Siemens Keynote Stresses Global Priorities

Siemens Keynote Stresses Global Priorities
by Bernard Murphy on 03-27-2023 at 6:00 am

Space Perspective

Dirk Didascalou, Siemens CTO, gave a keynote at DVCon, raising our perspective on why we do what we do. Yes, our work in semiconductor design enables the cloud and 5G and smart everything, but these technologies push progress for a select few. What about the big global concerns that affect us all: carbon, climate, COVID and conflict?… Read More


Modern Automotive Electronics System Design Challenges and Solutions

Modern Automotive Electronics System Design Challenges and Solutions
by Rahul Razdan on 03-01-2023 at 6:00 am

Automotive Life Cycle

Over the last decade, automobiles have been morphing from stand-alone mechanical objects to highly connected systems with ever-increasing usage of electronics.  Semiconductor supply disruptions (OEM factory shutdowns) caused by the recent situation with Covid and the political tensions and China have demonstrated the… Read More


The State of FPGA Functional Verification

The State of FPGA Functional Verification
by Daniel Payne on 02-15-2023 at 10:00 am

Design Styles min

Earlier I blogged about IC and ASIC functional verification, so today it’s time to round that out with the state of FPGA functional verification. The Wilson Research Group has been compiling an FPGA report every two years since 2018, so this marks the third time they’ve focused on this design segment. At $5.8 billion… Read More


Achieving Faster Design Verification Closure

Achieving Faster Design Verification Closure
by Daniel Payne on 02-01-2023 at 10:00 am

Questa Verification IQ min

On big chip design projects the logic verification effort can be larger than the design effort, taking up to 70% of the project time based on data from the 2022 Wilson Research Group findings. Sadly, the first silicon success rate has gone downwards from 31 percent to just 24 percent in the past 8 years, causing another spin to correct… Read More


Functional Safety for Automotive IP

Functional Safety for Automotive IP
by Daniel Payne on 12-15-2022 at 10:00 am

functional safety in automotive electronics

Automotive engineers are familiar with the ISO 26262 standard, as it defines a process for developing functional safety in electronic systems, where human safety is preserved as all of the electronic components are operating correctly and reliably.  Automotive electronics have now grown to cover dozens of applications, and… Read More


MIPI in the Car – Transport From Sensors to Compute

MIPI in the Car – Transport From Sensors to Compute
by Bernard Murphy on 11-09-2022 at 6:00 am

NXP Camera subsystem min

I’ve written on and off about sensors, ML inference of the output of those sensors and the application of both in modern cars. Neither ADAS nor autonomous/semi-autonomous driving would be possible without these. But until now I have never covered the transport between sensors and the compute that safely turns what they produce… Read More


VeriSilicon’s AI-ISP Breaks the Limits of Traditional Computer Vision Technologies

VeriSilicon’s AI-ISP Breaks the Limits of Traditional Computer Vision Technologies
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-13-2022 at 10:00 am

VeriSilicons NPU Offerings

The tremendous growth in edge devices has focused the spotlight on Edge-AI processing for low latency, low power and low-DDR bandwidth compute needs. Many of these Edge-AI applications depend on effective and efficient processing of image and video streams which in turn relies on computer vision technology. In early September,… Read More


WEBINAR: Flash Memory as a Root of Trust

WEBINAR: Flash Memory as a Root of Trust
by Bernard Murphy on 10-09-2022 at 4:00 pm

secure flash

It should not come as a surprise that the vast majority of IoT devices are insecure. As an indication, one survey estimates that 98% of IoT traffic is unencrypted. It’s not hard to understand why. Many such devices are cost-sensitive, designing security into a product is hard, buyers aren’t prepared to pay a premium for security … Read More


Siemens EDA Discuss Permanent and Transient Faults

Siemens EDA Discuss Permanent and Transient Faults
by Bernard Murphy on 10-05-2022 at 6:00 am

wafer image min

This is a topic worth coverage for those of us who aim to know more about safety. There are devils in the details on how ISO 26262 quantifies fault metrics, where I consider my understanding probably similar to other non-experts: light. All in all, a nice summary of the topic.

Permanent and transient faults 101

The authors kick off … Read More


Verifying 10+ Billion-Gate Designs Requires Distinct, Scalable Hardware Emulation Architecture

Verifying 10+ Billion-Gate Designs Requires Distinct, Scalable Hardware Emulation Architecture
by Daniel Nenni on 08-29-2022 at 6:00 am

960 x 540 Veloce

In a two-part series, Lauro Rizzatti examines why three kinds of hardware-assisted verification engines are a must have for today’s semiconductor designs. To do so, he interviewed Siemens EDA’s Vijay Chobisa and Juergen Jaeger to learn more about the Veloce hardware-assisted verification systems.

What follows is part one,… Read More