Jasper Announces Sequential Equivalence Checking

Jasper Announces Sequential Equivalence Checking
by Paul McLellan on 03-31-2014 at 8:00 am

Jasper finally announced their sequential equivalence checking app this morning. I say finally because they haven’t really tried to keep it a secret. They talked about it at the end of last year the Jasper User Group meeting and it has even had a page on their website. But formally the product was announced today.

The new JasperGold… Read More


A Tool Conceived With Designers’ Input and Developed from Scratch

A Tool Conceived With Designers’ Input and Developed from Scratch
by Pawan Fangaria on 03-12-2014 at 10:15 am

If we look at the past, most of the EDA tools in the semiconductor design space have originated from a designers’ need to do things faster. Regardless of whether it is design exploration, manual design, simulation, verification, optimization (Power Performance Area – PPA) and many other steps in the overall design flow.… Read More


Smart Clock Gating for Meaningful Power Saving

Smart Clock Gating for Meaningful Power Saving
by Pawan Fangaria on 01-21-2014 at 5:30 am

Since power has acquired a prime spot in SoCs catering to smart electronics performing multiple jobs at highest speed; the semiconductor design community is hard pressed to find various avenues to reduce power consumption without affecting functionality and performance. And most of the chips are driven by multiple clocks that… Read More


Synopsys Magma Acquisition Stock Trading Under Investigation?

Synopsys Magma Acquisition Stock Trading Under Investigation?
by Daniel Nenni on 02-12-2013 at 7:00 pm

An attorney from the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission contacted me in regards to activity on SemiWiki. Not a great way to start a Monday! Given the parameters of the discussion and the type of questions it is undoubtedly (in my humble opinion) concerning the Synopsys acquisition of Magma.… Read More