tag: SoC integration

Interconnect Challenges Grow, Tools Lag
By Brian Bailey - 15 Jun, 2020 - Comments: 2

Interconnects are becoming much problematic as devices shrink and the amount of data being moved around a system continues to rise. This limitation has shown up several times in the past, and it's happening again today. But when the interconnect becomes an issue, it cannot be solved in the same way issues are solved for other aspects of a chip. Typically it results in disruption in how the t... » read more

IP/SoC Verification With Assertions
By Larry Vivolo - 07 Aug, 2014 - Comments: 1

There's been a lot of excitement here in Silicon Valley these past weeks with the opening of the new 49ers stadium. I've always found it amazing to see how so many complex, fundamentally different technologies — mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, audiovisual, food catering, etc. — can be put together to create a functioning ballpark. It all but takes a mastermind to bring all these eng... » read more

Experts At The Table: Yield And Reliability Issues With Integrating IP
By Ed Sperling - 12 Dec, 2013 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the impact of integrating IP in complex SoCs with Juan Rey, senior director of engineering at Mentor Graphics; Kevin Yee, product marketing director for Cadence’s SoC Realization Group; and Mike Gianfagna, vice president of marketing at eSilicon. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: As more pieces are integrated into complex SoCs... » read more

Formal Verification Comes Of Age
By Ed Sperling - 30 May, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler Formal verification technology, also known as formal property checking, has been in existence since the early 1990s. Still, it’s only in the past five years that it has made big strides in the last five years in terms of the capacity of the technology to handle bigger pieces of a design, leveraging advancements in computing as well as improvements to the algor... » read more

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