Consider RISC-V ISA as a new ‘unforbidden fruit’. Unlike other fruits (ISAs) that grow in proprietary orchards, RISC-V is available to all, i.e. open-source. Much like a delicious fruit can be transformed into a wide array of delectable desserts, so can RISC-V be utilized to create a plethora of effective applications across … Read More
Podcast EP191: The Impact of Evolving AI System Architectures and Samtec’s Role with Matt Burns
Dan is joined by Matthew Burns, Matt develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon to Silicon solutions. Over the course of 20+ years, he has been a leader in design, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries.
Matt and Dan discuss revelations from the recent… Read More
Executive Interview: Tony Casassa, General Manager of METTLER TOLEDO THORNTON
Tony Casassa has served as the General Manager of METTLER TOLEDO THORNTON since 2015, after having joined the company in 2007 to lead the US Process Analytics business. Prior to spending the last 16 years with METTLER TOLEDO, Tony held various business leadership positions for 2 decades with Rohm and Haas Chemical. A common thread… Read More
Webinar: Fast and Accurate High-Sigma Analysis with Worst-Case Points
IC designers are tasked with meeting specifications like robustness in SRAM bit cells where the probability of a violation are lower than 1 part-per-billion (1 ppb). Another example of robustness is a Flip-Flop register that must have a probability of specification violation lower than 1 part-per-million (1 ppm). Using Monte… Read More
Arm Total Design Hints at Accelerating Multi-Die Activity
I confess I am reading tea leaves in this blog, but why not? Arm recently announced Arm Total Design, an expansion of their Compute Subsystems (CSS) offering which made me wonder about the motivation behind this direction. They have a lot of blue-chip partners lined up for this program yet only a general pointer to multi-die systems… Read More
Generative AI for Silicon Design – Article 2 (Debug My Waveform)
Generative AI has been making waves across various industries, and its potential continues to expand. Among its many applications, one particularly intriguing area is the capacity of GenAI to explain digital design waveforms and act as a co-pilot for hardware engineers in the debugging process. In this article, we will explore
WEBINAR: How to Achieve 95%+ Accurate Power Measurement During Architecture Exploration
Today’s power modeling solutions are trained at measuring power using the micro-events captured from detailed RTL simulation or studying the electromagnetic radiation from IR drop and side channel attacks. These solutions are fantastic for debugging and verification of the implementation. There are both open source and … Read More
The Significance of Point Spread Functions with Stochastic Behavior in Electron-Beam Lithography
Electron beam lithography is commercially used to directly write submicron patterns onto advanced node masks. With the advent of EUV masks and nanometer-scale NIL (nanoimprint lithography), multi-beam writers are now being used, compensating the ultralow throughput of a single high-resolution electron beam with the use… Read More
DVCon Europe is Coming Soon. Sign Up Now
I’m a fan of DVCon, a fan of Accellera and a fan of Munich, hosting DVCon Europe once again. This year’s event runs from November 14th through 15th (with some events on the 16th) at the Holiday Inn Munich in the City Center. Phillippe Notton (CEO, SiPearl) will deliver a keynote on “Energy Efficient High-Performance Computing in the… Read More
S2C’s FPGA Prototyping Accelerates the Iteration of XiangShan RISC-V Processor
S2C announced that the Beijing Institute of Open Source Chip (BOSC) adopted its Prodigy S7-19P Logic System, a VU19P-based FPGA prototyping solution, in the development of the “XiangShan” RISC-V processor. S7-19P not only accelerates the iterations of processor development but also simplifies other companies to realize … Read More
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