Top Stories

Practical Processor Verification
When creating a new processor, how much verification is required? Setting the right ROI is important.

Using Processor Trace At The System Level
More on-chip interactions and design heterogeneity is rekindling interest in a well-worn technology.

Re-Imagining The GPU
How a basic processing element is being transformed by RISC-V, partitioning and inferencing.

Blogs

Editor in Chief Ed Sperling explains why planar scaling is running out of steam, even if it’s technologically possible, in A Node Too Far?

Mentor’s Jean-Marie Brunet warns that the number of tests required to verify 5G networking SoCs is growing tremendously, in 5G Brings New Verification Challenges.

Synopsys‘s Dave Reed contends that on their own, better tools aren’t enough to keep pace with analog design challenges, in Analog Design Needs To Change.

Aldec’s Farhad Fallahlalehzari digs into the technical challenges that persist in developing systems to process 4K Ultra HD resolution data, in Developing 4K Video Projects With FPGAs.

Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister sheds light on what the universal language means to the development of electronic systems, Math And Electronic Design Automation.

Vtool’s Hagai Arbel asks, ‘Why the heck did it take me three days to find this bug?’, in The Debug Problem.

Codasip’s Roddy Urquhart elucidates why even if the RTL and a toolchain are available for free, there are plenty of costs associated with using an open source core in an IC design, The Hidden Costs Of Open Source.

Imagination Technologies’ Gerry Conlon describes how the rapidly growing connected IoT market offers ideal conditions for dynamic companies to quickly gain market share, Connectivity Key To Growing MCU Market.

OneSpin Solutions’ Rob van Blommestein opens the doors on a weekly scavenger hunt and other educational opportunities, in Access To Verification Knowledge While Remote Working.