Its use results in faster development, cleaner testbenches, and a modern software-oriented approach to validating FPGA and ASIC designs without replacing your existing simulator.

I'm fast approaching the one year mark with my current employer since I graduated last year. Previously, I did three four month work terms with them and they were for the most part interesting. I took ...

Over the past 18 months, there has been a growing adoption of the use of FPGAs to prototype ASICs as part of an ASIC verification methodology. With the development costs for ASICs skyrocketing – a ...

1. In a big company, doing ASIC design verification for a WCDMA modem for 3G cellular chips. 2. Small company, doing Embedded Software Programming. Working on the design and implementation of layer 1 ...

Every two years, Harry Foster, chief scientist for Mentor, a Siemens Business, works with Wilson Research to do a verification study. Those studies have influenced many in the industry, indicating ...

Steven Kawamoto, Sr. Marketing Manager, Custom LSI Solutions Unit, Gaku Ogura, Sr. Marketing Manager, Design Solutions Center, Richard Lee, Design Engineer, Design ...

Structured ASICs require developers to re-program only the top level metal layers when customizing their designs, enabling faster development time and low unit cost. However, many structured ASICs ...

Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan observed, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” Similarly, we can get a feeling for where our industry is going by attending to the flow of thought ...

Steven Kawamoto, Sr. Marketing Manager, Custom LSI Solutions Unit, Gaku Ogura, Sr. Marketing Manager, Design Solutions Center, Richard Lee, Design Engineer, Design ...