Real Intent tackles CDC at the physical level
Meridian Physical CDC targets post-synthesis gate-level clock domain crossing issues, including unintended glitches and functional failures.
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Gary Smith EDA: PCB ‘a door to the future’ but ‘slow take-off’ for ESL
The leading EDA analyst also charts growth for RTL and IC CAD in 2014 Market Share Summary, and highlights system-driven shifts in tool evaluation.
Real Intent puts the accent on debug with new Ascent IIV release
More than 20 new features and improvements are added to the static functional tool.
Mentor’s Wally Rhines on tools as a cultural issue
Whether you're going to DAC this week or not, it's worth remembering one of the other key factors that will inform your judgments on new tools.
Synopsys speeds HAPS prototyping with ProtoCompiler
HAPS-specific enhancements to Synplify and Certify join next gen partitioning and planning in suite that claims 3X boost in time-to-prototype
Mentor builds simulation-emulation bridge to ‘Verification 3.0’
Enterprise Verification Platform adds cross-over SystemVerilog, UVM, and UPF support for Veloce alongside new hardware and software debuggers.
Real Intent highlights hierarchical clock domain crossing with Meridian 5.0
SystemVerilog and Synopsys Verdi integration are among further enhancements as clock domain crossing competition intensifies.
Synopsys doubles speed of formal ECO checking
Incremental formal verification of ECOs makes finalisation of chip design process faster, more predictable.
Jasper adds low-power App to formal family
Jasper Design Automation's modular concept moves into a hot area in SoC design to verify specs are still met after power management circuitry is inserted.
SoC prototyping ascends the learning curve
Leading vendors and users spoke of the challenges in developing today's SoCs when faced with a plethora of prototyping techniques - and the challenges that remain.