October 15, 2014
A look at a tool and a flow that makes it easier to put designs on to a HAPS physical prototyping system for verification, debug and software development purposes
September 30, 2014
Lint is no longer just about checking RTL code. It already incorporates functional verification within a three-stage analysis. Time to look again at a 'familiar' technology.
September 10, 2014
Innovation in physical verification is driven by incoming nodes but new tools and features can and should be fed back up the technology chain.
August 29, 2014
EDA vendors and internal CAD teams use Verific parsers for tool development. Here's how one company developed its strategy for this popular technology.
August 19, 2014
This article introduces hybrid emulation, a combination of emulation and virtual prototypes, and its application to tasks such as architecture validation, early software development and software-driven verification.
August 12, 2014
Sign-off lithography verification is vital as we move beyond double to multi-patterning but changing responsibilities in the flow must be handed with care.
August 7, 2014
FinFET and 3DIC technologies bring with them not just higher performance but an increased need for accurate parasitic analysis.
July 22, 2014
We look at how best to leverage both software debug tools and emulators, the limitations to traditional techniques, and the drive toward offline debug.
July 21, 2014
The ISO 26262 safety standard lays out a number of best practices for the automotive industry and for suppliers. Formal verification provides a way of streamlining the verification of SoCs that need to conform to the standard.
July 20, 2014
The argument for an integrated approach to SoC verification