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June 3, 2021

Three libraries tune speed and density on TSMC’s 3nm process

TSMC will provide three different standard-cell libraries for its upcoming finFET-based 3nm process to cover requirements from high-density mobile to high-performance computing, allowing tradeoffs for area and circuit frequency.
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May 28, 2021

Would you prefer a hypervisor or a multicore framework?

Determining which embedded technique to adopt is more than just a question of what cores the system has.
May 28, 2021

PCIe 6.0 gets verification IP as formal arrival approaches

Questa suite of VIP adds PC and enterprise protocol as players prep designs for 2023 release.
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May 26, 2021

Arm rolls clickthrough license scheme into Flexible Access

Arm is reworking the DesignStart scheme it introduced several years, moving it under the umbrella of the broader Flexible Access program.
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May 21, 2021

Cadence pushes its FastSpice to 32 cores

Cadence has launched a reworked FastSpice engine designed to split work across multiple cores more efficiently.
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May 20, 2021

Denser DRAM looks to flash for inspiration

Unisantis aims to use its vertical transistor design in a novel form of DRAM that could improve density four-fold.
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May 19, 2021

Understand how DO-254 defines verification for avionics

The avionics design assurance guidance has its own flavor of verification which needs to be understood alongside its definition of validation.
May 14, 2021

How MaxLinear cut physical verification time with in-design DRC

A case study describes how the RF and AMS specialist achieved efficiencies on a complex server DSP SoC project by running as-you-go DRC during place and route.
May 13, 2021

Sigasi editor provided free for open-source hardware developers

Sigasi aims to attract developers working on open-source projects with a version of its Studio suite the company is making available for free to that community.
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May 13, 2021

Siemens extends Solido’s reach into IP validation with Fractal

Latest acquisition adds technologies to mitigate rising verification time and cost for third-party IP.