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.
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Roadmapping the quantum realm
The US Quantum Economic Development Consortium is looking to stimulate a supply chain and technology infrastructure for quantum computing, with more about its efforts due to come out in the next few days.
ARM adds Cortex-A77 and Mali-G77 cores for 5G and ML
The company is also bundling its new CPU and GPU cores in a premium IP platform that can be tuned for next generation applications and devices.
Mentor launches new Strato emulation platform
StratoM hardware has 2.5B-gate capacity and can scale to 15B gates. Throughput claimed at 5X faster than earlier Veloce generation.
IP implementation variety drives latest partnerships
Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.
Synopsys launches single kit to optimize IP across PPA
Latest addition to DesignWare portfolio balances trade-offs across CPUs, GPUs and DSPs while automating custom design techniques such as multi-bit flip flops.
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