Rethinking design evaluation in a digital-first era

Design careers, these days, sit at the intersection of creativity, technology, and fabrication. Industrial designers ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Balancing Emulation And FPGA-Based Prototyping For Software Development

This year’s Design Automation Conference (DAC) has just finished and confirmed some of the trends I discussed in my last blog, “The Top Five Trends in Verification to Watch For at DAC 2016”, ...
Santa Clara University

Utilitarian Considerations in Conceptual Design Modeling & Prototype Construction

Something that becomes abundantly clear as you progress through the senior design project is that an idea “on paper” often does not fully translate physically in the prototyping phase. Because at this ...
Electronic Design

SiFive Raises $50.6 Million to Recreate Chip Prototyping

The RISC-V architecture is taking root in the semiconductor industry. That was reflected Monday in the announcement of $50.6 million raised by SiFive, a startup that has been leveraging the open ...
EDN

Prototypes: Pre-RTL or Virtual prototypes

In previous articles I have talked about prototyping in general “Prototypes: What is a prototype?” and some of the consideration when deciding if a prototype would be beneficial, and then deciding on ...