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Chiplets at the Design Automation Conference with OpenFive

Chiplets at the Design Automation Conference with OpenFive
by Daniel Nenni on 08-02-2022 at 10:00 am

OpenFive Chiplet 59DAC

SemiWiki has been tracking the popularity of chiplets for two years now so it was not surprising to see that they played a key role at DAC. The other trend we foresaw was that the ASIC companies would be early chiplet adopters and that has proven true. One of the more vocal proponents of chiplets at DAC#59 was OpenFive, a 17+ year spec-to-silicon… Read More


Scalability – A Looming Problem in Safety Analysis

Scalability – A Looming Problem in Safety Analysis
by Stefano Lorenzini on 07-28-2022 at 6:00 am

Figure 2 FMEDA white paper

Scalability – A Looming Problem in Safety Analysis

The boundless possibilities of automation in cars and other vehicles have captivated designers to the point that electronic content is now a stronger driver of differentiation than any other factor. It accounts for a substantial fraction of material cost in any of these vehicles.… Read More


Arm Aims at Mobile Gaming

Arm Aims at Mobile Gaming
by Bernard Murphy on 07-14-2022 at 6:00 am

ARM gaming min

Clearly unfazed by the collapse of the proposed merger with Nvidia, Arm just announced products in support of, what else, mobile gaming. Nvidia turf. Of course Nvidia’s gaming strength is in tethered platforms or laptops. However, understand that 50% of video gaming revenue in 2020 came from smartphone games and that growth is… Read More


Memory Security Relies on Ultra High-Performance AES-XTS Encryption/Decryption

Memory Security Relies on Ultra High-Performance AES-XTS Encryption/Decryption
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-11-2022 at 10:00 am

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A recent SemiWiki post covered the topic of protecting high-speed interfaces in data centers using security IP. That post was based on a presentation made by Dana Neustadter at IP-Soc Silicon Valley 2022 conference. Dana’s talk was an overview of various interfaces and Synopsys’ security IP for protecting those interfaces. … Read More


Interface IP in 2021: $1.3B, 22% growth and $3B in 2026

Interface IP in 2021: $1.3B, 22% growth and $3B in 2026
by Eric Esteve on 07-10-2022 at 10:00 am

IP 2017 2026

If you want to remember the key points for Interface IP in 2021, just consider $1.3B, 22%, $3B. Interface IP category has generated $1 billion 300 million in 2021, or 22.7% year to year growth, thanks to high runner protocols PCIe, DDR memory controller and Ethernet/SerDes. Even more impressive is the forecast, as IPnest predict… Read More


CEO Interview: Barry Paterson of Agile Analog

CEO Interview: Barry Paterson of Agile Analog
by Daniel Nenni on 07-08-2022 at 6:00 am

Barry Paterson Agile Analog CEO

Barry Paterson is the CEO of UK-based analog IP pioneer, Agile Analog. He has held senior leadership, engineering and product management roles at Dialog Semiconductor and Wolfson Microelectronics. He has been involved in the development of custom, mixed-signal silicon solutions for many of the leading mobile and consumer … Read More


5G for IoT Gets Closer

5G for IoT Gets Closer
by Bernard Murphy on 07-05-2022 at 6:00 am

5G for IoT

Very recently, 3GPP announced that 5G Release 17 was finalized. One important consequence is that 5G RedCap (reduced capacity) is now real and that means 5G becomes accessible to IoT devices. Think smart wearables (e.g. watches), industrial sensors and surveillance devices. “So what?”, you protest. “I don’t need 5G on my watch.… Read More


Verifying Inter-Chiplet Communication

Verifying Inter-Chiplet Communication
by Daniel Nenni on 07-04-2022 at 6:00 am

UCIe min

Chiplets are hot now as a way to extend Moore’s Law, dividing functionality across multiple die within a single package. It’s no longer practical to jam all functionality onto a single die in the very latest processes, exceeding reticle limits in some cases and in others straining cost/yield. This is not an academic concern. Already… Read More


Using an IDE to Accelerate Hardware Language Learning

Using an IDE to Accelerate Hardware Language Learning
by Daniel Nenni on 06-29-2022 at 10:00 am

Indian Institute of Technology IIT Bhubaneswar

Recently, in one of my regular check-ins with AMIQ EDA, I was pleased that they linked me up with an active customer. The resulting post summarized my discussion with three engineers from Kepler Communications Inc. They talked about using one of the AMIQ EDA products in the design of FPGAs for space-borne Internet connectivity.… Read More


Time is of the Essence for High-Frequency Traders

Time is of the Essence for High-Frequency Traders
by Dave Bursky on 06-27-2022 at 10:00 am

Figure Simplified block diagram of Multiprotocol PMA from Silicon Creations

In the world of financial trading, nanoseconds count. The faster a trade can be accomplished, the more money a trader can make. Getting a trade in before a competitor also results in improved profits. What does this have to do with the partnership deal recently inked between Silicon Creations and Achronix? Plenty. The two companies… Read More