Early SoC Dynamic Power Analysis Needs Hardware Emulation

Early SoC Dynamic Power Analysis Needs Hardware Emulation
by Lauro Rizzatti on 04-16-2024 at 6:00 am

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The relentless pursuit for maximizing performance in semiconductor development is now matched by the crucial need to minimize energy consumption.

Traditional simulation-based power analysis methods face insurmountable challenges to accurately capture complex designs activities in real-world scenarios. As the scale… Read More


Luc Burgun: EDA CEO, Now French Startup Investor

Luc Burgun: EDA CEO, Now French Startup Investor
by Lauro Rizzatti on 01-22-2024 at 6:00 am

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When we last saw Luc Burgun’s name in the semiconductor industry, he was CEO and co-founder of EVE (Emulation and Verification Engineering), creator of the ZeBu (Zero Bugs) hardware emulator. EVE was acquired by Synopsys in 2012.

After the acquisition, Luc moved out of EDA and became an investor. Join me as I catch up with Luc and … Read More


Long-standing Roadblock to Viable L4/L5 Autonomous Driving and Generative AI Inference at the Edge

Long-standing Roadblock to Viable L4/L5 Autonomous Driving and Generative AI Inference at the Edge
by Lauro Rizzatti on 10-11-2023 at 6:00 am

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Two recent software-based algorithmic technologies –– autonomous driving (ADAS/AD) and generative AI (GenAI) –– are keeping the semiconductor engineering community up at night.

While ADAS at Level 2 and Level 3 are on track, AD at Levels 4 and 5 are far from reality, causing a drop in venture capital enthusiasm and money. Today,… Read More


The Corellium Experience Moves to EDA

The Corellium Experience Moves to EDA
by Lauro Rizzatti on 10-25-2022 at 6:00 am

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Bill Neifert invited me to join him on Zoom recently to talk about his move to Corellium, a company known within the DevSecOps (development, security, operations) market. Developers and security groups use its virtualization technology to build, test, and secure mobile and IoT apps, firmware, and hardware.

Not knowing much … Read More


EDA Product Mix Changes as Hardware-Assisted Verification Gains Momentum

EDA Product Mix Changes as Hardware-Assisted Verification Gains Momentum
by Lauro Rizzatti on 08-23-2022 at 10:00 am

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The Design Automation Conference, as always, is a good barometer on the state of EDA and my area of interest, verification. The recent DAC offered plenty of opportunities to check on trends and the status quo.

Remarkably, exhibitors and attendees were upbeat about the chip design landscape despite concerns about supply chain … Read More


Meet Kandou’s Frank Lavety, Behind the Scenes Point Person for Timely Product Delivery

Meet Kandou’s Frank Lavety, Behind the Scenes Point Person for Timely Product Delivery
by Lauro Rizzatti on 05-17-2022 at 10:00 am

Frank Lavety

I learned about Kandou a year ago and liked what I heard, as should anyone who wants higher res displays and faster downloads from their electronic devices. I’ve been tracking Kandou since and believe it’s living up to its goal to be the undisputed innovator in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve… Read More


“Kandou it”

“Kandou it”
by Lauro Rizzatti on 06-15-2021 at 10:00 am

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In another departure from my chip design verification “beat,” I took a look at Kandou and like what I learned.

Kandou from Lausanne, Switzerland, boasts “Kandou It” as its tagline and as it should be if Kandou’s USB-C multi-protocol retimer solution with USB4 support is inside next-gen laptops, notebooks, desktops, tablets and… Read More


Software Developers Turn to CacheQ for Multi-Threading CPU Acceleration

Software Developers Turn to CacheQ for Multi-Threading CPU Acceleration
by Lauro Rizzatti on 06-07-2021 at 10:00 am

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Three-year old CacheQ, founded by two former Xilinx executives and a clever group of engineers, produces a distributed heterogenous compute development environment targeting software developers with limited knowledge of hardware architecture.

The promise of compiler tools for heterogeneous compute systems intrigued… Read More


Meeting the Need for Hardware-Assisted Verification

Meeting the Need for Hardware-Assisted Verification
by Lauro Rizzatti on 04-12-2021 at 6:00 am

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Editor’s Note: Siemens EDA recently introduced a comprehensive hardware-assisted verification system comprised of hardware, software and system verification that streamlines and optimizes verification cycles while helping reduce verification cost. What follows is an edited version of an interview Verification Expert… Read More


Combining AI and Advanced Signal Processing on the Same Device

Combining AI and Advanced Signal Processing on the Same Device
by Lauro Rizzatti on 08-04-2020 at 6:00 am

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A lot has been written and even more spoken about artificial intelligence (AI) and its uses. Case in point, the use of AI to make autonomous vehicles (AV) a reality. But, surprisingly, not much is discussed on pre-processing the inputs feeding AI algorithms. Understanding how input signals are generated, pre-processed and used… Read More