain Of Change.
Technology Editor Brian Bailey looks back at the hottest topics for engineers this year, in Top Articles For 2015 In SLD And LPHP.
Senior Editor Jesse Allen provides an update on Semiconductor Engineering’s Knowledge Center, along with some pop quizzes, in Major Growth For Knowledge Center.
Synopsys’ Tom De Schutter looks at the importance of software and end-to-end prototyping, in Software Is Eating The World.
Aldec’s Louie De Luna digs into the DO-254 planning process and what can go wrong, in The Problem With CDCs.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister observes that the focus of verification teams should be to focus on the job, not how to implement the execution, in Innovating Virtualization In Emulation.
Mentor Graphics’ John Parry shows how to calculate savings using transient thermal testing, in A Better Way To Measure Heat.
