Breker Verification Systems at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Breker Verification Systems at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 2:00 pm

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Breker Verification Systems will demonstrate its new RISC-V CoreAssurance™ and SoCReady™ SystemVIP™ along with its Trek Test Suite Synthesis portfolio during the 61st Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Booth #2447. DAC will be held from Monday, June 24, through Wednesday, June 26, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Moscone West… Read More


Codasip at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Codasip at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-20-2024 at 9:00 am

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Codasip will be demonstrating its new L110 core alongside Codasip Studio Fusion at #61DAC. Codasip L110 delivers up to 50% improvements in performance per watt and 20% smaller code size compared to similar cores in the market. ​The core offers extensive configurability, allowing different area/performance trade-off levels,… Read More


INTERVIEW: Bluespec RISC-V soft cores in Achronix FPGAs

INTERVIEW: Bluespec RISC-V soft cores in Achronix FPGAs
by Don Dingee on 06-13-2024 at 6:00 am

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Recently, a partnership between Achronix and Bluespec has been in the news. Bluespec RISC-V processors are available as soft cores in a Speedster®7t FPGA on Achronix’s VectorPath® PCIe development card or in a standalone Speedster7t FPGA. We spoke with executives from Achronix and Bluespec about the impetus for this effort … Read More


Podcast EP227: The Significance of the RISC-V Movement and the Upcoming Andes RISC-V event with Mark Himelstein

Podcast EP227: The Significance of the RISC-V Movement and the Upcoming Andes RISC-V event with Mark Himelstein
by Daniel Nenni on 06-07-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mark Himelstein, President of Heavenstone. Most recently, as Chief Technology Officer at RISC-V International, Mark contributed to shaping RISC-V technology through visionary leadership and industry expertise. He has a track record of executive roles at Graphite Systems, Quantum, and Infoblox.

Dan discusses… Read More


Unlocking the Future: Join Us at RISC-V Con 2024 Panel Discussion!

Unlocking the Future: Join Us at RISC-V Con 2024 Panel Discussion!
by Daniel Nenni on 06-03-2024 at 10:00 am

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Are you ready to dive into the heart of cutting-edge computing? RISC-V Con 2024 is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to invite you to a riveting panel discussion that promises to reshape your understanding of advanced computing. On June 11th, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM, at the prestigious DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California,… Read More


Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems

Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems
by Mike Gianfagna on 06-03-2024 at 6:00 am

Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems

Synopsys has expanded its ARC processor portfolio to include a family of RISC-V processors. This was originally reported on SemiWiki last October. There is also a recent in-depth article on the make-up of the ARC-V family on SemiWiki here. This is important and impactful news; I encourage you to read these articles if you haven’t… Read More


CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics

CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics
by Daniel Nenni on 05-17-2024 at 6:00 am

Roger Espasa

Roger Espasa is the CEO and founder of Semidynamics, an IP supplier of two RISC-V cores, Avispado (in-order) and Atrevido (out-of-order) supporting the RISC-V vector extension and Gazzillion(tm) misses, both targeted at HPC and Artificial Intelligence. Prior to the foundation of the company, Roger was Technical Director/Distinguished… Read More


Webinar: Fine-grained Memory Protection to Prevent RISC-V Cyber Attacks

Webinar: Fine-grained Memory Protection to Prevent RISC-V Cyber Attacks
by Daniel Nenni on 05-10-2024 at 8:00 am

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Most organizations are aware of cybercrime attempts such as phishing, installing malware from dodgy websites or ransomware attacks and undertake countermeasures. However, relatively little attention has been given to memory safety vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows or over-reads. For decades, the industry has created… Read More


An Enduring Growth Challenge for Formal Verification

An Enduring Growth Challenge for Formal Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 05-08-2024 at 6:00 am

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A high-quality verification campaign including methods able to absolutely prove the correctness of critical design behaviors as a complement to mainstream dynamic verification? At first glance this should be a no-brainer. Formal verification offers that option and formal adoption has been growing steadily, now used in around… Read More


Enhancing the RISC-V Ecosystem with S2C Prototyping Solution

Enhancing the RISC-V Ecosystem with S2C Prototyping Solution
by Daniel Nenni on 04-11-2024 at 6:00 am

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RISC-V’s popularity stems from its open-source framework, enabling customization, scalability, and mitigating vendor lock-in. Supported by a robust community, its cost-effectiveness and global adoption make it attractive for hardware innovation across industries.

Despite its popularity, evolving RISC-V architectures… Read More