Simulation done Faster

Simulation done Faster
by Bernard Murphy on 02-28-2017 at 7:00 am

When it comes to functional verification of large designs, huge progress is being made in emulation and FPGA-based prototyping (about which I’ll have more to say in follow-on blogs), but simulation still dominates verification activity, all the way from IP verification to gate-level signoff. For many, while it is much slower… Read More


Improving Methodology the NVIDIA Way

Improving Methodology the NVIDIA Way
by Paul McLellan on 01-29-2013 at 2:57 pm

I was at DesignCon in Santa Clara today and listened to Jonah Alben of NVIDIA’s keynote on what their approach is to improving design methodology. He started by pointing out that most companies underinvest in EDA (and he includes NVIDIA in this). Partially it is complaceny: that last chip taped out so we know we can do it again.… Read More