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Improving LP Verification Efficiency
By Ann Mutschler - 08 May, 2014 - Comments: 1

The addition of low power circuitry can create so many corner cases that many can escape even the best-written testbenches. This has driven the need for so many additional verification cycles to be run that there must be many datacenter managers at semiconductor companies wondering if it is a trick by the power companies to cause an equal amount of power to be consumed by low-power verification... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 04 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 1

GlobalFoundries has emerged as the leading candidate to buy IBM's semiconductor unit, according to Reuters, which cited the Wall Street Journal as it source. IBM, which recently put its semiconductor unit on the block, has held discussions with GlobalFoundries, Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. GlobalFoundries did not respond to the reports by press time. GlobalFoundries ... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing And Design
By Mark LaPedus - 03 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Blocking cell phone use and texting while driving have been proposed by the U.S. government and for good reason. About 10 people a day are killed in “distraction-affected” car accidents in the U.S., according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As a result, some companies are developing technologies that can block texts while driving. But according to Strategy Analyt... » read more

Chip Startup Shuts Its Doors
By Mark LaPedus - 19 Dec, 2013 - Comments: 0

Calxeda, a high-profile developer of ARM-based chips for servers and other products, has shut its doors and effectively ceased operations. As part of the move, the startup has laid off nearly all of its 130 employees amid what it calls a restructuring period. Founded in 2008, Calxeda has raised around $103 million in funding, and has been selling ARM-based server chips in an emerging but inc... » read more

The Week In Review: System-Level Design
By Ed Sperling - 27 Nov, 2013 - Comments: 0

Synopsys won a deal with Germany’s Hyperstone, which will use Synopsys verification tools for SoCs in industrial, automotive and medical applications. As SoCs used in industrial and “safety-critical” markets grow in complexity and move to more advanced process nodes, more advanced tools also are necessary. Si2 uncorked a new release of its OpenAccess scripting interface—oaScript Exte... » read more

ARMing Intel
By Mark LaPedus - 14 Nov, 2013 - Comments: 0

For some time, the industry has kept a close eye on Intel’s fledging foundry business. The question is whether Intel will merely dabble in the foundry business or become a major player. The answer? It’s still too early to tell. Not long ago, Intel entered the foundry business and announced a smattering of small and niche-oriented customers, such as Achronix, Netronome and Tabula.  Micro... » read more

Experts At The Table: Debug
By Ed Sperling - 31 Oct, 2013 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down with Galen Blake, senior verification engineer at Altera; Warren Stapleton, senior fellow at Advanced Micro Devices; Stephen Bailey, director of solutions marketing at Mentor Graphics; Michael Sanie, senior director of verification marketing at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: There are separate areas being created in devices, s... » read more

Experts At The Table: Debug
By Ed Sperling - 18 Oct, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Semiconductor Engineering sat down with Galen Blake, senior verification engineer at Altera; Warren Stapleton, senior fellow at Advanced Micro Devices; Stephen Bailey, director of solutions marketing at Mentor Graphics; Michael Sanie, senior director of verification marketing at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: The amount of IP is increasing and i... » read more

Experts At The Table: Debug
By Ed Sperling - 26 Sep, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Semiconductor Engineering sat down with Galen Blake, senior verification engineer at Altera; Warren Stapleton, senior fellow at Advanced Micro Devices; Stephen Bailey, director of solutions marketing at Mentor Graphics; Michael Sanie, senior director of verification marketing at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: What are the big issues with debug? ... » read more

Smarter Clock Gating
By Various Writers - 09 May, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ghulam Nurie With the proliferation of mobile devices, power consumption and battery life have emerged as significant concerns during chip design. There are many different techniques used for power optimization, but of all the different techniques, clock gating is the most popular and widely used technique, according to a blind, anonymous survey emailed to several thousand participants worl... » read more

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