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TrekApp tool tests stress in SoC and processor designs

Verification and stimulus specialist, Breker Verification Systems, has taken its Cache Coherency TrekApp as the basis for the System Coherency Synthesis TrekApp, which it introduced at DAC58 in San Francisco. The tool uses abstract models of common and novel algorithms to automatically generate high coverage coherency tests for complex, multi-agent system platforms based on coverage directives. ...

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High energy density capacitors are up to 90% lighter than ceramics

Miniature micro-layer (MML) film capacitors offer energy density of 400j/dm3 for weight and size reductions compared to polypropylene or polyester dielectrics. The capacitors developed by Exxelia are available from New Yorker Electronics. They also have an increased operating temperature up to 140°C and transient voltage protection. Capacitance ranges from 1μF – 1000μF and voltages from ...

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eGaN chipset shrinks size for high power density design

The ePower chipset family of 100V, 65A IC chipsets integrate a 100V EPC23101 eGaN driver and EPC2302 eGaN FET. Developed by Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), they reduce the solution size for high power density applications, including 48V DC-DC conversion in computing and brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives for e-mobility, robotics and drones. The ePower chipset is capable of a ...

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Mouser adds Siretta’s IoT portfolio with worldwide deal

IoT mobile broadband technologies from Siretta are now available from Mouser Electronics, following a worldwide distribution deal. The range products, software and end-to-end solutions for the IoT, industrial and transportation applications include Snyper network signal analysers, high speed Quartz industrial routers (pictured) and Zeta modem starter kits. Siretta is a UK manufacturer and developer specialising ...

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Embedded World 2022 is postponed until June

Next year’s Embedded World will take place four months later than usual, as uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic continues. Organiser, NürnbergMesse announced that the show will take place in Nuremberg from 21-23 June instead of its usual February timeslot.Benedikt Weyerer, the exhibition and conference’s executive director, said: “By deciding at an early stage to ...

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eFPGA soft IP provides options for SoC and ASIC designs

At DAC, French embedded FPGA (eFPGA) supplier, Menta, introduced what it claims is the first eFPGA soft IP. It  enables designers to perform closure directly at the top level. This is significant for AI, as well as space and defence projects, which rely on low latency, explained Yoan Dupret, Menta’s managing director and CEO.   ...

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Parser platform lets designers innovate

To gain at least an 18 month advantage in getting a product to market, Verific Design Automation builds SystemVerilog, UPF and VHDL parser platforms which accelerates the production cycle because the RTL front end is immediately accepted by the semiconductor industry, says the company. It offers parsers, analysers and elaborators for SystemVerilog IEEE 1800-2005 / ...

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A new look at the figures around Moore’s law

Joe Sawicki , executive vice president, IC EDA at Siemens, challenged the mutterings that Moore’s law has run its course, and said the semiconductor industry was blighted with pessimism. At this year’s DAC (Design Automation Conference) he set about looking at the figures in a new light. “There have been morose expectations and miserable prognostics, for ...

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Design rules for functional safety are explored at DAC

The role of EDA tools to automate manipulating, storing and exchanging data for functional safety systems was in the spotlight at DAC, as engineers wrestle with ways to improve interoperability, traceability and automation. The Accellera Functional Safety Working Group was created in December in 2019 and is dedicated to standardise across system, module, component and ...

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FPGA foundation sets up for disruption at DAC

Following its created in April this year, the Open Source FPGA Foundation was at DAC (Design Automation Conference) to advocate for innovation with open source tools and wrestle control from what has been a largely unchanged FPGA space for 30 years. The fledging non-profit foundation has over 20 members from academia and more than 1,000 ...

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