software-hardware co-design

Differences in EDA Tool Support for Designing RISC-V and ARM Processors

by
Differences in EDA Tool Support for Designing RISC-V and ARM Processors

At the fifth RISC-V China Summit last week, many EDA companies announced their support for RISC-V. When designing a chip, what are the differences in EDA tool support between designing a RISC-V processor and an ARM processor? Through research, Lao Zhang summarized that there are significant ecological differences, toolchain availability, IP compatibility, and software support … Read more

Interdisciplinary Insights on Chip and System Design in the Era of Large Models

by
Interdisciplinary Insights on Chip and System Design in the Era of Large Models

Content Summary1. Computational Demands of Large Models: The need for massive parameter storage, dense matrix operations, and frequent memory access drives chip architecture towards high performance and low latency;2. Challenges in Chip Design: The imbalance between chip computing power and bandwidth, with the “memory wall” becoming the biggest bottleneck to development;3. Innovative Chip Architecture Design: … Read more