An Insider’s View Of Verifying Custom RISC-V Processor Cores


By Shubhodeep Roy Choudhury, Valtrix Systems, and Lee Moore, Imperas Software Supporting images courtesy of Bill McSpadden, Seagate Technology This article is derived from a talk at the RISC-V Summit in December 2020 that Bill McSpadden, principal verification engineer at Seagate Technology, gave on the challenges and experiences his team faced in the verification of two custom RISC-V proce... » read more

The Week In Review: Aug. 12


By Mark LaPedus Is the sky falling on semi capital spending? “We have seen several 2014 industry demand estimates in the 20%+ range, based on the ramps of FinFET and 3D NAND,” said Weston Twigg, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities. “We expect Samsung to ramp spending in Q4, but we believe foundry and logic spending will remain soft for several quarters. As a result, we are developin... » read more