Compliance testing can reveal a great deal about whether an IP (intellectual-property) core functions according to the standard specifications, but does it really answer the most important question in ...

When a system-on-chip project team considers using intellectual property, one of the hardest problems is assessing the quality of the available options. No aspect of quality is more important than ...

Design teams today are struggling with the quality of semiconductor intellectual property. These teams want first-pass success for SoC creation, but that is becoming increasingly difficult to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mixel, Inc. today announced that it has achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification by DEKRA Certification, Inc. and ...

Essentially, three kinds of IP exist in an SoC design: IP that you buy from a third party; custom logic that needs to be generated out of functional necessity; and the "special sauce" IP that ...

We’ll let you decide: “Is it an IP test evolution or revolution?” Whatever the outcome, change is afoot on the way to develop test, supply test to others, reuse test, integrate test features, validate ...

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the best ways to improve the quality of design IP with Piyush Sancheti, vice president of product marketing at Atrenta; Chris Rowen, Cadence Fellow and ...