New tech paper: Optimizing Enterprise-Class SSD Host Controller Design
Enterprise SSD endurance and data reliability require unique interconnect features in host controller SoCs.
CES 2016: CPU, GPU or … VPU?
Winners, losers and observations from the Consumer Electronics Show
How is SSD flash memory like a helicopter?
Like a helicopter grinding itself to death, flash memory requires preventative maintenance to meet enterprise SSD UBER and MTTF reliability requirements.
SemiEngineering: Memory Choices Grow
Editor’s note: This is a great article by Ed Sperling at Semiconductor Engineering, so I have highlighted it here. Cache coherency in modern SoCs is discussed toward the middle of the article. -Kurt
As Moore’s Law Slows, Hedge Your Bets With Design Process Efficiency
Greater productivity, lower power, smaller die size and greater bandwidth await teams that adopt proven methodologies to streamline design in mature geometries.
It’s Time to Stop Kicking the EDA Dog
It’s incumbent on IP vendors to deliver higher quality designs that enable a smoother back-end process.
Streamlining Interconnect Integration Accelerates Globally Distributed Design
As system on chip designs grow more complex, it becomes more and more difficult for chip companies to optimize the work of their distributed design teams. While each separate team has an area of expertise and sets their focus on a particular aspect of the SoC, the hard part comes in integrating these individual design efforts together. When something goes wrong and it doesn’t work, the company’s critical time to market advantage starts to slip.
Moore’s Law is Dead: Long Live SoC Designers
Author’s note: This article was originally published in Design & Reuse where it has been read by nearly 2,000 engineers and shared by over 100 people.
The Top 35 ISO 26262 acronyms and abbreviations
A glossary of ISO 26262 abbreviations and acronyms can be a great help to understanding functional safety standards.
Wake Up, Semi Industry: System OEMs Might Not Need You
The rules are changing for the semi industry and vendors had better find ways to be more competitive or they will find themselves designed out.