Physically Aware NoC Design Arrives With a Big Claim

Physically Aware NoC Design Arrives With a Big Claim
by Bernard Murphy on 02-23-2023 at 6:00 am

NoC manual flow min

I wrote last month about physically aware NoC design, so you shouldn’t be surprised that Arteris is now offering exactly that capability 😊. First, a quick recap on why physical awareness is important, especially below 16nm. Today, between the top level and subsystems a state-of-art SoC may contain anywhere from five to twenty … Read More


Taming Physical Closure Below 16nm

Taming Physical Closure Below 16nm
by Bernard Murphy on 01-30-2023 at 6:00 am

NoC floorplan

Atiq Raza, well known in the semiconductor industry, has observed that “there will be no simple chips below 16nm”. By which he meant that only complex and therefore high value SoCs justify the costs of deep submicron design.  Getting to closure on PPA goals is getting harder for such designs, especially now at 7nm and 5nm. Place and… Read More


Podcast EP116: A Look at the Future of EDA Research With This Year’s Kaufman Award Winner, Dr. Giovanni De Micheli

Podcast EP116: A Look at the Future of EDA Research With This Year’s Kaufman Award Winner, Dr. Giovanni De Micheli
by Daniel Nenni on 10-26-2022 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Giovanni De Micheli, a research scientist in electronics and computer science credited with inventing the network-on-chip (NoC) design automation paradigm and creating EDA algorithms and design tools. Before serving as Professor and Director of the Integrated Systems Laboratory at EPFL, he was Professor… Read More