tag: Siemens EDA

Power Breaks Everything
By Ed Sperling - 15 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 2

The emphasis on lowering power in everything from wearable electronics to data centers is turning into a perfect storm for the semiconductor ecosystem. Existing methodologies need to be fixed, techniques need to be improved, and expectations need to be adjusted. And even then the problems won't go away. In the past, most issues involving power—notably current leakage, physical effects such... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing
By Mark LaPedus - 10 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

An alliance led by IBM Research has produced the semiconductor industry’s first 7nm test chips with functioning transistors. The breakthrough, accomplished in partnership with GlobalFoundries and Samsung at SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, could result in the ability to place more than 20 billion tiny switches, or transistors, on a chip. There i... » read more

Moore Memory Problems
By Brian Bailey - 09 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

The six-transistor static memory cell (SRAM) has been the mainstay of on-chip memory for several decades and has stood the test of time. Today, many advanced SoCs have 50% of the chip area covered with these memories and so they are critical to continued scaling. “The SRAM being used in modern systems is similar to the SRAM they were using in the 1970s and 1980s,” says Duncan Bremner, ch... » read more

Divide And Conquer: A Power Verification Methodology Approach
By Ann Mutschler - 09 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

It’s no secret that the power verification challenge has grown by leaps and bounds in the recent past, especially considering design complexity and the sharp rise in the number of power domains in an SoC. As a result, SoC teams want to apply a rigorous [getkc id="10" kc_name="Verification"] flow, observed Gabriel Chidolue, verification technologist at [getentity id="22017" e_name="Mentor G... » read more

Cloud 2.0
By Ed Sperling - 09 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

Corporate data centers are reluctant adopters of new technology. There is too much at stake to make quick changes, which accounts for a number of failed semiconductor startups over the past decade with better ideas for more efficient processors, not to mention rapid consolidation in other areas. But as the amount of data increases, and the cost of processing that data decreases at a slower rate... » read more

How To Get The Most Power While Being Cool To The Touch
By Robin Bornoff - 09 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

Traditional electronics thermal management in high power applications such as telecommunication, networking, and computing involves keeping the operating junction temperatures at, or below, maximum rated values for the intended application, often with fans, blowers, heatsinks, etc. Mobile consumer electronics also have to be thermally managed to ensure that when a person uses the product, ‘to... » read more

Next-Generation Power-Aware CDC Verification: What Have We Learned?
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 08 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

Reducing power consumption is essential to mobile and handheld application chips where reduced power contributes to longer battery life while minimally impacting performance. Reduced power consumption is achieved by partitioning an ASIC into multiple power domains, then controlling the power of these domains by switching off power or reducing voltage levels. Reduction of power consumption is fu... » read more

Blog Review: July 8
By Jesse Allen - 08 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

In this week's picks for his top five technology articles, Ansys' Justin Nescott rolls in with two ways for cyclists to improve safety, the development of the wheelchair and the advancement of fingerprint scanners for healthcare and security. With the launch of the BBC Micro:bit, one part of a program to inspire young people to get into coding and digital creation, ARM's Gary Atkinson shows ... » read more

EDA Sales Strong Again
By Ed Sperling - 07 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 0

EDA and IP sales were robust again in Q1, up 7.5% to $1.877 billion compared with $1.746 billion in the same period in 2014, according to the EDA Consortium. On the upside, IP revenue rose 19.3% to $618.1 million; services revenue increased 6.8% to $104.4 million; and PCB and multi-chip module revenue increased 1.1% to $161.5 million. On the downside, CAE—the largest single category—... » read more

How Much Security Is Enough?
By Ed Sperling - 06 Jul, 2015 - Comments: 3

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the current state of [getkc id="223" kc_name="security"] and what must be done in the future, with Denis Noël, head of cyber security solutions at [getentity id="22499" e_name="NXP"]; Serge Leef, vice president of new ventures at [getentity id="22017" e_name="Mentor Graphics"]; Andreas Kuehlman, senior vice president and general manager of the soft... » read more

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