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The Immensity of Software Development and the Challenges of Debugging Series (Part 4 of 4)

The Immensity of Software Development and the Challenges of Debugging Series (Part 4 of 4)
by Lauro Rizzatti on 11-19-2024 at 10:00 am

Immensity of SW development Part 4 Table 1

The Impact of AI on Software and Hardware Development

Part 4 of this series analyzes how AI algorithmic processing is transforming software structures and significantly modifying processing hardware. It explores the marginalization of the traditional CPU architecture and demonstrates how software is increasingly dominatingRead More


Handling Objections in UVM Code

Handling Objections in UVM Code
by Daniel Payne on 11-18-2024 at 10:00 am

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You begin writing some UVM code and there are parts of the code that aren’t done yet, so you begin to use uvm_objection, guarding that code. Rich Edelman, a product engineer at Siemens doing verification debug and analysis, wrote a paper on this topic, which I just read. This blog covers the topic of objections and provides some different… Read More


GaN HEMT modeling with ANN parameters targets extensibility

GaN HEMT modeling with ANN parameters targets extensibility
by Don Dingee on 11-18-2024 at 6:00 am

Modified ASM HEMT equivalent circuit for GaN HEMT modeling with ANN parameters

Designers choosing gallium nitride (GaN) transistors may face a surprising challenge when putting the devices in their context. While the Advanced SPICE Model for GaN HEMTs (ASM-HEMT) model captures many behaviors like thermal and trapping effects, it grapples with accuracy over a wide range of bias conditions. Foundries … Read More


Analog IC Migration using AI

Analog IC Migration using AI
by Daniel Payne on 11-14-2024 at 10:00 am

Analog Migration with virtuoso studio

My first job out of college was migrating a DRAM chip from one process node to a newer node, and it was a 100% manual process that required many months of effort. That need to migrate semiconductor IP to newer nodes is still with us today, and much automation has been applied to digital circuits, however migrating analog IP has proven… Read More


Next Generation of Systems Design at Siemens

Next Generation of Systems Design at Siemens
by Daniel Payne on 11-14-2024 at 8:00 am

New, Unified GUI

Electronic systems design is filled with a wide range of tools used across IC packaging design, multi-board systems, design creation, physical implementation, electro-mechanical co-design, simulation & analysis, and new product introduction. Siemens has been offering tools in this flow for many years now, so I was able… Read More


Signal Integrity Basics

Signal Integrity Basics
by Daniel Payne on 11-12-2024 at 10:00 am

Digital and analog waveforms

PCB and package designers need to be concerned with Signal Integrity (SI) issues to deliver electronic systems that work reliably in the field. EDA vendors like Siemens have helped engineers with SI analysis using a simulator called HyperLynx, dating all the way back to 1992. Siemens even wrote a 56-page e-book recently, SignalRead More


My Conversation with Infinisim – Why Good Enough Isn’t Enough

My Conversation with Infinisim – Why Good Enough Isn’t Enough
by Mike Gianfagna on 11-12-2024 at 6:00 am

My Conversation with Infinisim – Why Good Enough Isn’t Enough

My recent post on a high-profile chip performance issue got me thinking. The root cause of the problem discussed there had to do with a clock tree circuit that was particularly vulnerable to reliability aging under elevated voltage and temperature. Chip aging effects have always got my attention. I’ve lived through a few of them… Read More


Build a 100% Python-based Design environment for Large SoC Designs

Build a 100% Python-based Design environment for Large SoC Designs
by Daniel Nenni on 11-11-2024 at 10:00 am

Integrated Python based design environment

In the fast-evolving world of semiconductor design, chip designers are constantly on the lookout for EDA tools that can enhance their productivity, streamline workflows, and push the boundaries of innovation. Although Tcl is currently the most widely used language, it seems to be reaching its limits in the face of the growing… Read More


Keysight EDA 2025 launches AI-enhanced design workflows

Keysight EDA 2025 launches AI-enhanced design workflows
by Don Dingee on 11-11-2024 at 6:00 am

Keysight ADS 2025 enables AI-enhanced design workflows

The upcoming Keysight EDA 2025 launch has three familiar tracks: RF circuit design, high-speed digital circuit design, and device modeling and characterization. However, this update features a common thread between the tracks – AI-enhanced design workflows. AI speeds modeling and simulation, opening co-optimization for… Read More


Changing RISC-V Verification Requirements, Standardization, Infrastructure

Changing RISC-V Verification Requirements, Standardization, Infrastructure
by Daniel Nenni on 11-07-2024 at 10:00 am

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A lively panel discussion about RISC-V and open-source functional verification highlighted this year’s Design Automation Conference. Part One looked at selecting a RISC-V IP block from a third-party vendor and investigating its functional verification process.

In Part Two, moderator Ron Wilson and Contributing Editor … Read More