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2017 Coverity Scan Report
By Synopsys - 07 Feb, 2018 - Comments: 0

Today, open source software (OSS) development is one of the primary driving forces of technological innovation. From artificial intelligence to the Internet of Things, autonomous driving, and cloud computing infrastructure, OSS plays a pivotal role in the evolution of a wide range of technologies. But what are the implications of its dominance? To answer this, we review what we’ve learn... » read more

Verification Of Functional Safety
By Brian Bailey - 25 Jan, 2018 - Comments: 4

Functional safety is becoming a key part of chip design, and an increasingly problematic one for many engineering teams. Functional safety for electrical and electronic systems is nothing new. It has been an important element of the military, aerospace and medical industries for many years. But the growing importance of functional safety within the automobile industry presents a number o... » read more

Who Needs OWASP?
By Synopsys - 03 Jan, 2018 - Comments: 0

A list of critical web application security vulnerabilities is a necessary risk management tool. Equally true is that each organization has a different set of vulnerabilities plaguing their applications. To complete a trifecta of fundamental truths, crowdsourced lists such as the OWASP Top 10 rarely reflect an individual organization’s priorities. Given these three points, many organizatio... » read more

And The Winner Is…
By Brian Bailey - 21 Dec, 2017 - Comments: 0

Finding out what resonates with our readers is important, so each year I look back through the list of the best-read articles for the channels that I write for. While this simple strategy does favor articles published during the early part of the year, the fact that our readership continues to grow, partially offsets this bias. For example, in Low Power/High Performance (LPHP) a quarter of the ... » read more

Creating Software Separation For Mixed Criticality Systems
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 20 Dec, 2017 - Comments: 0

The continued evolution of powerful embedded processors is enabling more functionality to be consolidated into single heterogeneous multicore devices. Mixed criticality designs, those designs which contain both safety-critical and non-safety critical processes, can successfully leverage these devices and meet the regulatory requirements for IEC safety standards and the highest level of ISO. Thi... » read more

Accounting For Power Earlier
By Ann Mutschler - 14 Dec, 2017 - Comments: 5

Concerns about power usage in an SoC are far from new, but the adoption of power management techniques still varies by company and by project. Leading semiconductor providers have made the necessary changes in tooling and methodology to account for [getkc id="106" kc_name="power awareness"] because they have to, but the rest of the industry hasn't necessarily caught up. “The companies t... » read more

Enabling Synchronized Hardware Software Debug With Verdi
By Synopsys - 13 Dec, 2017 - Comments: 0

Verdi HW SW Debug is an instruction-accurate embedded processor debug solution that offers fully synchronized views between hardware, as RTL or gate-level design models, and software, as C or assembly code enabling co-debug between RTL and software. To read more, click here. » read more

The Road To Autonomous Driving Is Paved With New Opportunities For Chip Companies
By Robert Vamosi - 07 Dec, 2017 - Comments: 0

The migration from human-driven to self-driven vehicles in the next few years will provide the semiconductor industry with new opportunities. Vehicles on the road today have so far featured only a few digital enhancements and even less automation. Indeed, the most noticeable enhancements have been made in the advancement of the infotainment console within the dashboard – the ability to str... » read more

Prototyping Partitioning Problems
By Ann Mutschler - 30 Nov, 2017 - Comments: 0

Gaps are widening in the prototyping of large, complex chips because the speed and capacity of the FPGA is not keeping pace with rapid rollout pace of advanced ASICs. This is a new twist for a well-established market. Indeed, prototyping with FPGAs is as old as the [gettech id="31071" t_name="FPGAs"] themselves. Even before they were called FPGAs, logic accelerators or LCAs (logic cell ar... » read more

Understanding How To Assess Tool Confidence Levels For ISO 26262
By Synopsys - 29 Nov, 2017 - Comments: 0

ISO 26262, the automotive functional safety standard, requires the assessment of software Tool Confidence Levels (TCLs). Some SoC designers are under the impression that all tools must be classified with a TCL1. In reality, the goal is to classify your tools accurately for your specific situation and use case. This white paper provides insight on assessing TCLs that are consistent with ISO 2626... » read more

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