May 10, 2016
A look at three design challenges for USB Type-C: implementing two SuperSpeed datapaths on a reversible connector; partitioning the design to support multiple USB Type-C variants; and partitioning the management software.
April 26, 2016
These days, when it comes to innovation: The car's the star - not the stooge.
April 20, 2016
Accelerating software testing is vital to speeding up embedded system development, especially for Android and Linux systems running on ARM-based hardware. Virtual prototyping strategies, including the use of VDKs, can help.
April 14, 2016
How to accelerate many aspects of software testing by using virtual prototypes to stand in for target hardware from early in the development cycle.
April 12, 2016
A look at USB 3.1, which offers data rates of up to 10Gbit/s, and the way that the USB 3.1 protocol has changed to support this rate.
March 24, 2016
An analysis of what it takes to build true random number generators that can provide a strong cryptographic basis for systems security, especially for IoT devices.
March 3, 2016
Flash is the ice cream of memory technologies - everybody loves it. But you need to build the right verification environment to extract the greatest benefit.
January 20, 2016
A look at using end-to-end prototyping to ease architecture development, hardware/software integration, and system validation in SoC designs
January 11, 2016
Using triple modular redundancy, error detection and correction, and 'safe' FSMs to ensure greater functional safety in FPGA-based designs
January 11, 2016
Dr Walden Rhines, Mentor Graphics chairman and CEO, looks forward to the trends that will shape 2016 in the semiconductor industry.
