tag: SoCs

ARM and Qualcomm: Enabling The Next Mobile Computing Revolution With Highly Integrated ARMv8-A Based SoCs
By Arm - 06 Aug, 2014 - Comments: 0

This joint white paper by ARM and Qualcomm examines the forces behind the recent mobile computing revolution and what will be required for companies to succeed in future evolutions of mobile computing. This paper includes how the next generation of the ARM® architecture, ARMv8-A, will enable the next mobile revolution based around the ARM AArch64 64-bit instruction set while providing full sup... » read more

Software Design Moves Virtual Prototyping Into The Mainstream
By Jeff Scott - 24 Jul, 2014 - Comments: 1

With the high level of integration of CPUs, GPUs, and DSPs in today’s System-on-Chip (SoC) and ASIC devices, software is becoming a primary driver of system innovation. This, along with the increasing pressure to reduce system development time, makes it critical to get a working hardware prototype into the hands of the various software teams as quickly as possible. Traditional prototyping met... » read more

Does IoT Change Design?
By Neil Hand - 27 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0

Over the past few months, and especially at DAC, I have been struck by the amount of interest in IoT and its impact on semiconductor design. In this post I will look at how IoT impacts the life of system designers — and explore if it really changes anything. Important source of semiconductor growth IoT is clearly important to investors, semiconductor makers, IP and EDA because it expands ... » read more

Rethinking SoC Verification
By Various Writers - 23 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 1

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 represented a fundamental shift in electronic system design: moving advanced processing power off of the desktop and into the hands of users everywhere, always. This shift has led to a revolution in mobile—the expansion into the Internet-of-Things, with wearables, connected automobiles and homes. This revolution is causing profound technology challeng... » read more

Pain Management
By Ed Sperling - 10 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0

In part one of this series, the focus was on overlapping and new pain points in the semiconductor flow, from initial conception of what needs to be in a chip all the way through to manufacturing. Part two looks at how companies are attempting to manage that pain. It’s no secret that [getkc id="81" kc_name="SoC"]s are getting more complicated to design, debug and build, but the complexity i... » read more

Tech Talk: Debugging IP
By Ed Sperling - 03 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0

Just because IP is standard doesn't mean it will function as expected in a complex SoC. Ravindra Aneja, senior technical marketing manager at Atrenta, looks at what needs to be done to make sure everything works together. [youtube vid=wlDabbrF2zU] » read more

SoC Integration Mistakes
By Ed Sperling - 13 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 2

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss integration challenges with Ruggero Castagnetti, distinguished engineer at LSI; Rob Aitken, an ARM fellow; Robert Lefferts, director of engineering in Synopsys’ Solutions Group; Bernard Murphy, chief technology officer at Atrenta; and Luigi Capodieci, R&D fellow at GlobalFoundries. What follows are excerpts of that roundtable discussion. SE... » read more

How To Speed Up Verification
By Ann Mutschler - 30 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

Software requirements have changed the tapeout process in today’s SoCs so much that it isn’t uncommon to hear a design can’t be released because Android hasn’t booted. “It’s one of those things where you really understand that what used to be classic hardware verification that said ‘the chip is done’ is heavily impacted by if it actually does software things,” noted Frank S... » read more

It’s Time To Talk…
By Ed Sperling - 05 Dec, 2013 - Comments: 0

It’s bad enough that hardware engineers can’t explain what they do to other people outside of their world, but increasingly they can’t explain it outside of their narrow slice of an SoC. Engineers routinely introduce themselves as scientists, teachers, handymen, consultants, and occasionally even as arms dealers. The problem is that the tasks they handle are so complex and intertwined ... » read more

Experts At The Table: Debug
By Ed Sperling - 31 Oct, 2013 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down with Galen Blake, senior verification engineer at Altera; Warren Stapleton, senior fellow at Advanced Micro Devices; Stephen Bailey, director of solutions marketing at Mentor Graphics; Michael Sanie, senior director of verification marketing at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: There are separate areas being created in devices, s... » read more

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