Imagination brings in lower-cost access for accelerator IP
Imagination Technologies has dropped the requirement to take an upfront licence for some of its IP cores if customers join its Open Access program.
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Saber models aim for ADI power chips
Synopsys and Analog Devices have agreed to provide model libraries for the chipmaker's DC/DC ICs and power regulators that work with the Saber simulation tool.
Nvidia open to chiplet standards
Nvidia says it will support the UCIe chiplet interface standard once it has "stabilized" while opening up its latest form of NVLink to other companies.
Arm aims for IPO as Nvidia calls off its bid
Nvidia has decided to give up on acquiring Arm from SoftBank. The IP provider will now aim for an IPO by the end of March 2023.
Imperas pulls together tools for RISC-V verification
Imperas has put together a suite of tools to verify that custom RISC-V processor cores remain compatible with the common infrastructure behind the open-source instruction set.
DAC 2021 Preview: Siemens EDA
DAC 2021 is looming and here is our first round up of a major EDA player's plans for the physical event in San Francisco.
Chiplets may have to prove themselves for secure operation
University of Florida researcher proposes third-party checks on chiplets to demonstrate they are free of trojans.
UK consortium starts work on cryogenic CMOS
A £6.5m grant will fund the development of memories and other IP to improve the control of qubits in quantum computers.
Design management survey points to more tactical cloud EDA
Cloud computing is gaining ground in EDA but close to a third of organizations are planning to stay with on-premises computing for the foreseeable future, according to a survey commissioned by IC Manage.
Python provides the link for speed checks at Sondrel
Sondrel has combined EDA tools with custom SystemC and Python code to develop a system that can help automate the detailed performance analysis of high-level architectures before RTL is generated.