tag: Synopsys

Can Analog And Digital Get Along Better?
By Ann Mutschler - 25 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 1

How to bridge analog and digital is getting renewed attention as the amount of analog content that needs to be processed balloons with consumer and industrial IoT applications. Solving that problem isn’t going to be easy, though. To begin with, digital designers view designs in terms of voltages. Analog designers, in contrast, look at currents. “Unless you can analyze an [getkc id="37... » read more

The Forest And The Trees
By Malte Doerper - 25 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

If you’re deep into the details, it can be hard to see the bigger picture of what lies ahead. There is a saying for this, of course, which everyone knows: “He can’t see the forest for the trees.” So the solution is to rise above the trees to gain a better view. Interestingly, many benefits for using virtual prototypes for early software development result from the high level of a... » read more

Putting Design Back Into DFT
By Brian Bailey - 25 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Test always has been a delicate balance between cost and quality, but there are several changes happening in the industry that might cause a significant alteration in strategy. Part one of this two part series about [getkc id="47" comment="Design for Test (DFT)"] looked at changes in areas such as automotive, where built in self-test is becoming a mandated part of the design process. This co... » read more

FPGA Prototyping Gains Ground
By Jeff Dorsch - 25 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

FPGA technology for design prototypes is making new inroads as demands increase for better integration between hardware and software. [gettech id="31071" comment="FPGA"] prototyping, also known as physical prototyping, has been supported by all of the major EDA players for some time, and it has been considered an essential tool for the largest chipmakers, along with emulation and simulation.... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 24
By Jesse Allen - 24 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Christine Young relates a talk by IEEE president-elect Karen Bartleson, who stresses the need for technologists and policy makers to work together to shape the future of the Internet. In his latest video, Mentor's Colin Walls muses about creeping elegance in embedded software development. Synopsys' Michael Posner considers whether USB Type-C should replace the 3.5mm headphone ja... » read more

The Future Of Memory
By Ed Sperling - 24 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss future memory with Frank Ferro, senior director of product management for memory and interface IP at Rambus; Marc Greenberg, director of product marketing at Synopsys; and Lisa Minwell, eSilicon's senior director of IP marketing. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. To view part 1, click here. Part 2 is here. SE: What’s the next big ... » read more

Managing Quality With Developer Desktop Analysis
By Synopsys - 24 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Even the most seasoned developer is prone to introducing a few new bugs in new or modified code. Static analysis is a great solution to help development teams find and fix those issues. Now with Coverity’s new desktop analysis capabilities, developers can find and fix their own defects before checking their code into the source control management system – and before anyone else finds the de... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 17
By Jesse Allen - 17 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Mentor's Andrew Macleod listens in on the most pressing electrical engineering and embedded software challenges in the automotive industry today, in an IESF presentation by Paul Johnston. Many flash memory protocols have appeared, and Synopsys' Rahul Ramesh Chaudhari delves into ONFi in particular. Cadence's Paul McLellan digs into the challenges facing the development and roll out of 5G.... » read more

New Architectures, Approaches To Speed Up Chips
By Ed Sperling - 15 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 2

The need for speed is back. An explosion in the amount of data that needs to be collected and processed is driving a new wave of change in hardware, software and overall system design. After years of emphasizing power reduction, performance has re-emerged as a top concern in a variety of applications such as smarter cars, wearable devices and cloud data centers. But how to get there has cha... » read more

Back To Basics On Multi-Voltage Verification
By Srikanth Jadcherla - 11 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

It has been more than a decade since the paradigm of voltage-aware Booleans came about and the world of multi-voltage verification took off. We started with 3-5 island SoCs and now stare at 300+ islands on a single SoC. While we have a well-developed standard (IEEE 1801/UPF) for the expression and analysis of voltage variation, it is apt to not forget some of the basics and see how they will ca... » read more

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