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UCIe InterOp Testchip Unleashes Growth of Open Chiplet Ecosystem

UCIe InterOp Testchip Unleashes Growth of Open Chiplet Ecosystem
by Kalar Rajendiran on 12-11-2023 at 6:00 am

Pike Creek UCIe Test chip

Intel recently made headlines when CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled the world’s first UCIe interoperability test chip demo at Innovation 2023. The test chip built using advanced packaging technology is codenamed Pike Creek and is used to demonstrate interoperability across chiplets designed by Intel and Synopsys. More details … Read More


Analysis and Verification of Single Event Upset Mitigation

Analysis and Verification of Single Event Upset Mitigation
by Jacob Wiltgen on 12-07-2023 at 10:00 am

Figure 1 Driving trends

The evolution of space-based applications continues to drive innovation across government and private entities. The new demands for advanced capabilities and feature sets have a direct impact on the underlying hardware, driving companies to migrate to smaller geometries to deliver the required performance, area, and power… Read More


Do you have Time to Pull in your Tapeout Schedule?

Do you have Time to Pull in your Tapeout Schedule?
by Ronen Laviv on 12-06-2023 at 10:00 am

schedule pullin

So… , we’re 4 months before tapeout. You were assigned to close place & route on three complex key blocks. You have 15 machines for the job, 5 per block.

You send your first batch, 5 runs per block. You’re not very surprised that your first batch fails. You modify the scripts, and run another batch. And… (Surprise… Read More


Prototyping Chiplets from the Desktop!

Prototyping Chiplets from the Desktop!
by Daniel Nenni on 12-05-2023 at 10:00 am

S2C PLM Mini

S2C has been successfully delivering rapid SoC prototyping solutions since 2003 with over 600 customers, including 6 of the world’s top 10 semiconductor companies. I personally have been involved with the prototyping market for a good part of my career and know S2C intimately.

S2C is the leading independent global supplier… Read More


SystemVerilog Has Some Changes Coming Up

SystemVerilog Has Some Changes Coming Up
by Daniel Payne on 11-29-2023 at 10:00 am

SystemVerilog - extending coverpoints

SystemVerilog came to life in 2005 as a superset of Verilog-2005. The last IEEE technical committee revision of the SystemVerilog LRM was completed in 2016 and published as IEEE 1800-2017.

Have the last seven years revealed any changes or enhancements that maintain SystemVerilog’s relevance and efficaciousness in the face … Read More


A Complete Guidebook for PCB Design Automation

A Complete Guidebook for PCB Design Automation
by Kalar Rajendiran on 11-29-2023 at 8:00 am

Constraint Management

Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are the foundation of modern electronics, and designing them efficiently is complex. Design automation and advanced PCB routing have transformed the process, making it faster and more reliable. Design automation streamlines tasks, reduces errors, and ensures consistency. Advanced PCB routing… Read More


ML-Guided Model Abstraction. Innovation in Verification

ML-Guided Model Abstraction. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 11-29-2023 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

Formal methods offer completeness in proving functionality but are difficult to scale to system level without abstraction and cannot easily incorporate system aspects outside the logic world such as in cyber-physical systems (CPS). Paul Cunningham (Senior VP/GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst,… Read More


WEBINAR : Avoiding Metastability in Hardware Software Interface (HSI) using CDC Techniques

WEBINAR : Avoiding Metastability in Hardware Software Interface (HSI) using CDC Techniques
by Daniel Nenni on 11-28-2023 at 10:00 am

Agnisys Mux Synchronizer

This webinar looks at the challenges a Design Engineer could face, such as when various IP blocks within an SoC are required to work in different clock domains to satisfy the power constraints.

Abstract:
Various IP blocks within an SoC are often required to work in different clock domains in order to satisfy the power constraints.… Read More


Siemens Digital Industries Software Collaborates with AWS and Arm To Deliver an Automotive Digital Twin

Siemens Digital Industries Software Collaborates with AWS and Arm To Deliver an Automotive Digital Twin
by Mike Gianfagna on 11-28-2023 at 6:00 am

Siemens Digital Industries Software Collaborates with AWS and ARM To Deliver an Automotive Digital Twin

 

According to McKinsey & Company, a digital twin is a digital representation of a physical object, person, or process, contextualized in a digital version of its environment. Digital twins can help an organization simulate real situations and their outcomes, ultimately allowing it to make better decisions. Anyone… Read More


Synopsys.ai Ups the AI Ante with Copilot

Synopsys.ai Ups the AI Ante with Copilot
by Bernard Murphy on 11-27-2023 at 10:00 am

Synopsys.ai Stack 111623

Last week Synopsys announced their next step in generative AI (GenAI) in Synopsys.ai Copilot based on a collaboration with Microsoft. This integrates Azure OpenAI together with existing Synopsys.ai GenAI capabilities to extend Copilot concepts to the EDA world. For those of you unfamiliar with Copilot, this is a development… Read More