More and more engineers are considering structured ASICs when they are designing advanced systems, because these components offer low unit cost, low power, and high performance along with fast turn-around.

Reduced Instruction Set Computing [RISC] is a processor design that is analogous to high performance and high energy efficiency. One of the forerunners in production and supply of RISC Embedded microprocessors is ARM Holdings.

Deciding between ASICs and FPGAs requires designers to answer tough questions concerning costs, tool availability and effectiveness, as well as how best to present the information to management to guarantee support throughout the design process.

We’ve gone through two decades where the PC market made the rules for technology. The industry faces a question now: Can a new technology go mainstream without the PC?

The System Verilog standard defines an X as an “unknown” value which is used to represent when simulation cannot definitely resolve a signal to a “1”, a “0”, or a “Z”. Synthesis, on the other hand, defines an X as a “don’t care”, enabling greater flexibility and optimization.

When you talk about office and home networking, typically you’re talking about Ethernet-based networks-computers, printers and other devices that contain Ethernet interfaces connected together via Ethernet hubs, switches and routers.

Human psychology points to the fact that constant repetition of any statement registers the same into sub-conscious mind and we start believing into it. The statement, “Verification claims 70% of the schedule” has been floating around in articles, keynotes and discussions for almost 2 decades so much that even in absence of any data validating it, we believed it as a fact for a long time now…