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January 21, 2019

Video series details the physical verification process

Physical verification challenge of large SoCs on leading-edge processes detailed in video series
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January 7, 2019

Ceva extends control-oriented DSP

Ceva has followed its IoT-oriented Ceva-X series of processor cores with a more powerful family that is designed to handle control and signal-processing algorithms using the same pipeline.
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December 31, 2018

Closing code coverage with a hardware-aware HLS-to-RTL flow

Closing code coverage from HLS has been tricky because the C++ tools were built for software not hardware. But that is changing.
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December 28, 2018

Why Mentor backs the PSS-DSL input format for the Portable Stimulus Specification

With PSS moving toward greater adoption, the Siemens vendor seems PSS-DSL as a winner in terms of conciseness and ease-of-adoption.
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December 14, 2018

Synopsys announces DDR5 and LPDDR5 interface IP

Synopsys is targeting artificial intelligence (AI) and data centre SoCs as key application areas for the interface IP.
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December 12, 2018

IEDM shows progress on embedded eMRAM

Embedded magnetic RAM is emerging as a contender for on-chip memory not just from a density standpoint but from that of power.
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December 6, 2018

Microchip opts for RISC-V cores in SoC FPGA

Microsemi has put multiple RISC-V cores into a new generation of SoC FPGAs, intended for embedded systems that need to run Linux.
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December 5, 2018

Leti takes the heat off monolithic 3D

CEA-Leti claimed at IEDM to have achieved major steps in bringing monolithic 3D integration closer to production readiness.
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December 4, 2018

Achronix builds machine learning IP into eFPGA

Achronix has incorporated direct support for machine learning into the latest version of its eFPGA architecture.
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November 30, 2018

Design Compiler updated for 5nm and beyond

Workhorse synthesis tool updated to make it suitable for use on designs at process nodes of 5nm and below.
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