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Using VMM, DPI, and TCL to Leverage Verification and Enable Early Testing, Emulation, and Validation
Let’s face it. Some designers refuse to learn a new language. Or, the prospect of learning object-oriented programming makes some people break out in hives. …
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TCL Drives C Drives SystemVerilog
Judging by advertising and datasheets and other promotional materials, verification is pretty much a simple, clear-cut, well-solved problem. Actually, that’s not quite true. Judging by…
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Modelling: not just for big boys?
Years ago, when I worked in PR, I used to visit a telecoms company every few weeks, with a colleague. (PR agency people always seem…
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Buzzword Bob
8:59 AM – Buzzword Bob calmly climbs aboard his ergonomically efficient office throne. His was special-ordered – not the standard-issue sort of desk chair found…
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A New Analog Golden Age?
Of course analog engineers themselves had a different view. Increasingly they saw EDA tools bring automation to digital circuit design, particularly in layout. They, on…
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Flash Flood
Flash was great for storing small amounts of data. It was even pretty cool when we could pop a small card into our early digital…
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My IP
A couple of weeks ago, one of our sister publications – Embedded Technology Journal – ran a controversial article called “Let’s Abolish All Patents.” The article made…
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A Better Flytrap
That DDR memories work at all seems like a miracle. I mean, it’s like someone woke up one morning and said, “Hmmm…. You know, high-speed…
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Energy: It’s Not Your Average Power
Energy. You read about it in the newspapers, hear about it from political pundits, and pay for it every month in gas, electric, and fuel…
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Disruptive Technology?
“Engineers don’t have time to have fun anymore. We plan to put some of that fun back into their working lives.” Richard Terrill, VP of…