Semiconductor Engineering

Simulation: Balancing Speed And Debug

There’s an old saying about simulation: “It’s all about the need for speed.” Simulation is the core technology for functional verification of semiconductors, and the demand for higher runtime ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Efficient Low Power Verification & Debug Methodology Using Power-Aware Simulation

Isolation, retention, and power switches are some of the important functionalities of power-aware designs that use some of the common low power techniques (e.g.) power shutoff, multi-voltage and ...
Design-Reuse

Synopsys offers commercial SystemC simulator

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Proclaiming a significant step forward for C-language design, Synopsys Inc. will announce on Monday (Feb. 11) a complete SystemC simulation environment. It's already been put ...
EDN

Synplicity speeds FPGA-based prototype debugging

Claiming a breakthrough in ASIC and ASSP verification, Synplicity Inc. has introduced Identify Pro, a software solution that promises to provide full debugging visibility into FPGA-based hardware ...
EDN

Novas offers mixed HDL debugging

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Novas Software this week announced debugging support for the Synopsys VCS MX simulator, which supports both VHDL and Verilog. The integration allows designers to verify and debug ...