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September 18, 2019

Implementing high performance, low power Bluetooth Low Energy interfaces in SoCs

A look at the complexiites of implementing a Bluetooth Low Eenergy interface in an SoC.
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September 13, 2019
John Blyler is a Consulting Editor of Tech Design Forum and the Editor-in-Chief of Interference Technology. He spent the first half of his career as a hardware-system systems engineer and program managerand the second half as a technology journalist, science writer and educator. John is an affiliate professor of systems engineering at Portland State University and lecturer for UC-Irvine’s online IoT program.

AI firsts (and more) at America’s SEMICON

SEMICON West showed a distinct thematic shift away from preserving Moore's Law to assessing the architectural implications of AI, as EDA was brought into the event.
September 12, 2019
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Portable stimulus and UVM

Accellera's Portable Test and Stimulus standard provides powerful features for verification that is not meant to replace UVM but augment existing verification flows. Here is how portable stimulus and UVM interact.
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September 10, 2019
Adnan Hamid is co-founder and CEO of Breker Verification Systems, and the inventor of its core technology. He has more than 20 years of experience in functional verification automation. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Using portable stimulus for automotive random error analysis

The Portable Stimulus Standard helps overcome many of the verification challenges inherent in the strict requirements of ISO 26262.
June 18, 2019
Former Dell VP Bob Pearson is a strategic consultant with digital marketing agency W2O Group and co-author of multiple books including Crafting Persuasion (with Kip Knight and Ed Tazzia).

The vocal persuader

In conversation with author and SEMICON West/ES Design West keynoter Bob Pearson on the challenges facing tech on external and internal communication.
April 26, 2019
Portable Stimulus - Three Axes of reuse - Featured Image

Focus your use of Portable Stimulus on three key axes

Portable Stimulus allows reuse along horizontal, vertical and technique axes, but you need to be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each to get the greatest benefits.
April 3, 2019

Understanding DDR SDRAM memory choices

This article explains which form of DRAM memory is best for your SoC application, comparing DDR variants, types of DIMM, mobile and low-power versions, graphics memory and 3D stacks.
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March 15, 2019

Enabling the move to a system-centric view

Bob Smith of the ESD Alliance describes how we can promote the ongoing evolution of the design ecosystem.
January 16, 2019
Virtual sequences with portable stimulus - featured image.

Create more flexible virtual sequences with Portable Stimulus

Virtual sequences are considered challenging to write and re-use. Learn how to overcome those issues with the new Portable Stimulus Standard in this DMA-based case study.
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August 2, 2018
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Managing the evolving architecture of integrated ADAS controllers

Designers need to understand how the architecture of electronic control units used to implement ADAS in vehicles is changing.
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