Build a real-time driver drowsiness tracking system
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2009-02-04 |
| Here's a prototypical real-time tracking system based on soft-core embedded processor, FPGA and SOC |
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| Silicon prototyping verifies IP functions
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2001-06-01 |
| SoC designers are confronting several important tasks in optimizing next-generation products. New systematic approaches are needed to ensure that IP can be transferred from one process geometry to the next |
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Enabling power, cost efficiency in ECUs
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2009-07-22 |
| New SoC designs are needed to integrate more logic and analogue features to lower system cost |
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To use or not use external DAC
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2009-04-01 |
| Know why using an external audio converter IC over one integrated on SoC can help ensure high-quality audio performance |
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Migrating to single-chip systems
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1999-04-01 |
| System-on-a-chip designs are becoming increasingly popular in the embedded systems arena. What are they and how do the resulting system design changes affect traditional software development and debugging strategies? |
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| Researchers team up for Java-based IP query tool
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2001-05-16 |
| A collaborative effort is producing a new Java-based tool that promises to allow users to easily query IP repositories and commercial databases via the Web. |
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| Avoiding RTL coding mistakes
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2011-10-26 |
| Here's a discussion on RTL coding styles that lead to increased design cycle time and unnecessary complexity during design closure. |
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| Managing multi-Vt, multi-voltage domain timing/temp inversion
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2012-01-05 |
| As we move to 65 nm and below, it is important to choose the libraries corresponding to the lowest temperature PVT because of temperature inversion effects where the delay of the cell actually decreases with increase in temperature. |
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Testing complex systems on chip
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2007-06-01 |
| Learn about the unique test challenges of SoCs, scan techniques, advanced fault models and test compression needed to keep pattern volume and test costs minimal. |
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| How to achieve full multi-core design functionality
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2011-09-13 |
| Know the elements designed to provide devices the capabilities for advanced communications infrastructure apps such as media servers & wireless base band. |
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Multi-core SoCs challenge interconnects
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2008-11-03 |
| This paper asks: Can existing standards-based interconnect protocols handle the new demands of multi-core SoCs? |
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Multi-language verification for multi-site projects, Part 2
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2008-04-12 |
| Read about powerful verification solutions and other issues that may be encountered while designing a solution. |
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Ease cross-domain signal protection for mixed-signal SoCs
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2009-12-11 |
| The complexity of SoCs is increasing, but designers can verify the existence of the protection schemes automatically by using a programmable and customizable solution. |
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Eliminate substrate coupling in MS SOCs
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2009-03-16 |
| Read about substrate noise and learn how to address it using isolation techniques and other CAD solutions. |
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Implementing VoIP with software voice engines
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2007-12-19 |
| Using a software voice engine instead of an external DSP can significantly reduce the bill of materials. |
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| DSP intellectual property strengthens supply chain
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2001-04-01 |
| The availability of high-performance programmable DSP intellectual property has the potential to upset the traditional balance of power in the high-volume, high-dollar OEM market. |
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Accelerate functional verification
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2008-11-25 |
| Read about an approach which promises to simplify the adoption and proliferation of new verification technologies. |
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Implementing analogue video interfaces (Part 2)
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2010-07-06 |
| In this second part, we focus on the receiver side of the interface—the video analogue front end (video AFE or V-AFE). |
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| Prototype, debug targets ARC-based SoCs
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2001-05-01 |
| This article describes the Aptix and ARC Core team-up to configure a verification environment that enables developers to prototype full SoCs in near-real-time conditions. |
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Practical Power Network Synthesis For Power Gating Designs
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2007-06-05 |
| This article describes a method for properly sizing sleep transistors in power network synthesis. It introduces the concept of a "fake via" to enable power network synthesis using existing EDA tools. |
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Opportunity to win on different design fronts
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2009-06-23 |
| Know the broader aspects of semiconductor process important to the long-term success of final products. |
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Optimise interconnect, memory subsystem
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2009-06-01 |
| Know the requirements and the approach for performing architectural studies in an effective and efficient manner using ESL tools. |
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| Real system-level design challenge: Hardware-firmware integration
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2001-06-16 |
| For today's engineering co-design, the real system challenge is the hardware/firmware integration. |
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Implementing analogue video interfaces (Part 1)
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2010-07-02 |
| This two-part series discusses implementation of analogue video interfaces that can be embedded into complex SoCs. Part one focuses on the transmitter part of the analogue video interface, which is essentially a DAC with video performance. |
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Embedded ICs: Expanding the possibilities
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2000-11-06 |
| As designs start to proliferate in the more complex 16-, 32-, and 64-bit realms, the days of selecting a mild-mannered, off-the-shelf processor may be numbered. That's because semiconductor vendors are unleashing a new crop of heavy-duty cores, beefed up instruction sets that add DSP support, and system-on-chip options. This article will explore what's driving these trends and look at a few of the latest offerings. |
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Implementing analogue video interfaces into complex SoCs (Part 1)
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2010-06-11 |
| This two-part series discusses implementation of analogue video interfaces that can be embedded into complex SoCs. Part one focuses on the transmitter part of the analogue video interface, which is essentially a DAC with video performance. |
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Early power analysis with CPF
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2008-10-31 |
| Learn how PowerTheater can utilise CPF most efficiently to help users develop power-efficient designs. |
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Achieving multi-core performance through multi-threading
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2006-11-20 |
| This article covers the basics of multi-threading and virtual multi-processing using application specific instruction extensions. |
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Implementing analogue video interfaces into complex SoCs (Part 2)
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2010-06-18 |
| In this second part, we focus on the receiver side of the interface—the video analogue front end (video AFE or V-AFE). |
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Accelerating verification closure for complex SoCs, IPs
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2008-10-24 |
| The complexity of today's SoCs creates the need for advanced verification methods that go beyond simulation-based approaches. |
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