Breker packages up apps for RISC-V, security and AI
Breker has added a number of specialized apps to its library that deal with the verification of RISC-V processors, secure enclaves, and machine-learning designs.
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.
FastSPICE upgrade boosts nano-scale analog verification by up to 10X
Mentor adds Analog FastSPICE eXTreme innovations for designs facing increasing parasitic complexity and contact resistance challenges at cutting edge nodes.
Mentor tunes LVS for early SoC integration
Mentor has released a tool that attempts to deal with the problems encountered in the use of physical circuit verification in the early stages of SoC integration.
Perforce buys Methodics
Version-control specialist Perforce Software has bought Methodics, which focuses on the lifecycle and traceability management of semiconductor IP.
Verifyter offers regression analysis for six months free
At DAC this week, Verifyter is offering a limited number of companies free six-month licences of its regression-analysis tool Pindown.
Mentor brews up a warm welcome at virtual DAC
Mentor, a Siemens Business, will offer a broad range of technical and market insights at the event – as well as a free virtual coffee for those who visit its virtual booth at the show.
Heterogeneous integration calls for new approaches
Heterogeneous integration has the potential to overcome the yield and cost challenges presented by the growing headwinds associated with process scaling. But it may take a dramatic rethink in design approaches.
Scaling costs tip balance toward chiplets for AMD server processors
In a panel session at VLSI Symposia, AMD described how the economics have come down strongly in favor of multichip integration for multicore server processors.
Arm returns to its roots
Arm is to return to focusing on semiconductor IP following the decision to spin out its IoT operations to separate groups within the Softbank empire.
DVCon Europe goes virtual
The organizers of DVCon Europe have decided to turn the autumn verification conference into a virtual event this year.