D&R Industry Articles (June 2015)

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Ethernet as IP: The Time Has Come

In this paper, we will look at the economics of integrating the Ethernet Physical Layer, and what options exist for product managers and engineers seeking to shrink their power and area footprints, while achieving cost reduction

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Ten reasons interconnect matters

Interconnect is the Rodney Dangerfield of IP blocks. It gets no respect. It connects hundreds of disparate IP blocks, each with hundreds of interface signals, and dozens of transaction protocol attributes. It does it in a way that each IP need not know the protocol details of any other. It also provides for the data access requirements of each IP, and does it physically distributed across the chip floorplan. Interconnect fabric technology is sophisticated, and very important for modern chip designs. Following are ten reasons why interconnect matters.

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Delay Characterization for Sequential Cell

This paper discusses the models and methodology that are used commonly for characterizing the timing parameters of various sequential logic cells which are key elements of synchronous design.

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Ensuring Security in the Connected Home

Security plays a critical role in the market adoption of the IoT. It's easy to imagine a scenario in which an intruder uses a connected appliance to gain control of someone's smart home or access to their personal information.