Siemens EDA

February 21, 2019

Mentor Embedded Linux launch targets enterprise-class gap

The suite is based on Debian and aims to offer the performance and configurability needed for robust and scaleable enterprise-class applications in medical, industrial, aerospace and defense markets.
February 18, 2019

How to optimize your testbench-to-DUT connections

Testbench connections often depend on the virtual interface feature of SystemVerilog but other options - like abstract classes - can help.
February 15, 2019

China Focus 1: Wally Rhines maps startup and design growth

In the first of a weekly series on China's evolving design sector, we look at how the Mentor President and CEO identifies some of the key drivers.
February 11, 2019

DVCon USA 2019 preview: Mentor

DVCon USA is coming soon. Mentor's 2019 involvement includes a keynote from parent Siemens and a tutorial on managing your formal verification processes.
February 8, 2019

Taking an IoT edge design from proof-of-concept to prototype

A new paper describes a case study for a pressure-sensing IoT application based on the ARM DesignStart platform and Mentor IoT tool flow.
January 31, 2019

Creating a $4B market for silicon photonics

It's been a long time coming, but silicon photonics is now entering commercial design for networking and grabbing attention in autonomous driving and sensors.
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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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November 15, 2018

Xpedition updated for schematic verification and DFT

Mentor's flagship PCB suite is aiming to offer another 'shift left' in verification as respins rise.
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November 14, 2018

Case study: Achieving earlier signoff convergence and a ‘shift left’ for P&R at Qualcomm

Qualcomm has described its use of Calibre RealTime Digital to enhance its P&R flow.