Category Archives: VIP

Less than two days left to sign up for free PCIe and NVMe verification training Webinar from Cadence

On June 25, Cadence and EETimes Education and Training are sponsoring a training Webinar covering verification flows for SoC designs with PCIe and/or NVMe interfaces. The Webinar will cover: Verification pitfalls of the PCIe and NVMe interface protocols Best practices … Continue reading

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DAC 2012: Get answers to all of your EDA questions at 78 Cadence demo suite slots

Next week (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) you can get all of your EDA questions answered at the Cadence DAC demo suites. There are 78 demos over the three days covering the following EDA topics: Mixed-signal and low-power design RTL-to-GDSII design … Continue reading

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Four Significant EDA technologies of 2011 and what they mean to your IC design team

This week, Cadence celebrated the efforts of several developers who have created some very innovative technology during a private award ceremony. The reason I’m mentioning this internal event at all is because these celebrated technologies are already having a profoundly … Continue reading

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LeCroy’s “Basic” Edition Advisor T3 USB 3.0 Protocol Analyzer costs $2995

The latest USB buzz has notebook computers with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports becoming common by mid year, thanks to last week’s announcement of USB 3.0 protocol support in Intel’s 7-Series chipset for current-generation Intel Core processors and next-generation Ivy Bridge … Continue reading

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10 questions to ask your verification IP (VIP) supplier

Last month, Richard Goering wrote an excellent blog post on “Best Practices for Selecting and Using Verification IP (VIP).” In this blog post, Richard listed ten questions you should make sure you can answer when selecting commercial VIP. The ten … Continue reading

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System EDA tools attack today’s great bugaboo for SoC Realization: The Software Development Overhang

Today at the North American System C Users Group (NASCUG) meeting in San Jose, the Cadence Group Director of Product Marketing for System Development Frank Schirrmeister gave a really great overview and value proposition for extensive use of System Development … Continue reading

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Do you know all of the essential aspects of VIP to make a good make/buy decision?

The growth of standards-based interfaces and the rapid advance in the state of the art for SoC design have created a real need for pro-quality verification IP (VIP). One interesting facet of VIP development is its parallel evolution with design … Continue reading

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