tag: software

Accelerate Time To Market With Change Impact Testing
By Synopsys - 07 Sep, 2016 - Comments: 0

QA teams don’t have time to test everything yet they can’t afford to ship buggy code. Teams waste precious resources on tests that have no relevance to the changes that were made to the application. And worse, there may be holes in the testing coverage which could lead to regression risk. Learn how Coverity can help organizations shrink their testing cycles and reduce regression risk by foc... » read more

Cars, Security, And HW-SW Co-Design
By Jeff Dorsch - 31 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss parallel hardware/software design with Johannes Stahl, director of product marketing, prototyping and FPGA, [getentity id="22035" e_name="Synopsys"]; [getperson id="11411" comment="Bill Neifert"], director of models technology, [getentity id="22186" comment="ARM"]; Hemant Kumar, director of ASIC design, Nvidia; and Scott Constable, senior member of ... » read more

Embedded Evolution
By Brian Bailey - 26 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 1

The design of embedded systems has changed drastically from the days when I was directly involved with them. My first job after leaving college was to design aircraft control systems. I had the dubious honor to be working on the first civilian fly-by-wire aircraft – the Airbus A310. The reason I say dubious is that we had so many eyes trained on us, and that system contained so much redundanc... » read more

Managing Quality With Developer Desktop Analysis
By Synopsys - 24 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 0

Even the most seasoned developer is prone to introducing a few new bugs in new or modified code. Static analysis is a great solution to help development teams find and fix those issues. Now with Coverity’s new desktop analysis capabilities, developers can find and fix their own defects before checking their code into the source control management system – and before anyone else finds the de... » read more

New Architectures, Approaches To Speed Up Chips
By Ed Sperling - 15 Aug, 2016 - Comments: 2

The need for speed is back. An explosion in the amount of data that needs to be collected and processed is driving a new wave of change in hardware, software and overall system design. After years of emphasizing power reduction, performance has re-emerged as a top concern in a variety of applications such as smarter cars, wearable devices and cloud data centers. But how to get there has cha... » read more

Why Instrumentation Isn’t Optional
By Matt Sealey - 28 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 0

When writing code it is often useful to add informational statements that give an insight into control flow and data management as well as aiding in observation of the actual code at runtime. As such, instrumentation is an important component of code running on a live system. The proliferation of "printf" debug statements, whereby data is output to a console, is testament to this. Sending te... » read more

Executive Insight: Aart de Geus
By Ed Sperling - 20 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 0

Aart de Geus, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to discuss Moore's Law, the IoT, inflection points and how chip design will evolve in coming years. SE: We are in the middle of possibly one of the biggest transition points we’ve ever seen in this industry. How do you envision things shaking out? De Geus: There is no question that there is an enormou... » read more

New Starting Point
By Ed Sperling - 14 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 0

Debate has been raging for years about whether software or hardware should be the starting point for improving power and performance, or whether it should elevated another notch by fusing hardware and software into a system-level approach. Now, groups like Leti, IEEE, SEMI, and a number of researchers in leading universities around the globe are beginning to talk about moving the starting point... » read more

No More Easy IP Money
By Brian Bailey - 14 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 2

The semiconductor intellectual property ([getkc id="43" kc_name="IP"]) industry is two decades old, but questions are still being asked about what's wrong with it and what needs to be fixed. Normally these kinds of issues are reserved for fast-moving, young industries, not one that is the backbone of semiconductors. Design reuse has become an indispensable part of the design of nearly all el... » read more

Designing An Efficient DSP Solution
By Synopsys - 13 Jul, 2016 - Comments: 0

A look at the key challenges in DSP implementation from both hardware and software application perspectives, and how a properly selected and configured DSP processor coupled with an advanced software development toolchain can overcome these challenges. This white paper describes how to generate tight, efficient, and maintainable DSP code for a platform consisting of an IP core based on a specia... » read more

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