November 14, 2016June 29, 2020

CEO Interview: Chouki Aktouf of Defacto Technologies

CEO Interview: Chouki Aktouf of Defacto Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 11-14-2016 at 7:00 am
Categories: CEO Interviews, Defacto Technologies, EDA

As a 30+ year semiconductor veteran I can tell you with 100% certainty that start-ups are the lifeblood of EDA. The mantra is “Innovate or Die!” and that is exactly what Defacto is doing. After more than 10 years of innovating in Design for Test at RTL, Defacto is now offering a complete EDA solution based on generic EDA… Read More

October 18, 2016

Achieving Lower Power through RTL Design Restructuring (webinar)

Achieving Lower Power through RTL Design Restructuring (webinar)
by Daniel Payne on 10-18-2016 at 4:00 pm
Categories: Defacto Technologies, EDA, Events

From a consumer viewpoint I want the longest battery life from my electronic devices: iPad tablet, Galaxy Note 4 smart phone, Garmin Edge 820 bike computer, and Amazon Kindle book reader. In September I blogged about RTL Design Restructuring and how it could help achieve lower power, and this month I’m looking forward to … Read More

April 19, 2016

A Versatile Design Platform with Multi-Language APIs

A Versatile Design Platform with Multi-Language APIs
by Pawan Fangaria on 04-19-2016 at 7:00 am
Categories: Defacto Technologies, EDA

In one of my whitepapers “SoCs in New Context – Look beyond PPA”, I had mentioned about several considerations which have become very important in addition to power, performance, and area (PPA) of an SoC. This whitepaper was also posted in parts as blogs on Semiwiki (links are mentioned below). Two important… Read More

March 4, 2016

A Brief History of Defacto Technologies

A Brief History of Defacto Technologies
by Pawan Fangaria on 03-04-2016 at 7:00 am
Categories: Defacto Technologies, EDA

In early 2000s, semiconductor design at RTL level was gaining momentum. The idea was to process more design steps such as insertion of test and other design structures upfront at the RTL level. The design optimization and verification were to be done at the RTL level to reduce long iterations through gate level design because changes… Read More

February 24, 2013

At DVCon: Pre-Simulation Verification for RTL Sign-Off includes Automating Power Optimization and DFT

At DVCon: Pre-Simulation Verification for RTL Sign-Off includes Automating Power Optimization and DFT
by Graham Bell on 02-24-2013 at 8:10 pm
Categories: EDA

By now, you will have seen several postings about all the different activities that are going on at Design and Verification Conference being held Feb. 25-28 at its usual location – the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, CA. Besides organizing an experts panel “Where Does Design End and Verification Begin?“, Real… Read More

Array
(
    [0] => tribe-events-list-widget-5
    [1] => search-2
    [2] => media_image-2
    [3] => text-6
    [4] => media_image-7
    [5] => rpwe_widget-10
    [6] => media_image-12
)
WP_Term Object
(
    [term_id] => 955
    [name] => defacto
    [slug] => defacto
    [term_group] => 0
    [term_taxonomy_id] => 955
    [taxonomy] => post_tag
    [description] => 
    [parent] => 0
    [count] => 5
    [filter] => raw
    [is_post] => 
)

Tribe__Events__List_Widget Instance: 5Array
(
    [title] => Upcoming Events
    [limit] => 5
    [no_upcoming_events] => 
    [featured_events_only] => 
    [jsonld_enable] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
)

Array
(
    [title] => Upcoming Events
    [limit] => 5
    [no_upcoming_events] => 
    [featured_events_only] => 
    [jsonld_enable] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
)

WP_Widget_Search Instance: 2Array
(
    [display_widget_title] => on
    [title] => Search Semiwiki
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
        )

)

Array
(
    [display_widget_title] => on
    [title] => Search Semiwiki
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
        )

)

