How to improve throughput for gate-level simulation
Gate-level simulation dates back to a simpler time when IC designs were, well, simple. At least by today’s standards. Yet, despite its age and relatively slow speeds, gate-level simulation remains...
View ArticleDoc Formal: Introducing the ADEPT FV flow
In an industry which responds to technology changes so swiftly, the changes in process take a long time to come through. We are designing cutting-edge technology in our chips that are driving the...
View ArticleLow-power debugging made easy
The increasing complexity of power-aware SoC architectures makes it important to find efficient ways to debug their low-power elements. UPF provides a useful way to describe the power-management...
View ArticleSpeed up design and verification with a smaller layout
Today’s large full-chip integrated circuit (IC) layouts can be very frustrating. Just viewing them requires powerful computers with substantial memory, and they are not always readily available. Even...
View ArticleA helping hand for design and verification
In the world of high technology, there is often an interesting interplay between the most popular consumer products and the most advanced devices and algorithms. For example, the near-ubiquitous...
View ArticleCorrect design and verification coding errors as you type
There are few engineering tasks as daunting as the design and verification of a large, complex semiconductor device. A single designer may be responsible for millions of gates, with a combination of...
View ArticleA better way to debug P2P results
Thinking as a consumer rather than an engineer, what does product reliability mean to you? If you are like most people, you expect a product to work properly right out-of-the-box, and every time you...
View ArticleHow IDEs enable the ‘shift left’ for VHDL
This series recently introduced the use of an integrated development environment (IDE) to develop designs and testbenches in the VHDL hardware description language. An IDE enables a more efficient...
View ArticleThe path to full functional monitoring
The growing demands upon electronics system design are helping to chart a path towards platforms that will not only deliver optimal silicon but also allow far more detailed insights into how entire...
View ArticleSpiral in on silicon bugs in six formal steps
Winner of the Best Paper Award at DVCon US 2021, Formal Verification Experiences: Spiral Refinement Methodology for Silicon Bug Hunt shares the trade secrets of experienced formal verification...
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