Can ASIC verification be fun?
The German word Fahrvergnügen directly translated means “the joy of driving“, and anybody who has ever driven a...
Filling out your DAC dance card
The upcoming Design Automation Conference, June 8-13, in Anaheim, California, will be a good chance for people to catch up...
Verification defined
No blog on verification would be complete without a discussion about what verification actual is – and this is a subject...
EDA hostility
Mentor Graphics has bid to acquire Flomerics after purchasing some 26% of their stock. Flomerics has simulators for...
SYNOPSYS INTEROPERABILITY GUIDE
The term "interoperability" is a lightening rod for both for customers and vendors in the EDA industry. While the concept is clear, enabling that interoperability proves to be more ...
Collaboration and partnerships continue to be major activities in the EDA and semiconductor worlds. One was to foster collaboration is through a mechanism like Synopsys's Partner p ...