WP_Widget_Media_Image Instance: 2Array
(
    [display_widget_title] => on
    [attachment_id] => 287602
    [url] => https://semiwiki.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/webinar-button_SEMIWIKI_HirenM-1.jpg
    [title] => 
    [size] => full
    [width] => 400
    [height] => 400
    [caption] => 
    [alt] => webinar button SEMIWIKI HirenM 1
    [link_type] => custom
    [link_url] => https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5706042442952012814?source=SemiWiki
    [image_classes] => 
    [link_classes] => 
    [link_rel] => 
    [link_target_blank] => 1
    [image_title] => 
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_196276] => 1
            [category_12] => 1
            [category_7] => 1
            [category_94] => 1
            [pageid_276304] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 
)

WP_Widget_Text Instance: 6Array
(
    [title] => 
    [text] => 

High-Speed SerDes PHY IP for Up to 800G Hyperscale Data Centers

Designing AI Accelerators with Innovative FinFET and FD-SOI Solutions
    [filter] => 1
    [visual] => 1
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

)

Array
(
    [title] => 
    [text] => 

High-Speed SerDes PHY IP for Up to 800G Hyperscale Data Centers

Designing AI Accelerators with Innovative FinFET and FD-SOI Solutions
    [filter] => 1
    [visual] => 1
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

)

WP_Widget_Media_Image Instance: 7Array
(
    [display_widget_title] => on
    [attachment_id] => 286638
    [url] => https://semiwiki.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cs500866115-56g-112g-eth-and-die2die-phy-ip-essentials-wemiwiki-webinar-ad-400x400-1.jpg
    [title] => 
    [size] => full
    [width] => 400
    [height] => 400
    [caption] => 
    [alt] => cs500866115 56g 112g eth and die2die phy ip essentials wemiwiki webinar ad 400x400 1
    [link_type] => custom
    [link_url] => https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/693810935405992718?source=SemiWiki
    [image_classes] => 
    [link_classes] => 
    [link_rel] => 
    [link_target_blank] => 1
    [image_title] => 
    [display_widget_mobile] => 
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_276304] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

)

Recent_Posts_Widget_Extended Instance: 10Array
(
    [title] => 
    [title_url] => 
    [ignore_sticky] => 1
    [exclude_current] => 1
    [limit] => 5
    [offset] => 0
    [order] => DESC
    [orderby] => date
    [post_type] => Array
        (
            [0] => wiki
        )

    [post_status] => publish
    [cat] => Array
        (
        )

    [tag] => Array
        (
        )

    [taxonomy] => wiki_category=15071,15072,15073
    [excerpt] => 
    [length] => 10
    [date] => 1
    [date_relative] => 
    [date_modified] => 
    [readmore] => 
    [readmore_text] => Read More »
    [comment_count] => 
    [thumb] => 
    [thumb_height] => 45
    [thumb_width] => 45
    [thumb_default] => 
    [thumb_align] => rpwe-alignleft
    [styles_default] => 
    [cssID] => 
    [css_class] => 
    [css] => time.rpwe-time::before {
    content: " on ";
}
    [before] => 
    [after] => 
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 
)

WP_Widget_Media_Image Instance: 12Array
(
    [display_widget_title] => on
    [size] => full
    [width] => 400
    [height] => 400
    [caption] => 
    [alt] => DAC Virtual 400x400 RegisterNow
    [link_type] => custom
    [link_url] => https://www.dac.com/
    [image_classes] => 
    [link_classes] => 
    [link_rel] => 
    [link_target_blank] => 
    [image_title] => 
    [attachment_id] => 287007
    [url] => https://semiwiki.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DAC-Virtual-400x400_RegisterNow.jpg
    [title] => 
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 
)

Array
(
    [0] => rpwe_widget-9
    [1] => gtranslate-3
    [2] => better_recent_comments-2
    [3] => xfrp_widget-2
)
WP_Term Object
(
    [term_id] => 955
    [name] => defacto
    [slug] => defacto
    [term_group] => 0
    [term_taxonomy_id] => 955
    [taxonomy] => post_tag
    [description] => 
    [parent] => 0
    [count] => 5
    [filter] => raw
    [is_post] => 
)

GTranslateWidget Instance: 3Array
(
    [title] => Google Translate
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
            [widget_select] => 1
        )

    [display_widget_mobile] => 
)

Barn2\Plugin\Better_Recent_Comments\Widget Instance: 2Array
(
    [title] => Recent Article Comments
    [number] => 8
    [avatar] => 
    [date] => 1
    [comment] => 1
    [link] => 1
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
            [pageid_274493] => 1
        )

)

Array
(
    [title] => Recent Article Comments
    [number] => 8
    [avatar] => 
    [date] => 1
    [comment] => 1
    [link] => 1
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
            [pageid_274493] => 1
        )

)

Recent Article Comments

COVID-19: Through the Rearview Mirror
I read those two links about Chrysler's and GM's Q2 earning reported by Detroit Free Press. I'm not sure I…

— hist78 on July 5, 2020
Tears in the Rain – Arm and China JVs
Know your competitor.

