Multi-core, Power Optimization- All about system design and exploration

Oct 10, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
Deepak Shankar Blog

Multi-core, mutli-thread, multi-processors, lower power, more performance, shorter response time, higher throughput.  These are all the sales pitch and potential of these new technology.  Be it Nvidia with a large number of small cores, or the Monarch with it is local embedded memory or the Intel architectures or the Snapdragon, multi-cores are the new approach. […]

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ESL and IC-only Solutions are not the same

Oct 10, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
Deepak Shankar Blog

Most articles on ESL cover the IC-only design or a virtual prototyping environment for software development. Articles would be accurate if systems were simple and ICs were the only parts in a complete product. Unfortunately for an already confused industry, everyone mixes ESL and IC, seeming to imply that ESL tools aren’t needed. Remember that […]

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System-level Models- How well do they correlate with the implementation?

Oct 10, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
Deepak Shankar Blog

System engineers and hardware/software architects are always worried about the correlation between a system-level model and RTL. Also, can a system-level model achieve the fidelity and accuracy of the actual implementation. We at Mirabilis Design, have evolved a methodology that allows the user to create a design flow that incorporates all the checks and balances […]

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