Electronic Design

Navigating the Hardware-Software Interface in Chip Design

Designing the hardware-software interface. Dealing with "bytes enables" in RTL verification. Automating the HSI design process across the entire dev team. The hardware-software interface (HSI) holds ...
Design-Reuse

Hardware/Software Partitioning and Interface Synthesis in Networks On Chip

With deep sub-micron technology, chip designers are expected to create System-On-Chip (SOC) solutions by connecting different Intellectual Property (IP) blocks using efficient and reliable ...
Electronic Design

Prototyping Speeds Hardware Validation, Interface IP Certification

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The SoC design world is full of challenges and unforeseeable hurdles, especially for protocol developers and early ...
Design-Reuse

SoC Configurable Platforms -> Taking flexibility to the max in platforms

Developing a reusable system-on-chip platform is a big challenge and a huge investment. Designing a platform that is configurable is even more of a challenge. It might take months, even years, to ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Spec-Driven Design

Anupam Bakshi, CEO of Agnisys, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to discuss problems in the design flow and what needs to be fixed. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. Bakshi: There ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Using Automotive IP For Easier Integration Of Safety Into SoCs

Today’s SoCs for automotive safety-related systems integrate numerous IP blocks. At the system level, the Hardware Software Interface (HSI) between these IP blocks needs to be verified in simulation ...