— nickw on July 5, 2020
Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets
A great and very disheartening Sci-Fi short story about autonomous weapons is "Second variety" by Philip K. Dick

— mokeboke on July 5, 2020
A Vibrant Semiconductor Manufacturing Model for the US
Is the US trying to eat the wrong end of the elephant? The business left the US a bit at…

— Dougwithau on July 5, 2020
Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets
Now if we can just figure out how to keep them from waking up, i.e. command, sleep always.

— katgod on July 5, 2020
Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets
Now if we can just figure out how to keep them from waking up, i.e. command, sleep always.

— katgod on July 5, 2020
Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets
Aside from general principle: your friend can so easily become your enemy (and not only in the middle east). Is…

— George Storm on July 5, 2020
A Vibrant Semiconductor Manufacturing Model for the US
China is succeeding with the government down financial model. It really is a 3-way model: Government, private investment, chip firms.…

— Daniel Nenni on July 5, 2020

XF2_Latest_Posts_Widget Instance: 2Array
(
    [title] => Recent Forum Threads
    [title_url] => 
    [ignore_sticky] => 0
    [exclude_current] => 0
    [limit] => 8
    [offset] => 0
    [order] => 
    [orderby] => ID
    [post_type] => Array
        (
            [0] => post
        )

    [post_status] => 
    [cat] => Array
        (
        )

    [tag] => Array
        (
        )

    [taxonomy] => 
    [excerpt] => 
    [length] => 0
    [date] => 
    [date_relative] => 
    [date_modified] => 
    [readmore] => 
    [readmore_text] => 
    [comment_count] => 
    [thumb] => 
    [thumb_height] => 0
    [thumb_width] => 0
    [thumb_default] => 
    [thumb_align] => 
    [styles_default] => 
    [cssID] => 
    [css_class] => 
    [css] => 
    [before] => 
    [after] => 
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [sluglist] => ["jobs-dashboard"]
    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
            [pageid_274493] => 1
        )

)

Array
(
    [title] => Recent Forum Threads
    [title_url] => 
    [ignore_sticky] => 0
    [exclude_current] => 0
    [limit] => 8
    [offset] => 0
    [order] => 
    [orderby] => ID
    [post_type] => Array
        (
            [0] => post
        )

    [post_status] => 
    [cat] => Array
        (
        )

    [tag] => Array
        (
        )

    [taxonomy] => 
    [excerpt] => 
    [length] => 0
    [date] => 
    [date_relative] => 
    [date_modified] => 
    [readmore] => 
    [readmore_text] => 
    [comment_count] => 
    [thumb] => 
    [thumb_height] => 0
    [thumb_width] => 0
    [thumb_default] => 
    [thumb_align] => 
    [styles_default] => 
    [cssID] => 
    [css_class] => 
    [css] => 
    [before] => 
    [after] => 
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [sluglist] => ["jobs-dashboard"]
    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
            [pageid_274493] => 1
        )

)

Array

Instance

Array
(
    [title] => Recent Forum Threads
    [title_url] => 
    [ignore_sticky] => 0
    [exclude_current] => 0
    [limit] => 8
    [offset] => 0
    [order] => 
    [orderby] => ID
    [post_type] => Array
        (
            [0] => post
        )

    [post_status] => 
    [cat] => Array
        (
        )

    [tag] => Array
        (
        )

