A Golden Source As The Single Source Of Truth In HSI


The hardware/software interface (HSI) is where system-on-chip (SoC) software defines the connections between the software and the underlying hardware. Maintaining a precise, synchronized HSI across all artifacts is challenging, and unmanaged deviations can propagate through the flow and affect integration schedules. Most complex SoCs rely on IP reuse, each with its own naming conventions, ha... » read more

IP And Data Management: Challenges, Solutions, And Best-in-Class Approaches


As electronic design becomes increasingly complex, traditional approaches to IP and design data management are reaching their limits. Fragmented systems, inconsistent documentation, and unclear version control are slowing collaboration, increasing rework, and ultimately constraining innovation. The ability to manage design data effectively is no longer a background concern — it’s a foundati... » read more

System Integration With Standards-Based Automation


Today’s semiconductor designs support a broad range of applications, from mobile and edge devices to AI accelerators and data center systems. To keep pace, design teams are shifting from monolithic systems-on-chip (SoCs) to increasingly complex multi-die and chiplet-based architectures. These heterogeneous systems often incorporate IP developed at different times, by different teams, or sourc... » read more

SLM Evolves Into Critical Aspect Of Chip Design And Operation


Silicon lifecycle management has evolved greatly in the past five years, moving from novel concept to a key part of design flows at industry leaders such as NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services, Ericsson, and others. Along with becoming a major focus for companies developing semiconductors, the use cases have expanded. While initially focused on post-silicon insights, SLM has expanded to cover the en... » read more

Why Silicon IP Has Become the Foundation of Modern SoC Design


Addressing challenges of using silicon IP, tracking IP cores, and taking advantage of the flexibility of modular design requires a proven process. It also requires a state-of-the-art IP management system and modular design roadmap that will lead to success in silicon. Keysight has identified 6 steps to effective IP management based on best practices and customer experiences. Read more here. » read more

Why SoC Designers Need Purpose-Built Semiconductor IP Catalog Tools


Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) management, reuse, and change tracking are essential for efficiently creating chip designs based on proven building blocks, reducing your time-to-market, and maintaining good reputations throughout their lifetimes. Unfortunately, many SoC teams attempt to use existing tools like Git for these essential tasks, even though they are unsuitable and inconv... » read more

How To Calculate The ROI Of Semiconductor IP Management


Intellectual property (IP) is a vital asset for technology companies. IP is often a critical factor in the valuation of a company and must be protected from accidental damage, leakage, and other negative consequences of poor handling. In the context of silicon companies that work on building silicon chips, the term IP involves overseeing both internal IP developed by the company itself and exte... » read more

Optimizing IP Management For Chiplet-Based Designs


Chiplets are making big waves in the semiconductor industry, with its global market size growing at 71.3% from 2023 to 2031. Through heterogeneous integration of multiple components of different nodes and technologies, design teams are reinvigorating Moore’s law and paving the way for designs featuring multi-billion transistors and hundreds of IP blocks. These chiplet-based designs are a... » read more

Unlocking Efficiency: The Power Of IP Blocks In Silicon Chip Design


The fastest, most efficient and cost-effective way to design silicon is by leveraging intellectual property (IP) blocks. This methodology reduces risk, allows a design team to focus on its own differentiation, and allows scalability. Re-using existing IP offers even more value for design teams. But not every company has embraced the approach. Here’s why you should consider it. To optimize ... » read more

Importance Of Qualifying IP Revisions


Design intellectual property (IP) is the fundamental building block of the modern system on chip (SoC). As the scale and complexity of SoCs increases, usage of design IP blocks also increases rapidly, as they enable modularization and re-use of design components. As a result, the usage of design IP has grown rapidly in the past decade. An IP data library consists of many views and formats, w... » read more

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