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Articles for the Week of March 24, 2025

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Discover new Tessent UltraSight-V from Siemens EDA, and accelerate your RISC-V development.

Articles for the Week of March 10, 2025

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Density Management in Analog Layout Design: Addressing Issues and Ensuring Consistency

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of density issues, and the methodologies used to perform effective density checks in VLSI layout design.

• The Critical Factors of a High-performance Audio Codec - What Chip Designers Need to Know

Articles for the Week of March 3, 2025

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How the Ability to Manage Register Specifications Helps You Create More Competitive Products

The semiconductors business is incredibly competitive, with dynamic end markets and constant shifts in leading products and vendors. It takes excellence on many fronts to succeed, far more than I can cover in a single blog post. Thus, I’m going to focus on one particular aspect of developing competitive IP and system-on-chip (SoC) products: the ability to manage your register specifications and automate the process of turning them into silicon.

• Nexus: A Lightweight and Scalable Multi-Agent Framework for Complex Tasks Automation

Articles for the Week of February 24, 2025

• EAVS - Electra IC Advanced Verification Suite for RISC-V Cores

Articles for the Week of February 17, 2025

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Dimensioning in 3D space: Object Volumetric Measurement by Leveraging Depth Camera-based Reconstruction on NVIDIA Edge devices

In this blog post, we shall explore the methodology of 3D reconstruction on the multi-view object scenes, used for volumetric object dimensioning in autonomous robots. We shall also detail the steps of capturing data streams, generating object point clouds, reconstructing 3D point clouds through local and global registration algorithms, and calculating object dimensions in 3D. The results will be presented at the end.

• Why RISC-V is a viable option for safety-critical applications

Articles for the Week of February 10, 2025

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Post-Quantum Cryptography - Securing Semiconductors in a Post-Quantum World

Quantum computing advances are exciting, but they’re also a looming threat to securing ICs, driving the need for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). Learn about PQC, how it’s being implemented, and the legislation involved.

• What is JESD204B? Quick summary of the standard

Articles for the Week of February 3, 2025

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Analysis and Summary on Clock Generator Circuits and PLL Design

The demand for analog and mixed-signal-based integrated circuits (ICs) has surged due to the increasing reliance on electronic-based applications across industries. As the world transitions to more advanced technologies, low-noise, low-power systems have become highly competitive in achieving optimal design performance. Among the most critical components are clock generator circuits, which require low phase noise and low jitter for high-precision operation.

• Understanding why power management IP is so important
• Hardware-Assisted Verification: The Real Story Behind Capacity

Articles for the Week of January 27, 2025

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Bigger Chips, More IPs, and Mounting Challenges in Addressing the Growing Complexity of SoC Design

As the semiconductor industry pushes the boundaries of innovation, modern system-on-chip (SoC) designs are growing exponentially in size and complexity. With hundreds of IP blocks and thousands of interconnects to manage, the challenges of maintaining performance, maximizing efficiencies, and meeting time-to-market demands are more significant than ever.

• SoC design: What's next for NoCs?
• How to Save Time and Improve Communication Between Semiconductor Design and Verification Engineers

Articles for the Week of January 20, 2025

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Accelerating RISC-V development with Tessent UltraSight-V

Siemens’ longstanding and deep engagement with the RISC-V community dates back to the foundation’s early days. Involved initially as the independent company UltraSoC, now as Siemens EDA, Siemens has played a significant role in shaping the RISC-V ecosystem, mainly through technical contributions and ongoing participation in relevant working groups.

• Synopsys Foundation IP Enabling Low-Power AI Processors
• Automotive Ethernet Security Using MACsec

Articles for the Week of January 6, 2025

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Optimizing Power Efficiency in SOC with PVT Sensor-Assisted DVFS Technology

This white paper explores the integration of advanced PVT sensors into DVFS frameworks to overcome these limitations. Building on research innovations in energy-efficient computing, the paper demonstrates how Innosilicon’s PVT sensor provides a reliable and scalable solution to address process variability, voltage scaling, and thermal management.

• What is JESD204C? A quick glance at the standard
• Bandgap Reference (BGR) Circuit Design and Transient Analysis in 90nm VLSI Technology