Its use results in faster development, cleaner testbenches, and a modern software-oriented approach to validating FPGA and ASIC designs without replacing your existing simulator.

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and ...

Santa Cruz, Calif. — Tao Chen has a history of running ASIC verification teams with far fewer engineers than are typically required. As founder of Tarek Verification Systems LLC, he's taken some of ...

I'm fast approaching the one year mark with my current employer since I graduated last year. Previously, I did three four month work terms with them and they were for the most part interesting. I took ...

1. In a big company, doing ASIC design verification for a WCDMA modem for 3G cellular chips. 2. Small company, doing Embedded Software Programming. Working on the design and implementation of layer 1 ...

Debug consumes more time than any other aspect of the chip design and verification process, and it adds uncertainty and risk to semiconductor development because there are always lingering questions ...

Aparna Mohan is an accomplished Design Verification Engineer based in Austin, Texas. With a strong educational foundation, including a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from ...

This paper illustrates the challenges facing design and verification engineers developing next generation products and systems. Increasing design size and complexity are forcing a transformation of ...

Structured ASICs require developers to re-program only the top level metal layers when customizing their designs, enabling faster development time and low unit cost. However, many structured ASICs ...

Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan observed, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” Similarly, we can get a feeling for where our industry is going by attending to the flow of thought ...