Source: Synopsys Technology Zhihu, thank you! Chips, as the core components of modern electronic products, have always played the role of the “brain”. They are extremely technology-intensive and capital-intensive, with production lines often costing tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. The complete process of chip manufacturing includes several main stages: chip design, wafer manufacturing, … Read more
Source: Content from Mo Shang Feng Qi Lu Kan IC, thank you.. With the support of various parties, integrated circuits have become a hot topic of the era, with numerous articles discussing the complexity and difficulties of chip design. The old donkey plans to review the chip design process from the perspective of EDA usage. … Read more
Author: Majeed Ahmad Original Content from EET Electronic Engineering Magazine Recently, a new job title has been emerging in the semiconductor industry, known as “System Architect.” European IC design service consultancy Sondrel admits that there is an increasing need for system architects to coordinate every aspect of SoC design projects, including ensuring that SoC projects … Read more
You’ve Come This Far Don’t You Want to Know More? Recently, I’ve seen many people in the industry asking how to verify CPUs and what SOC verification involves. Today, I will briefly introduce IP, FPGA, SOC, and CPU verification. A typical chip team is composed of several departments: the Architecture department, IP designer department, IP … Read more
Introduction to the Basic Simulation Environment of SoC I have written one on the forum. http://bbs.eetop.cn/thread-442797-1-1.html “How to Build the Basic Testbench for SoC Projects (My Process)”. Here, I will mention the important and changed parts. Assuming this SoC has a CPU system, memory controller, bus topology, PAD, Clock reset, and some logic functional modules. … Read more
As the design progresses and approaches the final product, the cost of correcting a design flaw becomes increasingly high. Cost of correcting design flaws at different design stages 1. Overview of Functional Verification In the field of IC design and manufacturing, the terms verification and testing refer to two different processes. Verification Confirming the correctness … Read more
Source: Content from Automotive Electronics and Software, Author: Zheng Wei, Thank you! Introduction The functional safety of chips was once a very niche field, attracting only a few chip and system developers in the automotive, industrial, aerospace, and similar markets. However, with the rise of various applications in the automotive industry over the past few … Read more
Source: EETOP Original Author: EETOP Compilation We need increasingly complex chips and SoCs for all new applications using the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence. For example, Apple’s 5nm SoC A14, which contains 11.8 billion transistors, features a 6-core CPU, a 4-core GPU, and a 16-core NPU engine, capable of performing 11 trillion operations per … Read more
Click the “Read Original” at the bottom of the article to watch selected IC design courses for free! ASIC Design Process 1. Define Project Requirements 1. Determine the specific indicators of the chip: Physical Implementation Manufacturing process (foundry and process size); Die area (DIE size, affected by power consumption, cost, digital/analog area); Packaging (larger packaging … Read more
Background of the Live Broadcast With the wave of electrification and intelligence in the automotive industry, along with the implementation of mandatory national standards, the importance of functional safety has become increasingly prominent. For OEMs, new models must pass the functional safety verification of the steering system, and in the future, with the introduction of … Read more