Interview Questions
Interview Question on CPU design
A CPU has a memory unit with 32-bit instructions and a register file with 32 registers. The instruction set consists of…
Interview Questions
Interview Question
Draw the circuit diagram for barrel-shifter that can shift 3 bits in either direction. The shifter should take 3 bits a…
Tips and Tricks
Modelsim Tips & Tricks
In this article we will see how to create a simple Tcl script that tests for certain values on a signal and then adds b…
VIP
The world of HVLs and VIPs
Over the last decade functional verification of ASIC systems has witnessed a paradigm shift in verification methodologi…
Verification Plan
Verification Plan
An effective verification plan encompasses a detailed description of the complete hierachical verification methodology …
Size. Transistor Size
Single-atom transistor discovered
Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University…
Verification
Dealing with clock jitter in DDR2/DDR3 based designs
For the past couple of days i have been part of a design that interfaces a DDR/DDR2 memory. But lately after a recent p…
Soft Skills
Importance of soft skills
The semiconductor industry in general demands two special skills in every engineer. One of these skills is more trivial…
VLSI Conference
VLSID 2010 Conference (Bangalore): Registrations open!
VLSID 2010, Asia’s premier technical conference on VLSI design, EDA and embedded systems will be held at NIMHANS Conven…
Negative Feedback
When people give negative feedback about you?
For the most part the primary reaction is to defend yourself with a cause or justification or to just outrightly acknow…
Open-Source
Fedora Electronics Lab
Fedora Electronic Lab (FEL) comes to fix one big problem in the opensource community. The problem is : there is no on…
Missing
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NOR Flash
Flash Memories - Types
Although all flash memories use the same basic storage cell, there are a number of ways in which the cells can be inter…
Serial Flash
Flash Memories - Introduction
Flash memory is a type of electronic memory increasingly used in a wide range of communications, consumer, computer and…
Neural Networks
Researchers expand clinical study of brain implant
We are excited to see that the BrainGate Neural Interface System is moving to phase-II clinical testing . BrainGate is…
VLSI Technology Symposium
Hot papers at 2009 VLSI Technology Symposium
Hot papers from this year's VLSI Technology Symposium include three nonvolatile memory advancements: Toshiba' …
Low Cost Phones
Low-cost phones, emerging markets to drive handsets sector
With developed markets saturated and shifting mostly high-end handsets, and mid tier phone providers continuing to stru…
Smart Phones
Intel Eyes Smartphone Chip Market
Intel has been rather successful at carving out a larger percentage of the netbook market with their low power Atom pro…
Nokia
Nokia Developing Wireless, Accessory-Free Ambient Charging
Engineers at Nokia have hatched a plan to for a system that'll charge phones using nothing more than ambient electr…
Moore's Law
Moore's Law: 43 Years and counting
In 1965, Gordon Moore sat down to pen his article for a Electronics Magazine and this is when he saw some fundamental d…
Computer Architecture
Who are the Computer Architects?
The author ( Mark Smotherman, Associate Professor, School of Computing, Clemson University ) makes an effort to list th…
Video Lectures
Free Video Lectures
A Video Lecture from UC Berkeley on Analog-Digital Interfaces! Analysis and Design of VLSI Analog-Digital Interface Int…
Webinars
Sponsored Post: SpyGlass 4.2.0 Webinar from ATRENTA
In this SpyGlass(R) webinar, Atrenta experts will take you through the highlights of the new release and cover the foll…
Websites
Virtual Component Websites and Software
Virtual Component Exchange (VCX) is a web-based, regulated trading exchange for semiconductor virtual components or int…
FPGA
OpenFPGA
OpenFPGA is an emerging effort to foster and accelerate the adoption and incorporation of reconfigurable computing bas…
Tools
Free Chip Estimation Tool
A free design automation tool for chip estimation has been developed by Giga Scale IC, Inc. The tool named "InCyt…
FPGA
Teaching Embedded Systems using ARM and FPGAs
Prof. Saeid Nooshabadi of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has an excellent website describin…
Writing
Guides for Better Writing and Presentations and References
Guide to Better Writing Guide to Better Presentations Check-list for Writing Examples of IEEE References (pdf) IEEE-CS …
Supercomputers
Top 500 Supercomputers
A list of the Top 500 performing supercomputers is available at: Top 500 . Since 1993, the list has been updated twice …
SystemC
SystemC
SystemC provides hardware-oriented constructs within the context of C++ as a class library implemented in standard C++.…
Testing
Most Significant Papers on IC Test
Many important papers have been presented at the annual International Test Conference (ITC) over the past 35 years. Th…
Multiprocessors
Configurable Multiprocessor Systems
Multiple microprocessor cores which communicate via an on-chip network are increasingly found in integrated circ…
Piracy
Pirated EDA software available on Bangalore streets
We all know the severity of software piracy in Taiwan & China. But how many of you know that EDA software like Mode…
Sponsors
Sponsored Link: Data Acquisition Devices for $579 USD or Less
National Instruments offers more than 300 world-class data acquisition devices starting as low as $99. Select from USB,…
SNUG
SNUG India 2009: Dates to remember
Conference Location: The Leela Palace Kempinski, Bangalore The Grand Ballroom Airport Road Bangalore, India 560 008 Con…
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SMARTi
Infineon introduces two RF-chips for LTE and 3G
Infineon has introduced two RF-chips for LTE and 3G - SMARTi LU for highest data rates with LTE, and SMARTi UEmicro for…
Breakthrough
Silicon Brain
Researchers have built a chip with the equivalent of 200,000 neurons and 50 million synapses in an effort to mimic a hu…
Breakthrough
Worlds First Satellite-Cellular Mobile Platform Based on SDR Technology
Infineon Technologies, SkyTerra, and TerreStar Networks today jointly announced the worlds first multi-standard mobile …
Newsletter
400th Post: Microelectronics Systems News!
Starting today we will be embarking on a new series called Microelectronics Systems News! Microelectronics Systems News…
Tools
Shareware VLSI CAD/CAE/EDA Software!
Checkout our Shareware VLSI CAD/CAE/EDA Software! section below to benefit from the numerous tools the Academic communi…
Webinars
Webinar watch: Accelerating Time-To-SI-Closure
Webinar:Accelerating Time-To-SI-Closure Date:Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Time: 11 amPT / 2 pm ET Duration: 60Minutes Regist…
IEEE
Upcoming VLSI/IC Conference - Cool Chips 2009
Cool Chips 2009 IEEE Symposium on Low-Power and High Speed Chips Yokohama, Japan April 15-17, 2009 COOL Chips is an Int…
Tools
Open-Source EDA Tools - No supporters?
Why is there a lack of usable open-source tools in the commercial EDA industry? The academic world has many tools to bo…
Policies
H-1Bs: Should US visa policies adjust in this economy?
With the April 1, 2009 H-1B visa application process start date just weeks away, reports from the Valley suggest that e…
Webinars
Webinar Watch - Synopsys, A Structured Methodology for Verifying Low Power Designs
An in-depth technical webinar focusing on low power verification methodology. On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:00 pm, Pacif…
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Interview Questions
Interview Question on FPGA logic synthesis
It has been a while since we posted any puzzles or interview questions to tickle everyone's teeny brains. Recession…