The DDR subsystem has become one of critical bottlenecks in system performance. Most applications in chip designs today require access to off-chip memory and to save money, most applications access off-chip DRAM through a single DDR controller interface. The multitude of applications that access off-chip memory, makes the traffic random. Because of this, the DDR controller can become the system bottleneck unless the traffic management is re-thoughtView the full article HERE
Intel's triangular finfets suffer a severe performance disadvantage to rectangular finfets and a further disadvantage in respect to SOI finfets, says Professor Asen Asenov of Glasgow University who is the CEO of Gold Standard Simulations. "Intel may have technological reasons for adopting this shape but by doing so you reduce performance by 12-15%," Asenov tells me.View the full article HERE
: Design And Reuse Search IP IP Based SoC News Industry Articles Blogs Videos IP-SOC 2012 IP-SOC Days Login Join SDIO 3.0 Device USB 3.0 Serdes MIPI Browse Silicon IPs by Category Silicon IP Vendors Browse Verification IPs by Category Verification IPs Vendors Wanted IPs IP Analytics Industry Expert Blogs User View : A 20nm Custom IC Constraint-Driven Flow Industry Insights Blog Richard Goering Cadence Jul . 25, 2012 If the semiconductor industry is going to ramp up for 20nm design , a custom IC flow that can handle this process node is essential . This flow will require more automation than previous nodes . In a recorded audio presentation at the Cadence web site Francois Lemery , member of the Technology R D group at STMicroelectronics , shows how his company is working with Cadence to
Texas Instruments announced the DRV8837 motor driver. The 1.8-A brushed DC motor driver is 75% smaller than other products. The TI DRV8837 extends battery life and improves thermal performance in battery-powered or low-voltage motion control applications. It does this by reducing RDS(ON) by 50% and sleep current by 75%, compared to existing devices. The DRV8837 [...]Design And Reuse Search IP IP Based SoC News Industry Articles Blogs Videos IP-SOC 2012 IP-SOC Days Login Join SDIO 3.0 Device USB 3.0 Serdes MIPI Browse Silicon IPs by Category Silicon IP Vendors Browse Verification IPs by Category Verification IPs Vendors Wanted IPs IP Analytics Industry Expert Blogs Electronics markets showing signs of recovery SemiWiki Bill Jewell Jul . 23, 2012 Electronics markets bounced back strongly in 2010 from the 2008-2009 recession . The recovery stalled in 2011 as a series of natural and human-made disasters hit various parts of the world . Japan was hit by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Thailand was affected by floods which disrupted HDD production and thus impacted PC production throughout the world . The European financial crisis led to economicWhat is the involvement of Intel with programmable logic really all about? Two startup vendors, Achronix and Tabula, have indicated that Intel is acting as a foundry for them. After reading many column inches in the technical press, I remain unconvinced. Foundries such as TSMC, UMC, and Toshiba have undoubtedly gained benefits from processing FPGA wafers for Altera and Xilinx (this site's sponsor). FPGAs are large and have regular structures that are highly visible to test machines. This allows foundries to locate any area of failure on a die quickly and efficiently during testing to debug their process. Of course, the foundries also benefit when Altera and Xilinx start selling the parts in volume.View the full article HERE
Texas Instruments (TI) announced their ADS131E0x family of analog front ends (AFEs) for power monitoring and control of smart e-meters. The ADS131E0x devices are available with 8, 6 or 4 channels and in 16- or 24-bit resolution. All AFE devices in the ADS131E08 family are available now in a 9-mm x 9-mm TQFP package. In [...]