    [taxonomy] => 
    [excerpt] => 
    [length] => 0
    [date] => 
    [date_relative] => 
    [date_modified] => 
    [readmore] => 
    [readmore_text] => 
    [comment_count] => 
    [thumb] => 
    [thumb_height] => 0
    [thumb_width] => 0
    [thumb_default] => 
    [thumb_align] => 
    [styles_default] => 
    [cssID] => 
    [css_class] => 
    [css] => 
    [before] => 
    [after] => 
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [sluglist] => ["jobs-dashboard"]
    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
            [pageid_274493] => 1
        )

    [node_name] => defacto
    [node_id] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2
        )

)

Array

Instance

Array
(
    [title] => Recent Forum Threads
    [title_url] => 
    [ignore_sticky] => 0
    [exclude_current] => 0
    [limit] => 8
    [offset] => 0
    [order] => 
    [orderby] => ID
    [post_type] => Array
        (
            [0] => post
        )

    [post_status] => 
    [cat] => Array
        (
        )

    [tag] => Array
        (
        )

    [taxonomy] => 
    [excerpt] => 
    [length] => 0
    [date] => 
    [date_relative] => 
    [date_modified] => 
    [readmore] => 
    [readmore_text] => 
    [comment_count] => 
    [thumb] => 
    [thumb_height] => 0
    [thumb_width] => 0
    [thumb_default] => 
    [thumb_align] => 
    [styles_default] => 
    [cssID] => 
    [css_class] => 
    [css] => 
    [before] => 
    [after] => 
    [display_widget_mobile] => 1
    [rw_opt] => Array
        (
            [widget_select] => 1
            [pageid_281769] => 1
            [pageid_281772] => 1
        )

    [sluglist] => ["jobs-dashboard"]
    [rw_opt_exclude] => Array
        (
            [pageid_274493] => 1
        )

    [node_name] => 
    [node_id] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2
        )

)

Threads

Recent Forum Threads

After switching to ARM, expect Apple to buy TSMC too

latest reply by Daniel Nenni on July 5, 2020

started by Daniel Nenni on July 1, 2020
What Ecosystems to Dominate AI/ML, Hardware and Software?

latest reply by Arthur Hanson on July 5, 2020

started by Arthur Hanson on July 4, 2020
An open source PDK for 130nm process node

latest reply by Daniel Nenni on July 3, 2020

started by Daniel Payne on June 30, 2020
2020 TSMC Technology Symposium and OIP Agenda

started by Daniel Nenni on July 2, 2020
A Look at Semiconductor Supply Chains (TSMC)

latest reply by Daniel Nenni on July 1, 2020

started by Daniel Nenni on June 29, 2020
2D Metal to Replace Silicon in Memory??

latest reply by Fred Chen on June 30, 2020

started by Arthur Hanson on June 30, 2020
Apple unveils plans to ditch Intel chips in Macs for 'Apple Silicon'

latest reply by Daniel Nenni on June 30, 2020

started by Daniel Nenni on June 22, 2020
SRAM cell scaling

started by Fred Chen on June 28, 2020

Tag: defacto

CEO Interview: Chouki Aktouf of Defacto Technologies

Achieving Lower Power through RTL Design Restructuring (webinar)

A Versatile Design Platform with Multi-Language APIs

A Brief History of Defacto Technologies

At DVCon: Pre-Simulation Verification for RTL Sign-Off includes Automating Power Optimization and DFT

Upcoming Events

ECTC is now a Free Virtual Conference

Tessent Safety – Entering the...

Optimize New Product Introductions...

RISC-V Formal Verification for ISA...

WEBINAR: ACCELERATE DESIGN PRODUCTIVITY...

Search Semiwiki

Recent Article Comments

COVID-19: Through the Rearview Mirror

Tears in the Rain – Arm and China JVs

Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets

A Vibrant Semiconductor Manufacturing Model for the US

Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets

Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets

Killer Drones to be Available on the Global Arms Markets

A Vibrant Semiconductor Manufacturing Model for the US

Recent Forum Threads

After switching to ARM, expect Apple to buy TSMC too

What Ecosystems to Dominate AI/ML, Hardware and Software?

An open source PDK for 130nm process node

2020 TSMC Technology Symposium and OIP Agenda

A Look at Semiconductor Supply Chains (TSMC)

2D Metal to Replace Silicon in Memory??

Apple unveils plans to ditch Intel chips in Macs for 'Apple Silicon'

SRAM cell scaling