tag: Synopsys

10 Must Knows About Virtual Prototypes
By Brian Bailey - 27 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 1

1. What is a virtual prototype? If you ask a room full of people to define ‘system’, you will get as many answers as there are people in the room. The same is true for virtual prototypes. A virtual prototype defines a model of something that is usually created by one group and used by another with some implied abstraction. It is a prototype that exists as a software model on which analysis... » read more

Clearing Software Roadblocks
By Tom De Schutter - 27 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Last week I was traveling across North America visiting customers. Besides being amazed at how cold it is in the rest of North America (I live in Silicon Valley where the sun has barely left us during the entire winter), it was good to talk to a wide variety of companies and discuss their software development needs. We encountered three types of companies considering the use of virtual prototyp... » read more

EDA Hungers For Growth
By Brian Bailey - 27 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 1

Look at the top line numbers provided by the EDA industry consortium (EDAC) and it appears as if the industry is doing well. In 2010, revenue was $5.285 billion. That number increased to $6.218 billion in 2011, and again to $6.529 billion in 2012, a 9.5% annual growth rate that would satisfy most investors. But the numbers do not tell the whole story. There is an interesting divide growing betw... » read more

Is Verification At A Crossroads?
By Ann Mutschler - 27 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 1

As SoC verification methodologies and technologies have continued to mature, it’s an interesting time for engineering teams as they look to meet time to market goals and cut costs in an environment of cutthroat profit margins. Whether it is hardware emulation, FPGA prototyping, virtual prototyping or traditional software simulation, each platform has its strengths and drawbacks, with overl... » read more

Virtual Prototypes For Early Software Development
By Various Writers - 26 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

In previous white papers, we've looked at the demands of the rapidly changing market and how the use of virtual prototypes has evolved to help meet them. In this white paper, we look specifically at the challenges of developing some of the hardware-dependent software layers - namely boot ROM code, OS bring-up, driver development - used in fast-evolving mobile devices and how to use virtual prot... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 26
By Ed Sperling - 26 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Got enough time for verification? How about a verification conference? In preparation for DVCon, Real Intent’s Graham Bell grills a panel of experts on where design ends and verification begins. The answer: It depends. Mentor’s Dennis Brophy points to the new version of the Universal Verification Methodology as a reason to attend DVCon next week. Even if you don’t plan to attend, ther... » read more

Are Processors Running Out Of Steam?
By Ed Sperling - 24 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 1

Check out any smart phone these days and you’ll find some reference to the number of cores in the device. It’s not the number of cores that makes a difference, though—or even the clock speed at which they run. Performance depends on the underlying design for how they’re utilized, how often that happens, how much memory they share, how much interaction there is between the cores, and the... » read more

The Week In Review: Design
By Ed Sperling - 21 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Synopsys inked a deal to acquire Coverity, a San Francisco-based security startup that builds tools to test source code for defects and security risks, for $375 million. The purchase price is $350 million plus another $25 million in debt. The deal is expected to close in Synopsys’ fiscal Q2. The company announced its financial results for fiscal Q1 ended Jan. 31, as well. Revenue was $479.0 m... » read more

Many Stresses Impact TSVs
By Ann Mutschler - 20 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Too much stress in humans is typically not beneficial, and the same goes for 3D-ICs with through-silicon vias (TSVs). Stress effects here come from the fact that copper, which is the conductor of choice for the TSVs, and silicon have different coefficients of thermal expansion. “If you can imagine that a via will be etched through the silicon, copper will be deposited inside and then t... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 19
By Ed Sperling - 19 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 0

Adding a GUI to an RTOS? It may sound counterintuitive, but Mentor’s Colin Walls looks at why and where they’re being used. Cadence’s Richard Goering infuses some humor into signal integrity, which could definitely use it, courtesy of Eric Bogatin and Henny Youngman. When was the last time you saw a signal integrity engineer rolling on the floor in hysterical laughter? Well, there’s ... » read more

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