D&R Industry Articles (May 2019)

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Dual Mode C-PHY/D-PHY: Enabling Next Generation of VR Displays

For many years, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) were strongly linked to gaming and entertainment applications. Today, the VR/AR and their combined version, Mixed Reality (MR), have their applications extended to other domains like healthcare, military, education, manufacturing, retail, marketing and advertising. What are the challenges for next generation VR displays? What makes the MIPI interfaces the best fit for VR/AR/MR applications?

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Increase battery life of Consumer Products using architecture simulation

For a consumer application, the response time, display resolution and battery life are the top features. The lifecycle of the battery is directly proportional to its capacity, power spikes and usage profile. The battery size cannot be increased indiscriminately because of cost, space and reliability considerations.

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Distorted Waveform Phenomena in 7nm Technology Node and its Impact on Signoff Timing Analysis

In today’s deep sub-micron technology nodes like 16nm, 7nm & beyond, there is a huge challenge for accurate static timing calculation. Ever increasing routing congestion, thin metal layers and moreover very high speed signal propagation make these nodes prone to significant crosstalk effects.