EDN

TLM-Driven Design and Verification using Cadence®

Transaction level modeling (TLM) is gaining favor over register-transfer level (RTL) for design components because of its many advantages—including faster design and verification times, easier ...
EDN

Cadence Takes Step Toward Concurrent Design, Verification

San Jose-based EDA giant Cadence Design Systems Inc. today released its Incisive functional verification software tool aimed at productivity and quality improvements earlier in the design and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Interface DRC Can Streamline Chip-Level Interface Physical Verification

In most design companies, the chip-level physical implementation teams responsible for design floorplanning in place and route (P&R) environments also manage top-level physical verification from the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A New Strategy For Successful Block/Chip Design-Stage Verification

Achieving efficiency in integrated circuit (IC) design while maintaining design quality is not just a goal, but a necessity. Designers constantly strive to strike a balance between ever-tightening ...
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 ...