FPGA playing verification catch-up as bugs escape
The latest Mentor-commissioned Wilson Research Group study on ASIC and FPGA verification highlights technique adoption and maturity.
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.
DVCon Europe takes in machine learning and stimulus for verification
Next week’s DVCon Europe conference in Munich will tackle a range of topics, from analog verification to the use of machine learning for functional verification, backed up with case studies on the use of TLM and SystemC in live projects.
UltraSoC combines tools for cross-SoC debug and analysis
Following deals with Imperas and Percepio, UltraSoC has released an IDE aimed at debug, run control, performance tuning and runtime analytics for SoC development.
Synopsys takes TSMC design into the cloud; IP to 7nm, 5nm and automotive processes
Synopsys is taking IC design on TSMC processes into the cloud with the launch of the Synopsys Cloud Solution, which will run on platforms from Synopsys, Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
White paper outlines challenges of developing machine-learning hardware
A recent white paper from Synopsys outlines the complexities of developing hardware for use in machine-learning and artificial-intelligence (AI) systems.
SureCore SRAM tuning service aims for lower power
SureCore is introducing an IP customization service intended to deliver SRAM cores tuned to specific power and performance requirements for wearable, wireless, augmented reality, and IoT devices.
DVCon Europe keynotes take in digital twin and IoT concepts
Two keynote speakers have been announced for DVCon Europe 2018, which takes place next month.
Module strategies try to streamline IoT trials
Suppliers to the embedded industry see modules and readymade software as being key to getting IoT projects off the ground.
Power analyzer takes rates up to 5MHz
Yokogawa has moved to a modular architecture to handle the growing number of complex applications that are emerging in power testing.
Dialog plans configurable mixed-signal expansion
Dialog Semiconductor aims to expand its use of configurable mixed-signal circuitry across its product line following its acquisition of specialist Silego a year ago.