Mentor’s Wally Rhines on tools as a cultural issue
Whether you’re going to DAC this week or not, it’s worth remembering one of the other key factors that will inform your judgments on new tools.
Tech Design Forum Briefing
Briefing Authors
Paul Dempsey
Paul Dempsey has been a technology journalist for 20 years. His work has also appeared in EETimes, Red Herring and specialist journals published by the Financial Times.
Luke Collins
Luke Collins is a freelance technology journalist with 22 years’ experience. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Times in the UK, and co-founded the IP9x series of conferences.
Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards has spent two decades 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.
Synopsys uses virtual prototyping kits to kick start IP integration
Synopsys is porting its IP to a series of virtual prototyping kits in a plan to cut the amount of time that it takes to integrate new high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.0
Post-silicon devices: maybe it’s in the way they move
A research-focused session at DAC 2014 looks at using coupled oscillators rather than charge transfer to process data.
Emulation ‘heart of ESL’
The emulator has become the cornerstone of embedded system level (ESL) design on SoC projects, analyst Gary Smith claimed in a speech ahead of DAC 51.
Synopsys adds vector DSP operations to ARC EM processor IP
Synopsys has developed a digital signal processing (DSP) instruction set extension to its EM family and two cores that employ it.
Do not trust the cores, Trojans
If someone put a piece of RTL into your SoC designed to leak information to the outside world, or simply kill the device stone dead, could you spot it?
IP takes center stage in push towards systems engineering
At DAC 2014, some 30 per cent of exhibitors are IP suppliers, offering design services or both, demonstrating how system-level design is about building on what has gone before.
On-chip interconnect startup uses network theory to sidestep deadlocks
NetSpeed Systems aims to cut SoC integration time using theories developed for much larger computer networks.
Real Intent updates lint tool, adds Matlab and Simulink support
More lint rules, better SystemVerilog support, links to MATLAB and Simulink
Mentor seeks component data in PCB design tie-up with Digi-Key
Digi-Key is to sell software developed by Mentor Graphics intended to widen access to PCB design and ease access to vital parts data.