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February 27, 2018
Gordon Cooper

Optimizing power and performance trade-offs in CNN implementations for embedded vision

High-performance vision-processing algorithms need optimized CNN engines to deliver the right performance within the power budget of embedded applications.
February 14, 2018
Michael Thompson is the senior manager of product marketing for the DesignWare ARC processors at Synopsys

Bringing AI into our lives

Using specialised processors to implement key AI computation tasks such as CNNs.
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January 25, 2018

Using hardware secure modules to protect SoCs

Building secure SoCs takes a methodical approach, careful study of possible attacks, and embedded hardware that can provide a Root of Trust
January 9, 2018

Choosing between DDR4 and HBM in memory-intensive applications

Exploring the tradeoffs between implementing DDR4 and HBM for high-bandwidth memory subsystems.
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January 2, 2018

Achieving ISO 26262 certification with ASIL ready IP

Achieving ISO 26262 certification for advanced driver assistance systems takes a combination of ASIL ready IP and rigorous development strategies.
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November 6, 2017

Using sequential equivalence to verify clock-gating strategies

Sequential equivalence checking can be used to show that a block of sequential logic produces the same output for the same inputs after it has been modified by optimization techniques such as clock gating or register re-timing.
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November 6, 2017
Rich Collins of Synopsys

Fighting the war of escalation in embedded systems security

The challenge for designers is to find ways of providing high levels of security in low-cost devices that have become worthwhile targets because of their role as gateways to more valuable information.
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September 26, 2017

Combining USB Type-C and DisplayPort support in portable implementations

Using USB Type-C connectors to combine both USB-C 3.1 and DisplayPort data streams, to support data, audio, video and power connections on a single port
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August 7, 2017
Pedro Ricardo Miguel

Supporting higher-resolution displays without major system redesign

Using VESA's Display Stream Compression (DSC) standard to enable visually lossless performance and low latency for ultra-high-definition displays.
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July 18, 2017
Richard Solomon, technical marketing manager, Synopsys

Using CCIX to implement cache coherent heterogeneous multiprocessor systems

CCIX is a cache coherency protocol, based on PCI Express, for interconnecting high-performance heterogenous multiprocessing systems.
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