The wrong units of compute
Scale-out computing has demands so different from conventional applications that it could reshape the way to design one class of multicore processors.
DATE 2013
Intel and ST stake claims to foundry low power designs
With both now more dependent on foundry business for their finFET (trigate) and FDSOI offerings, DATE was a chance to push their innovations in low power.
DATE: Silicon Europe plans to build cluster of clusters
Four of the European centers for electronics research and business development have set up a project to try to create a virtual “silicon cluster” that aims ultimately to build a worldwide development network for energy-efficient systems.
DATE: ARM proposes ‘unit of compute’ as basis for energy-efficient systems
ARM CPU chief proposes 'unit of compute' as building block for energy-efficient computation systems
DATE: Double patterning and finFETs force flexibility on tools
EDA companies are having to plan for the different ways in which double patterning and finFETs could move into fabs, Antun Domic of Synopsys explains.
DATE: The rise of the power architect
Docea Power extends power and thermal analysis tools to address complexity and sub-dividing responsibilities among architects.
DATE: The real causes of carbon nanotube FET performance variation
Don't underestimate the influence of metallic nanotubes and tube alignment, say Stanford researchers.
DATE: Early shift to finFET processes challenges IP development strategies
An early shift to finFET processes is making developing IP libraries more challenging.
Accellera publishes SystemC-AMS 2.0 standard
Accellera Systems Initiative has published the language reference manual for the latest version of its mixed-signal simulation environment based on SystemC. Version 2.0 of SystemC-AMS adds support for more dynamic behaviors in the analog domain.
SoC prototyping ascends the learning curve
Leading vendors and users spoke of the challenges in developing today's SoCs when faced with a plethora of prototyping techniques - and the challenges that remain.