D&R Industry Articles (January 2006)

Articles for the Week of January 30, 2006

• ESL Requirements for Configurable Processor-based Embedded System Design
• I/O planning ensures IC packaging success
• Find out what's really inside the iPod; Reuse of components is a good design practice for similar applications, including mobile handsets

Articles for the Week of January 23, 2006

• Building a Total Quality Experience into Silicon IP - Delivering DesignWare Silicon IP into SoC Designs
• Fabless start-up companies face myriad operational challenges
• Dealing with the design challenges of multicore embedded systems
• Optimizing DSP functions in advanced FPGA architectures
• Market-Driven Open-Cores SoC-Experience
• Chip assembly challenges and solutions

Articles for the Week of January 16, 2006

• FPGAs and Structured ASICs: Low-Risk SoC for the Masses
• Using dual port interconnect to resolve multiprocessor system bottlenecks
• Meeting signal integrity requirements in FPGAs with high-end memory interfaces
• Integrating a Multi-Vendor ESL-to-Silicon Design Flow Using SPIRIT
• How to choose custom IC design tools

Articles for the Week of January 9, 2006

• Designing a CE-ATA Verification Environment for SoC Applications
• Putting multicore processing in context: Part One
• On-chip di/dt Detector IP for Power Supply

Articles for the Week of January 2, 2006

• Using software synthesis for multiprocessor OS and software development
• Time to find a bug in a system build around a big SoC
• Better Products, Happier Customers with Current-Based Simulation/Verification and the Open Core Protocol
• A NoC-Based Communication Framework for Seamless IP Integration in Complex Systems
• Power optimization can extend the battery life in your portable multimedia system
• Developing DSP code on converged hybrid DSP/RISC cores
• Maximizing performance in FPGA systems