tag: verification

Reusable UPF: Transitioning From RTL To Gate Level Verification
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 07 Aug, 2019 - Comments: 0

This paper highlights the differences between an RTL UPF and a Gate Level Simulation UPF, and presents a new methodology to write RTL UPF in such a way that minimal changes are required during gate-level power verification. To read more, click here. » read more

A Holistic View Of RISC-V Verification
By Nicolae Tusinschi - 07 Aug, 2019 - Comments: 0

Last month, we discussed the growth of the RISC-V open processor ecosystem, the two main organizations driving it, and the role that OneSpin plays. In addition, we have become very active in the RISC-V community and have more than a dozen technical articles published, conference talks presented, and upcoming talks accepted. We tend to focus on the challenges of verifying RISC-V IP cores and sys... » read more

Inferencing At The Edge
By Ed Sperling - 31 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

David Fritz, head of corporate strategic alliances at Mentor, a Siemens Business, shows how to apply YOLO (you only look once) at the edge, allowing automotive companies to move from a GPU to a much more efficient processor. That allows inferencing to move much closer to the sensor, so neural networks can be tailored to the type of data being produced. From there the data can be abstracted and ... » read more

Signoff-Compatible CDC
By Ed Sperling - 29 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 2

Tanveer Singh, senior staff consulting applications engineer at Synopsys, explains why netlist clock domain crossing is now an essential complement to RTL CDC, why CDC issues are worse at advanced nodes and in AI chips, and why dealing with CDC effectively is becoming a competitive requirement for performance and low power. » read more

Verification Requirements For 5G To Enable A Perfect Storm Of New Applications
By Frank Schirrmeister - 25 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

In my role as product management lead, to understand drivers for verification requirements and semiconductor markets I often exchange thoughts with customers what they think the next “killer app” would be. Ten years back, the drivers seemed pretty clear and segmented on a small number of applications, but the outlook today in 2019 is much more diverse. 5G networking seems to be a binding el... » read more

Hybrid Emulation Takes Center Stage
By Ann Mutschler - 25 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

From mobile to networking to AI applications, system complexity shows no sign of slowing. These designs, which may contain multiple billion gates, must be validated, verified and tested, and it’s no longer possible to just throw the whole thing in a hardware emulator. For some time, emulation, FPGA-based prototyping, and virtual environments such as simulators have given design and verific... » read more

How To Optimize Verification
By Brian Bailey - 25 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

The rate of improvement in verification tools and methodologies has been nothing short of staggering, but that has created new kinds of problems for verification teams. Over the past 20 years, verification has transformed from a single language (Verilog) and tool (simulator) to utilizing many languages (testbench languages, assertion languages, coverage languages, constraint languages), many... » read more

Breaking Down The Debug Process
By Brian Bailey - 17 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss debugging complex SoCs with Randy Fish, vice president of strategic accounts and partnerships for UltraSoC; Larry Melling, product management director for Cadence; Mark Olen, senior product marketing manager for Mentor, a Siemens Business; and Dominik Strasser, vice president of engineering for OneSpin Solutions. Part one can be found here. What fol... » read more

Tackling Safety And Security
By Brian Bailey - 10 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss industry attitudes towards safety and security with Dave Kelf, chief marketing officer for Breker Verification; Jacob Wiltgen, solutions architect for functional safety at Mentor, a Siemens Business; David Landoll, solutions architect for OneSpin Solutions; Dennis Ciplickas, vice president of characterization solutions at PDF Solutions; Andrew Dauma... » read more

Open Source Processors: Fact Or Fiction?
By Brian Bailey - 27 Jun, 2019 - Comments: 3

Open source processors are rapidly gaining mindshare, fueled in part by early successes of RISC-V, but that interest frequently is accompanied by misinformation based on wishful thinking and a lack of understanding about what exactly open source entails. Nearly every recent conference has some mention of RISC-V in particular, and open source processors in general, whether that includes keyno... » read more

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