Author Archives: Chris Edwards

About Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards has spent a long time covering electronics and EDA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times UK and electronics editor of the IET's Engineering & Technology. His work has appeared in a variety of international newspapers including The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Age and the South China Morning Post.
February 25, 2014

IoT calls for security rethink, says Green Hills CTO

The rise of the Internet of Things will drive a change in attitude to security, Green Hills CTO David Kleidermacher claimed in his Embedded World keynote.
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February 24, 2014

Cadence uses SQL to boost verification manager capacity

Cadence Design Systems has launched Incisive vManager, a verification management tool that uses a database backend to manage coverage on large SoC projects.
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February 24, 2014

MIPS brings virtualization and tamper protection to 32bit MCUs

Imagination Technologies' MIPS group has launched processor cores that include support for virtualization and measures to prevent reverse engineering.
February 21, 2014

DVCon sets up in Europe

Verification conference DVCon is expanding into Europe with a two-day conference and show at the Hilton in Munich, Germany.
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January 22, 2014

Capacity may force uptick in chip prices, says analyst

Chip pricing could see a significant uptick because of reduced investment in fab capacity, according to Future Horizons.
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January 15, 2014

Power analyzer pulls in scope functions for energy-saving designs

Yokogawa has pulled together power meter and oscilloscope functions into a hybrid instrument for teams working to increasingly stringent energy-usage regulations.
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January 14, 2014

Cadence updates Incisive with formal, CRV, wreal additions

Cadence's Incisive 13.2 verification environment includes new formal and constraints engines, X propagation checks, and further real-number model support.
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January 13, 2014

Inside Secure to offer IP for mobile hardware vaults

Inside Secure has developed a set of certification-ready hardware IP modules that can be used stand-alone or in conjunction with ARM's TrustZone
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November 20, 2013

Complexity to force shift to four-stage verification

The complexity of on-chip interconnect and the relentless growth in software size will drive the move to a four-stage verification process as well as the increased use of formal techniques to speed up SoC-level testing, Mentor Graphics verification specialist Mark Olen claimed at the Verification Futures conference.
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November 19, 2013

An easier start for UVM, take two

Training company Doulos is working on a second version of its Easier UVM guidelines intended to speed up the process of getting a UVM testbench underway for new users.
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