Shift Left, Extend Right, Stretch Sideways


The EDA industry has been talking about shift left for a few years, but development flows are now being stretched in two additional ways, extending right to include silicon lifecycle management, and sideways to include safety and security. In addition, safety and security join verification and power as being vertical concerns, and we are increasingly seeing interlinking within those concerns. ... » read more

New Technology Accelerates Multi-Die System Simulation


AI-powered chatbots. Robotic manufacturing equipment. Self-driving cars. Bandwidth-intensive applications like these are flourishing—and driving the move from monolithic system-on-chips (SoCs) to multi-die systems. By integrating multiple dies, or chiplets, into a single package, designers can achieve scaling of system functionality at reduced risk and with faster time to market. Multi-die... » read more

Using AI To Close Coverage Gaps


Verification of complex, heterogeneous chips is becoming much more difficult and time-consuming. There are more corner cases, and devices have to last longer and behave according to spec throughout their lifetimes. This is where AI fits in. It can help identify redundancy and provide information about why a particular device or block may not be able to be fully covered, and it can do it in less... » read more

System Level Power Integrity Verification For Multi-Core Microprocessors With FIVR


A technical paper titled "A Compressed Multivariate Macromodeling Framework for Fast Transient Verification of System-Level Power Delivery Networks" was published by researchers at Politecnico di Torino and Intel Corporation. Abstract: This paper discusses a reduced-order modeling and simulation approach for fast transient power integrity verification at full system level. The reference str... » read more

Ditch The Glitch


To support the ever-growing performance demands of cutting-edge applications like automotive and hyperscaler, SoC complexity continues to increase. The emergence of multi-die technology has also compounded this complexity. To keep up with these demands, design-for-test (DFT) logic must also evolve to ensure greater levels of test robustness and silicon health. The “Shift left” concept which... » read more

EDA, IP Fundamentals Shift As Market Soars


EDA tools and IP continued their double-digit growth trajectory this year, despite a downturn in consumer electronics and a continued shortage of key components that took a large bite out of the semiconductor market as a whole. A just-released report from the ESD Alliance showed a 12% increase in revenue for Q1, increasing to $3.95 billion compared with $3.53 billion in the same period in 20... » read more

How To Use S-Parameters For Power Module Verification


By Wilfried Wessel (Siemens EDA), Simon Liebetegger (University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt), and Florian Bauer (Siemens EDA) Power modules are high-power switching circuits that convert DC- in AC-currents in electric vehicles, renewable energy, and many more applications. New materials [14] and device technologies [14], such as wide bandgap semiconductors, including silicon carbide (SiC) ... » read more

Challenges Grow For Data Management And Sharing In EDA


Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about more openness in EDA data, how increased complexity is affecting time to working silicon, and the impact of geopolitics, with Joseph Sawicki, executive vice president for IC EDA at Siemens Digital Industries Software; John Kibarian, president and CEO of PDF Solutions; John Lee, general manager and vice president of Ansys' Semiconductor Business U... » read more

Self-Driving Cars: Formalization and Verification Of The Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS) Model


A technical paper titled “Slow Down, Move Over: A Case Study in Formal Verification, Refinement, and Testing of the Responsibility-Sensitive Safety Model for Self-Driving Cars” was published by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Abstract: "Technology advances give us the hope of driving without human error, reducing vehicle emissions and simplifying an everyday task with the futur... » read more

Verification And Test Of Safety And Security


Functional verification can cost as much as design, but new capabilities are piling onto an already stressed verification methodology, leaving solutions fragmented and incomplete. In a perfect world, a semiconductor device would be verified to operate according to its complete specification, and continue to operate correctly over the course of its useful life. The reality, however, is this i... » read more

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