The 63rd annual IEDM (International Electron Devices Meeting) will be held December 2nd through 6th in San Francisco. In my opinion IEDM is one of, if not the premier conference on leading edge semiconductor technology. I will be attending the conference again this year and providing coverage for SemiWiki. As a member of the press… Read More
PCIe 7 Switch IP with Time Division Multiplexing: Powering the Next Generation of AI ConnectivityPCI Express (PCIe), PCIe switches, Time Division Multiplexing…Read More
DAC 2026 See Analog Bits TSMC N2P IP portfolio and meet with its engineering experts!Analog Bits, Inc. is an established provider of…Read More
Perforce Enabling Innovation Without Introducing Risk at DAC 2026Perforce delivers a DevOps Tech Stack for teams…Read More
Arteris at DAC 2026 Connecting Innovation for Silicon SuccessThe semiconductor industry has entered a new era…Read More
DAC 2026 Mach42: A new generation of physics-driven AI models for analog circuit verificationMach42 spun out of the Department of Physics…Read MoreHow standard-cell based eFPGA IP can offer maximum safety, flexibility and TTM?
Writing a white paper is never tedious, and when the product or the technology is emerging, it can become fascinating. Like for this white paper I have written for Menta “How Standard Cell Based eFPGA IP are Offering Maximum Flexibility to New System-on-Chip Generation”. eFPGA technology is not really emerging, but it’s fascinating… Read More
How standard-cell based eFPGA IP can offer maximum safety, flexibility and TTM?
Writing a white paper is never tedious, and when the product or the technology is emerging, it can become fascinating. Like for this white paper I have written for Menta “How Standard Cell Based eFPGA IP are Offering Maximum Flexibility to New System-on-Chip Generation”. eFPGA technology is not really emerging, but it’s fascinating… Read More
Accelerating Accelerators
Accelerating compute-intensive software functions by moving them into hardware has a long history, stretching back (as far as I remember) to floating-point co-processors. Modern SoCs are stuffed with these applications, from signal processors, to graphics processors, codecs and many more functions. All of these accelerators… Read More
Rethinking IP Lifecycle Management
We recently saw both Apple and Samsung introduce new smart phones, and realize that the annual race to introduce sophisticated devices that are attractive and differentiated is highly competitive. If either of these companies misses a market window then fortunes can quickly change. SoCs with billions of transistors like smart… Read More
ARM TechCon 2017 Preview with Mentor!
Next week is ARM TechCon which is one of my favorite conferences (SemiWiki is an event partner). This year is lucky number thirteen for ARM TechCon and it includes more than sixty hours of sessions plus more than one hundred ARM partners in the exposition. I will be signing free copies of our new book “Custom SoCs for IoT: Simplified”… Read More
Getting A Handle On Your Automotive SoCs For ISO 26262
When it comes to safety and automotive systems, ISO 26262 is the standard by which system vendors are judged. As with all things the devil is in the details. To be compliant to the standard, design teams must have a well-defined and rigorous design and validation process in place that copiously documents all the requirements of their… Read More
Reliability Signoff for FinFET Designs
Ansys recently hosted a webinar on reliability signoff for FinFET-based designs, spanning thermal, EM, ESD, EMC and aging effects. I doubt you’re going to easily find a more comprehensive coverage of reliability impact and analysis solutions. If you care about reliability in FinFET designs, you might want to check out this webinar.… Read More
Implementing IEEE 1149.1-2013 to solve IC counterfeiting, security and quality issues
As chips for any design are fabricated, it turns out that no two are the exactly the same. This is both a blessing and a curse. Current silicon fabrication technology is amazingly good at controlling factors that affect chip to chip uniformity. Nevertheless, each chip has different characteristics. The most extreme case of happens… Read More
Free eBook: Custom SoCs for IoT: Simplified
Two important trends will be discussed in this book: The disruptive nature of the Internet of Things and the use of the ASIC business model by systems companies to get into the chip business.… Read More


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