RISC-V in nearly a quarter of designs (Wilson Functional Verification 2020 – Part One)
Use of the open-source RISC-V processor was tracked for the first time by the biennial study, finding notably high take-up.
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.
Version 2 draft of portable stimulus standard goes up for public review
Accellera Systems Initiative has published for open review version 2.0 of the Portable Test and Stimulus standard.
IEDM 2020 highlights transistor and interconnect advances
This year’s IEDM will feature papers that exploit stacked nanoribbons to reduce CMOS footprint, graphene interconnects that support easier integration, and the variability prospects of 2D semiconductors.
Mentor to help carmakers integrate cockpit displays and infotainment on single ECU
Mentor is packaging a range of software IP, reference designs, and technical help as VCO2S, for Vehicle Cockpit Consolidation Solutions.
Tessent Streaming Scan Network to shrink SoC test writing and runtimes
Mentor’s latest additions to Tessent aim to cut test time by a factor of four but remains tailored for increasing design complexity.
Showing ‘equivalence’ to seed digital twin adoption
A partnership between Siemens and VSI, a real-world autonomous vehicle research company, aims to refine and promote digital twin strategies.
Arm starts pulling security extensions into processor cores
The Arm Cortex-A78C extends the reach of the core into larger tablets and brings in one of a series of memory-protections extensions that will be used in the company’s standard cores.
User2User sets virtual 2020 dates: US in November, Europe in December
The free-to-attend user meetings for Mentor clients will retain the same format mixing technical presentations with keynotes and networking.
DVCon keynoters look to software for verification optimization ideas
Speakers at this year’s DVCon Europe called on the hardware community to find inspiration in software-development trends.
ROHM eases component choice by offering cloud simulation and collaboration environment
A Japanese component supplier is making it easier for its customers to choose the right parts for their designs by offering a powerful analog and mixed-signal (AMS) simulation environment through its website.