tag: Synopsys

Using Multicore Processors To Accelerate Your High-Performance Embedded Linux Applications
By Mike Thompson - 06 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

The adoption of Linux is accelerating, as it is becoming the operating system of choice for a variety of embedded applications. However, designers of these performance-intensive, embedded SoCs running Linux or other virtual-memory operating systems are challenged with increasing performance requirements within constant or shrinking power budgets. Most processors either achieve the performance g... » read more

Blog Review: Nov. 5
By Ed Sperling - 05 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Brian Fuller zeroes in on ISO 26262, the automotive safety standard that's supposed to guard against nightmare failures in your car. Hopefully it works. They won't protect against cyber terrorism, though. Rambus' Aharon Etengoff takes a look at the challenges of connected vehicles. Mentor's J. Van Domelen looks at NASA's increased reliance on commercial partners, which has not b... » read more

A Method To Quickly Assess The Analog Front-End Performance In Communication SoCs
By Synopsys - 05 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

This white paper outlines a simplified method to determine if the electrical characteristics of any given AFE are adequate for the targeted application such as broadband signal transceivers in the context of wireless or wireline connectivity, cellular communications and digital TV and radio broadcast. Additionally, it illustrates a tool to explore tradeoffs between relative performance and oper... » read more

Tech Talk: Formal Verification
By Brian Bailey - 03 Nov, 2014 - Comments: 0

Praveen Tiwari, senior R&D manager for verification at Synopsys, talks with Semiconductor Engineering about when to use formal verification, why it isn't limited to small parts of the design, how to reduce complexity, bounded proofs, and bug hunting. [youtube vid=v8CoIAWU1XA] » read more

The Week In Review: Design
By Ed Sperling - 31 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

Tools Mentor Graphics rolled out an extension to its PCB design platform that allows for synchronization of processes across multi-board systems. The new tool captures logic and system definitions for boards, cables, backplanes, cable assemblies, sensors and actuators. Cadence introduced a dynamic characterization solution for mixed signal blocks such as PLLs, data converters, high-speed tr... » read more

Filling In The Gaps For Mixed-Signal Verification
By Ann Mutschler - 31 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss mixed-signal verification with Haiko Morgenstern, Mixed-Signal Verification Group Staff Engineer at Infineon; Dr. Gernot Koch, CAD Manager at Micronas; Pierluigi Daglio, AMS Design Verification Flows Manager at STMicroelectronics; and Helene Thibieroz, AMS marketing manager at [getentity id="22035" comment="Synopsys"]. What follows are excerpts of t... » read more

Are Models Holding Back New Methodologies?
By Brian Bailey - 30 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 1

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the state of the industry for [getkc id="101" kc_name="modeling"] at abstractions above [getkc id="49" kc_name="RTL"], a factor which has delayed adoption of [getkc id="104" kn_name="virtual prototypes"] and the proliferation of system-level design and hardware/software codesign. Taking part in the discussion were Frank Schirrmeister, group director... » read more

Blog Review: Oct. 29
By Ed Sperling - 29 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

Ansys' Bill Vandermark uncovers the top engineering articles for the week. Check out the tractor beam in Australia that can push and pull objects and Naim's soundbar that may act like a gateway drug to bankruptcy. It may sound counterintuitive, but ARM's Jakub Lamik draws a direct link between bandwidth consumption and power consumption and explains that's the case. Samsung's Farhad Tab... » read more

Memory Directions Uncertain
By Brian Bailey - 28 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 1

Semiconductor Engineering sat down with a panel of experts to find out what is happening in world of memories. Taking part in the discussion are [getperson id="11073" comment="Charlie Cheng"], chief executive officer at [getentity id="22135" e_name="Kilopass Technology"]; Navraj Nandra, senior director of marketing for Analog/Mixed signal IP, embedded memories and logic libraries at [getentity ... » read more

Filling In The Gaps For Mixed-Signal Verification
By Ann Mutschler - 24 Oct, 2014 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss mixed-signal [getkc id="10" kc_name="Verification"] with Haiko Morgenstern, Mixed-Signal Verification Group Staff Engineer at Infineon; Dr. Gernot Koch, CAD Manager at Micronas; Pierluigi Daglio, AMS Design Verification Flows Manager at STMicroelectronics; and Helene Thibieroz, AMS marketing manager at [getentity id="22035" comment="Synopsys"]. What... » read more

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