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October 28, 2020

DVCon keynoters look to software for verification optimization ideas

Speakers at this year's DVCon Europe called on the hardware community to find inspiration in software-development trends.
October 22, 2020

Mentor and Arm collaborate on RTL verification reviews

Functional verification for increasingly complex ARM-based designs is at the heart of the new consultancy partnership.
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October 15, 2020

DVCon Europe: using all the tools at your disposal

Among the papers that will be presented at the end of October, this year's DVCon Europe will demonstrate the benefits of taking good ideas from wherever you can in the pursuit of more effective verification flows.
October 8, 2020

DVCon Europe brings virtual rooms to online conference

As part of its move online during the pandemic, DVCon Europe is introducing what the organizers call Virtual Experience Rooms.
September 14, 2020

Aprisa team to be doubled after Mentor purchase

Mentor, a Siemens business, plans to expand the team working on the Aprisa place-and-route tool following the purchase of Avatar Integrated Systems, announced in July.
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August 27, 2020

Cloud access to emulator helps AI processor start-up prove design, win funding

Small startup gets flexible cloud access to big iron to prove a novel processor architecture quickly.
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August 25, 2020

TSMC fills in sub-nodes as EUV gains ground

TSMC is using its growing experience with EUV lithography to fill in sub-nodes between its major releases as it prepares to extend finFET technology to the forthcoming N3 process.
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August 17, 2020

Cadence uses machine learning to trim constrained-random runtimes

Cadence has developed a stimulus optimizer based on neural networks to try to improve the runtime of constrained-random verification runs.
July 31, 2020

Open-RAN puts more focus on emulation in testing programs

Recent developments have made Open-RAN look more attractive as a way of implementing 5G systems. This is helping to drive a shift-left in verification and test.
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July 23, 2020

Accellera IP security group expects standard by year end

The chair of Accellera’s IP security assurance working group expects the draft standard for hardening hardware core to be out by the end of the year.
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