Managing IP, Chiplets, and Design Data

Managing IP, Chiplets, and Design Data
by Daniel Payne on 10-23-2023 at 10:00 am

Managing IP min

Design re-use has enabled IC design teams to create billion-transistor designs where hundreds of IP blocks are pre-built from internal or external sources. Keeping track of where each of these IP blocks came from, what their version status is, managing IP, or even discerning their license status can be a full-time job if tracked… Read More


Design to Layout Collaboration Mixed Signal

Design to Layout Collaboration Mixed Signal
by Tom Simon on 04-07-2022 at 10:00 am

Cliosoft integration with Custom Compiler

When talking about today’s sophisticated advanced node designs it’s easy to first think about the digital challenges. Yet, the effort to design the needed analog and mixed signal blocks for them should not be underestimated. The need for high speed clocks, high frequency RF circuits and high bit rate IOs makes the analog portions,… Read More


Webinar: Beyond the Basics of IP-based Digital Design Management

Webinar: Beyond the Basics of IP-based Digital Design Management
by Daniel Payne on 03-08-2022 at 10:00 am

Digital Design Flow

According to the ESD Alliance, the single biggest revenue category in our industry is for semiconductor IP, so the concept of IP reuse is firmly established as a way to get complex products to market more quickly and reducing risk. On the flip side, with hundreds or even thousands of IP blocks in a complex SoC, how does a team, division… Read More


Close the Year with Cliosoft – eBooks, Videos and a Fun Holiday Contest

Close the Year with Cliosoft – eBooks, Videos and a Fun Holiday Contest
by Mike Gianfagna on 12-16-2020 at 6:00 am

Close the Year with Cliosoft – eBooks Videos and a Fun Holiday Contest

‘Tis the season, a time when a lot of companies summarize the year, send out holiday greetings and generally wind down until after the New Year. That’s not the case at Cliosoft.  Their marketing machine has been in full gear with lots of new, useful and compelling content. I’ll provide a round-up of what’s happening. You can close… Read More


HCL Offers Tightly Integrated Design Management Solution for Virtuoso

HCL Offers Tightly Integrated Design Management Solution for Virtuoso
by Tom Simon on 05-18-2020 at 6:00 am

Flexium for Virtuoso

The road to a truly usable design management solution for electronic design has been a long and twisty one. Initially just handling EDA tool data was a struggle, let alone addressing mutli-user and multi-site needs. Of course, all along every EDA tool development company was internally using software revision control, which … Read More


Webinar: Tanner and ClioSoft Integration

Webinar: Tanner and ClioSoft Integration
by Alex Tan on 11-20-2018 at 7:00 am

A fusion of digital and analog IC circuits, mixed signal ICs are key components to many applications including IoTs, automotive, communications and consumer electronics –acting as enabler to bidirectional conversion of signals between analog domain derived from various audio, temperature and visual sensors to digital… Read More


SoC Design Management with Git

SoC Design Management with Git
by Daniel Payne on 02-21-2018 at 12:00 pm

Linux creator Linus Torvalds lives in Oregon not too far from me and he also created the popular Git system for Design Management (DM) in 2004 that is now used by many software developers. So what makes Git so attractive as a DM tool?

  • Feature-branch workflow
  • Easy to switch context between features
  • New features can be created orderly
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Webinar -New Concepts in Semiconductor IP Lifecycle Management

Webinar -New Concepts in Semiconductor IP Lifecycle Management
by Daniel Payne on 05-26-2017 at 7:00 am

The semiconductor IP market continues growing at a healthy rate, and IP reuse is a staple of all modern SoC designs. Along with the acceptance of IP reuse comes a host of growing challenges, like:

  • Increase in design files
  • Increase in meta-data
  • More links between design members worldwide
  • More links between data in multiple engineering
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Webinar: Next Generation Design Data & Release Management

Webinar: Next Generation Design Data & Release Management
by Daniel Nenni on 05-12-2017 at 12:00 pm

Design Data Management (DDM) is a bit like insurance. It’s something every semiconductor company has to have, and as a result it’s probably something taken for granted. In order to make their products more useful, the DDM vendors have added more functionality to manage more of the lifecycle of design data.

Dassault’s Synchronicity… Read More


CEO Interview: Sanjay Keswani of Consensia

CEO Interview: Sanjay Keswani of Consensia
by Daniel Nenni on 04-03-2017 at 7:00 am

Sanjay Keswani founded Consensia in 2013. He has deep experience in the high-tech industry, guiding some of the world’s high profile technology brands through complex innovation and business transformation projects including companies such as Atmel, KLA-Tencor, Hughes Aircraft, and Motorola Mobility. Consensia customers… Read More