EDN

Synplicity upgrades FPGA logic, physical synthesis tools

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Synplicity Inc. has announced the latest version of its FPGA logic synthesis and physical synthesis software solutions featuring what it claims is better quality of results and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Logic Synthesis Basics For FPGA

In the early days of digital design, all circuits were designed manually. You would draw K-map, optimize the logic and draw the schematics. If you remember, we all ...
EDN

Current Chip Design Flow is Flawed

As in any other engineering activity, the design of semiconductor chips (ICs) encompasses several separate, but often closely coupled, design activities. Today's system-on-a-chip (SoC) development ...
Embedded

The four Rs of efficient system design

New design languages and new chips and systems mean a whole new set of design gotchas for today's developers. Once-simple tasks become difficult and, thankfully, once-difficult tasks become easy. This ...
Electronic Design

Make Logic Synthesis Work For YouSponsored by: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS

Think Global RTL coding style and how you drive today's synthesis tools affect your results. Take advantage of global RTL optimizations by synthesizing big blocks in top-down fashion instead of ...