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July 10, 2015
Jim Thomas is director of software testing at specialist test and verification company TVS.

What hardware verification can learn from software development

What hardware designers can learn from software verification techniques such as agile, behaviour-driven development, code coverage and zero known defect strategies
June 30, 2015
Mark Handover is an applications engineer with Mentor Graphics

Back to basics – doing formal the right way

Considering design style, assertions, engines and coverage can help ease the development of an effective formal verification test plan
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June 25, 2015

Applying agile techniques to IC design

How agile methodologies can be applied to personal and team practice in IC design, including for developing cloud accelerators at Microsoft
June 22, 2015

Verifying MIPI interfaces in SoCs

Verifying MIPI interfaces including CSI-2, CPHY, DPHY, MPY, Unipro and the UFS host controller on complex SoCs - should you make or buy the necessary VIP?
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June 17, 2015
Joe Mallett is senior manager, product marketing for FPGA-based synthesis software tools at Synopsys.

Eight tips for choosing your next FPGA tool

Eight issues to consider when choosing an FPGA tool, including risk minimisation, routing issues, ability to iterate, IP freedom and more
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May 31, 2015

Technology trends demand netlist-level CDC verification

Complex processes and aggressive synthesis interventions are increasing the risks of metastability, creating a need for netlist-level CDC verification
May 29, 2015
Mentor Graphics/Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Smaller designs face greater risk of respins

Research study suggests the maturity of your verification flow determines the likelihood of first-pass success far more than the complexity inherent in design size.
May 28, 2015
Featured image PCB Design for the mid-market

PCB tool innovation from the middle out

Mid-market users are driving richer features and cost competition into PCB design software like never before, largely thanks to the Internet of Things.
May 26, 2015
Simulated eye diagram of PAM3 signal for automotive Ethernet

Simulation predicts performance of automotive Ethernet

Ethernet is set to become one of the key communications standards for automotive. Early system-level simulation lets designers gauge performance before moving to hardware prototypes.
May 22, 2015
Eight steps for efficient PCB manufacturing and assembly - Part Two

Eight steps for efficient PCB manufacturing and assembly – Part Two

Second in a two-part series, describing critical rules that should underpin PCB manufacturing, and how new technologies overcome increasing complexity.

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