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EDA Pushes Deeper Into AI
By Karen Heyman - 30 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

EDA vendors are ramping up the use of AI/ML in their tools to help chipmakers and systems companies differentiate their products. In some cases, that means using AI to design AI chips, where the number and breadth of features and potential problems is exploding. What remains to be seen is how well these AI-designed chips behave over time, and where exactly AI benefits design teams. And all o... » read more

The Evolution Of RISC-V Processor Verification: Open Standards And Verification IP
By Imperas - 29 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

The OpenHW Group’s [1] Verification task group has been a pioneer in the development of methodologies and verification collateral for RISC-V processor verification. Since 2019 the members have worked together to develop CORE-V-VERIF: a UVM environment for the verification of RISC-V processor cores. Over this period of time the CORE-V-VERIF environment has evolved as new processor verification... » read more

Verifying A RISC-V Processor
By Ed Sperling - 17 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

Verifying an SoC is very different than verifying a processor due to the huge state space in the processor. In addition to the tools needed for an SoC, additional tools are required for a step and compare environment. Larry Lapides, vice president at Imperas, talks about the need to verify asynchronous events like interrupts, how to compare a reference model to RTL, and the need for both hardwa... » read more

Chip Industry Talent Shortage Drives Academic Partnerships
By Liz Allan - 16 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

Universities around the world are forming partnerships with semiconductor companies and governments to help fill open and future positions, to keep curricula current and relevant, and to update and expand skills for working engineers. Talent shortages repeatedly have been cited as the number one challenge for the chip industry. Behind those concerns are several key drivers, and many more dom... » read more

Automotive Complexity, Supply Chain Strength Demands Tech Collaboration
By Ann Mutschler - 30 Aug, 2023 - Comments: 1

The automotive supply chain is becoming more complex and collaborative, changing longstanding relationships between automakers and their suppliers in ways that would have seemed unimaginable even a couple of years ago. Rather than just developing parts for a tightly defined specification, suppliers are taking an increasingly active role in determining how various technologies are combined, w... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Susan Rambo - 14 Jul, 2023 - Comments: 0

DAC and SEMICON WEST rebounded this year, focusing on everything from security to chiplets and smart manufacturing. Panel at DAC conference: Left to right, ARM’s Brian Fuller (moderator), Joe Costello (Metrics, Kwikbit, Arrikto, Acromove), and Wally Rhines (Cornami). Source: Semiconductor Engineering/Ann Mutschler EDA and IP remain strong, approaching $4 billion in Q1, according to ... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
By Liz Allan - 14 Jul, 2023 - Comments: 0

Google was hit with a class action suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleging data scraping from millions of users without consent and violation of copyright laws to train and develop its AI products. Last month, the same law firm filed a suit against OpenAI for ChatGPT. Despite calling for a pause on development of advanced AI in March, Elon Musk launched xAI, a new company focu... » read more

Advanced RISC-V Verification Methodology Projects
By Imperas - 24 May, 2023 - Comments: 0

The open standard of RISC-V offers developers new freedoms to explore new design flexibilities and enable innovations with optimized processors. As a design moves from concept to implementation new resources are appearing to help with standards for testbenches, verification IP reuse, and coverage analysis. RISC-V offers every SoC team the possibility to design an optimized processor, but this a... » read more

Designing For In-Circuit Monitors
By Ann Mutschler - 27 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

In every application space the semiconductor ecosystem touches, in-circuit monitors and sensors are playing an increasing role in silicon lifecycle management and concepts around reliability and resiliency — both during design as well as in the field. The combination of true system-level design, in/on-chip monitors, and improved data analysis are expected to drastically improve reliability... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing
By Susan Rambo - 17 Mar, 2023 - Comments: 0

North Americas’s first zero-emission hydrogen-powered “Train de Charlevoix” will start running in Canada this summer, with speeds up to 85 mph, only emitting water vapor. Germany rolled out the world’s first passenger train fleet in 2022. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the availability of $750 million for R&D to further clean hydrogen technologies, part of the Biparti... » read more

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