D&R Industry Articles (March 2022)

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TPM 2.0-Ready: Top Security with PUFcc

The rising security threats endangering our connected world, from the chip to the cloud, are among the biggest challenges facing us today. Microsoft recently addressed some of these concerns by mandating the inclusion of TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) in all devices running its latest Windows 11 operating system. I

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Agile Analog's Approach to Analog IP Design and Quality --- Why "Silicon Proven" is NOT What You Think

The complexity of integrated circuit design has expanded a billion-fold since the invention of the first transistor, guided by the famous “Moore’s Law” of semiconductor manufacturing. An important factor to this ever-growing expansion is the development of the digital design flow. A modern digital design consists of several steps, a simplified flow chart is shown below:

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Easing PCIe 6.0 Integration from Design to Implementation

Because of the data explosion and increasing bandwidth for high-performance computing (HPC), we are seeing PCI Express (PCIe) data rates moving from 32G (PCIe 5.0) to 64G (PCIe 6.0). In addition, since NRZ no longer supports the higher data rates, PCIe 6.0 is moving to PAM-4 signaling.