tag: on-chip monitors

Detect, Diagnose, And Debug Using Sensors And Functional Monitoring
By Hari Mani - 26 Mar, 2026 - Comments: 1

By Hari Mani, Henrique Mendes, and Robert Wilcox Modern AI workloads drive an extremely "spiky" power profile where current demands surge to hundreds of Amps within nanoseconds, clashing with the tighter operating ranges of advanced process nodes as they push below 0.8V. This creates a physical bottleneck: the on-die power delivery network (PDN) cannot sustain the instantaneous curren... » read more

Beyond The Core: Tackling System-Wide Debugging For Complex SoCs
By Francisca Tan - 09 Dec, 2025 - Comments: 0

The world of System-on-Chips (SoCs) is evolving – with the advancement of generative AI, the increasing demand for high-performance compute, and the innovative shift towards multi-chiplet architectures, system complexity is advancing at an increased pace. And with complexity comes an even greater challenge: debugging complexity. Silent data corruption, elusive timing-sensitive bugs, and i... » read more

On-chip Monitor Analytics Scales With Silicon Chip Production From NPI Through HVM
By Guy Cortez - 10 Jul, 2025 - Comments: 0

By Guy Cortez and Dan Alexandrescu At the New Product Introduction (NPI) stage of silicon chip production, product engineers work with a limited but critical dataset – typically from initial silicon samples or engineering lots – enabling early assessment of the power and performance of your silicon. Analytics solutions typically have no time-to-results (TTR) issues when the volume of dat... » read more

Expanding The Horizon Of System Monitoring With The Arm SMCF
By Ziv Paz - 14 Jan, 2025 - Comments: 0

In an era where system complexity is scaling rapidly, real-time monitoring and predictive analytics play a pivotal role in maintaining lifetime performance and reliability. At proteanTecs, we are committed to enabling advanced diagnostics, predictive maintenance, and on-chip actionable visibility for today’s mission-critical systems, across high-performance industries. Our in-chip monitori... » read more

Shift Left Strategy For Semiconductor Production Testing
By Guy Gozlan - 10 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

In the fast-paced world of semiconductor manufacturing, achieving higher yields and reducing costs are constant challenges. Ideally, yield should only be impacted by unavoidable defects when everything else is performing as expected. However, when yield reduction occurs due to the process sensitivity of the design, these issues can be detected and, in many cases, corrected. proteanTecs has d... » read more

Extending Chip Lifetime With Safer Voltage Scaling
By Eyal Fayneh - 12 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

What if your chips lived 20% longer without compromising performance, and even while reducing power consumption? How would it affect your product’s reliability and cost? What would be the effect on your profitability? With the demand for longer-lasting chips growing across industries, designers and reliability engineers face increasing pressure to ensure their products perform correctly fo... » read more

Advancements In Silicon Device Technology And Design Driving New SLM Monitor Categories
By Ash Patel - 15 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 1

Silicon, the foundation of modern electronics, has seen continuous advancements since the early days of integrated circuits. The pace of innovation has been driven by the relentless quest for miniaturization, increased performance, and efficiency. However, Moore’s Law is no longer a given and silicon is facing functional limitations as technology scales. To address these challenges and conti... » read more

Reducing Design Margins With Silicon Model Calibration
By Guy Cortez - 09 Jul, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Guy Cortez and Mark Laird It’s no secret to anyone that chip design gets harder every year. There are two major trends driving these ever-increasing challenges. The first is the continual scaling down to smaller design nodes. Although the pace of new node introduction has slowed somewhat in recent years, the impact of each new geometry and process is more dramatic than ever before. Acce... » read more

Automotive Electronics Reliability Requires In-Field Silicon Monitoring
By Lorin Kennedy - 11 Jun, 2024 - Comments: 1

By Lorin Kennedy and Dan Alexandrescu For everyday consumers, no products require reliability more than automobiles. While consumers may be willing accept their laptops and phones limiting performance or abruptly turning off when systems reach unacceptable temperature levels, that is not the case for the reliability of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) or other safety critical system... » read more

SLM Analytics Of In-Chip Monitor Data Unlock Greater Productivity And Cost Savings
By Guy Cortez - 09 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

When it comes to measuring key operational metrics such as power and performance of your silicon, in-chip monitors have been the longstanding cornerstone for providing such valuable measurements and insights. Data captured from these monitors – process monitors configured in the form of ring oscillator chains being the most common – can tell you if your chip is meeting the requisite power o... » read more

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