Wind of Change in Hardware Design
After months of freezing temperatures in Pittsburgh, a 78 degree wind hit me as I stepped out of the office yesterday. While I’m sure it will be cold again by the time this blog gets published,...
View ArticleHigh-Level Synthesis: The Secret Is Out
Gone is the day when companies (our customers) kept their use of high-level synthesis (HLS) quiet, a secret advantage over their competitors. As HLS usage became more widespread, the secret is out, and...
View ArticleNow Access Online Support Directly from the Tool Interface
As designs become complex and performance targets increase, time shrinks. Designers need to minimize time setting up design flows or trying to find workaround for many issues that might occur during...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: AI Accelerator Design with Stratus HLS
There is no doubt that 2019 has seen an explosion of artificial intelligence/machine learning usage for Stratus HLS. In fact, this momentum started in 2017.Noting the increase in machine learning...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Reasons to Start Following This New Blog...
Library Characterization Tidbits is a blog series aimed at providing insight into the useful software and documentation enhancements in the LIBERATE release. (read more)
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Basics of Standard Cell Characterization...
Characterization of standard cell libraries using the Liberate Characterization solution is broadly divided into five stages. Read this blog to know about the related basics and the step-by-step...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Creating Statistical Libraries for Standard...
Let’s read how you can use the Liberate Variety statistical characterization solution of the Cadence Liberate Characterization Portfolio for generating the statistical characterization models for...
View Article2019 Annual HLS Survey Results
Each year, we survey the industry to get an idea of the industry’s experiences and expectations of high-level synthesis (HLS). As in last year’s survey, approximately half of the responses were from...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: A Matrix for Your Reference
When working on multiple tools of the Cadence Liberate Characterization Portfolio, do you tend to get confused about which commands or parameters are supported in a specific tool? Read more...(read more)
View ArticleWhat's in it for Me in Innovus 18.10 Release?
At advanced nodes, there’s always a deep conflict between power, performance, and area (PPA) and design turnaround time (TAT). You already know Innovus Implementation System very smartly delivers PPA...
View ArticleECO with Stratus HLS and the Digital Implementation Flow
For years chip designers have dealt with ECO’s when their source code was written in RTL. But the move to high-level synthesis (HLS) means that their source code is now one step further removed from...
View Article2018 Annual HLS Survey Results
Earlier this year, we performed the annual high-level synthesis (HLS) industry survey to get an idea of the industry’s expectations of HLS. As in last year’s survey, approximately half of the responses...
View ArticleA new Electrostatic Discharge Analysis Solution – You Will Never Get Zapped!
“It’s not what it is, it’s about what it can become”-The Lorax by Dr. SeussHave you recently reached out to open your car and received an unexpected shock…zap! There are no financial or health...
View ArticleHLS Optimizations You Can't Do By Hand
In my previous blog post, I talked about the Quality-of-Results (QoR) that are achievable using High-Level Synthesis tools like Stratus HLS and the fact that exploration of multiple RTLL architectures...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Liberate MX for Memory Characterization...
As we embark upon our blogging journey again in 2020, in this Library Characterization Tidbits series, we want to draw your attention to an informative video series on memory characterization, which is...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Over the Clouds and Beyond with Arm-Based...
Cadence Liberate Trio Characterization Suite, ARM-based Graviton Processors, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud have joined forces to cater to the High-Performance Computing, Machine...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Exploring Intuitive Means to Characterize...
Let’s review a key characteristic feature of Cadence Liberate AMS Mixed-Signal Characterization that offers to you ease of use along with many other benefits like automation of standard Liberty model...
View ArticleLibrary Characterization Tidbits: Validating Libraries Effectively
In this blog, I will brief you about two very useful Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) for Liberate LV Library Validation.(read more)
View ArticleAre You Stuck While Synthesizing Your Design Due to Low-Power Issues? We Have...
Optimizing power can be a very convoluted and crucial process. To make design chips meet throughput goals along with optimal power consumption, you need to plan right from the beginning! (read more)
View ArticleInnovus Implementation System: What is Stylus UI?
Hi Everyone,Many of you would have heard about the Cadence Stylus Common UI and are wondering what it is and what the advantages might be to use it vs. legacy UI.The webinar answers the following...
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