Fine-Grained Performance and Power Analysis

Nov 12, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
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Architecture exploration, performance and power analysis early in the design flow are mandatory in modern SoC design flow due to complex multi-threaded applications and multi-core processing requirements. Instruction Set Simulator or ISS of a selected processor plays a very important role. However, Current Instruction Set Simulators (ISS) and platform modelers have detailed functional execution, tuned […]

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Selecting right processor for Next-Gen SoC

Nov 11, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
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Have you ever thought of having a systematic approach for selecting right processor for your upcoming SoC? Absolutely, every day we all think about it and finally go with our “gut feeling”. Selection of processor is becoming extremely complex day by day and is not at a straightforward task as opposed to early days of […]

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Certification of IMA for Avionics System

Nov 03, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
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Real-time constraints, reconfigurability and safety have a direct impact on architecture design and on the validation/certification process, at the aircraft and system level. Current certification of Integrated Modular Architecture (IMA) avionics using network calculus cannot accurately predict communication and processing latency. Here is a solution for IMA-based avionics to generate certification tests, conduct what-if analysis, […]

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

Oct 10, 2015  |  Author : Deepak Shankar
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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
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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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