May 24, 2014
IC designers are becoming increasingly worried about the possibility of third parties inserting malicious 'trojan' circuitry into their ICs.
May 19, 2014
The increased use of IP and a rise in process variability is driving a move to look at alternatives to traditional low-skew clock distribution strategies.
April 28, 2014
The encryption chain for today's highly collaborative designs needs to be managed with care.
March 24, 2014
An in-depth look at the role of FPGA-based prototyping and the validation use cases it offers when integrating complex blocks.
January 7, 2014
The HAPS prototyping system can help designers integrate IP into SoCs more quickly.
December 16, 2013
Consistency is vital to IP integration strategies that rely on developing an SoC using a hierarchy of FPGA-based prototypes.
October 31, 2013
X propagation within RTL simulations can hide fatal bugs. Uncovering and eliminating the effect improves design quality and avoids respins.
October 23, 2013
A case study describing validation of the integration of USB3.0 and USB2.0 interface IP that illustrates broader challenges FPGA-based prototyping presents.
September 16, 2013
A look at the way in which the USB 3.0 Link Layer manages the port-to-port flow of data between the host and the device.
September 16, 2013
An overview of the USB 3.0 architecture, covering the USB Host, USB Device(s) and USB Interconnect, as well as the related receptacles, plugs and cables.