EDN

Cadence Logic Design Team Solution Answers Logical-physical Closure Conundrum

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, today announced an innovative solution to the crucial challenge of achieving timing, power, area and ...
Electronic Design

A flexible flow for inserting embedded compression logic in RTL

The standard approach for testing IC logic is the use of scan chains, with embedded compression as the standard approach for applying scan patterns. Embedded compression enables the same test quality ...
Gizmodo

Guest Commentary – The Fallacy of “Logical” Design

Elegance, logic, simplicity, economy: these are the buzzwords that design geeks live for. If only all the gadgets and devices and feature laden wonder packages made sense then wouldn’t the world be a ...
EDN

Startup’s tool set spans logical, physical design

Santa Cruz, Calif. – A tool from startup Silicon Dimensions Inc. is said to help logic engineers approach design closure on block-level designs. The Chip2Nite tool, to be announced this week, provides ...
Electronics For You

MCUs Integrate Programmable Logic Hardware

New microcontrollers embed CPLD-like logic blocks, enabling deterministic timing, lower latency and reduced system cost for ...
Hackaday

Using VHDL To Generate Discrete Logic PCB Designs

VHDL and Verilog are hardware description languages, used to describe and define logic circuits. They’re typically used to design ASICs and to program FPGAs, essentially using software to define ...
Electronic Design

For Designers: Logic Nets in Transistor Cans (ED article from 1961)

March 29, 1961 - LOGICAL microcircuits in transistor cans are now being offered by four major companies. Heavy research and production is being pressed by Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., Raytheon Co., ...