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A Renaissance For Semiconductors
New horizontal technologies and vertical markets are fueling the opportunities for massive innovation throughout an expanding ecosystem.
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Using Verification Data More Effectively
There are more tips and tricks than ever to get the most from verification.
Is Hardware-Assisted Verification Avoidable?
Simulation is no longer up to the task of system-level verification, but making the switch to hardware-assisted verification can lead to some surprises if you do not fully plan ahead.
Blogs
Technology Editor Brian Bailey argues that without a good EDA flow, China’s semiconductor investment is at risk and while its commercial EDA ventures have not been successful, it’s highly likely that work continues behind the scenes, in Chinese EDA.
Cadence’s Frank Schirrmeister observes that industrial process, consumer devices, and aerospace/defense are generating massive amounts of data every day, but where that data is stored and processed is changing, in Different Requirements For Hyperscale Computing Across Vertical Application Domains.
Synopsys’ Avinash Palepu, Namrata Shekhar and Paula Neeley warn that automatically determining the right verification strategy based on the design characteristics may present challenges, in A Machine Learning-Based Approach To Formality Equivalence Checking.
Mentor’s Ben Whitehead explains how to ensure that the latency, power, and performance of computational storage devices are deterministically analyzed before silicon, in Solving CSD Verification Challenges.
Codasip’s Roddy Urquhart sketches out the complex real-time requirements, multiple privilege modes, and other factors that point to what type of operating system an embedded system needs, in Embedded Processor Requirements And OS Choice.
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