Interview Questions
Interview Question - Design & Optimization
This question involves doing some of the design work for a circuit that implements Instruction P and Instruction Q usin…
Interview Questions
Interview Question - Performance Analysis
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Interview Questions
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Technology
FerroElectric RAM
If you've fantasized about how wonderful your life could be if the merits of DRAM, SRAM and Flash memory could all …
News
Nokia Q3 profit - 2.2$B
While everyone else was distracted by some touchscreen thing, Nokia spent the past quarter absolutely dominating the wo…
Career
Recipes for an extraordinary career
Skepticism OK – Cynicism NOT! Skepticism is a method But Cynicism is a position!
Career
Recipes for an extraordinary career
Don't hide behind the process! All good companies have well thought-out processes But Don't let it get in the w…
E-Books
E-Books
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Power Gating
Hierarchy and Power Gating
A scalable approach to chip architecture is essential and valuable since a SOC design today often becomes a component i…
Low Power
Architecture and partitioning for low power
A good working definition of architecture ( in the context of IP design, atleast) is the partitioning and interface des…
Retention
Retention mechanisms in power gated designs
How can we retain state of some of the registers in the design? How to deal with memory state? Let me try to explain…
Timing
Timing closure impacted by DVFS!!
While designing systems with DVFS techniques, we need to look at the impact of temperature inversion on the performance…
Board Design
Tip of the day - Board Design
Have you ever asked yourself the question: What should I do with the areas under the ICs? My advise is: If you have a m…
Career
Recipes for an Extraordinary Career
Integrity is the foundation Massaging the truth can get you out of an immediate crisis But Hidden agendas never remain …
Career
Recipes for an Extraordinary Career
Show that passion! Technical competence is a must But It's the "passion" that makes the difference! Watch…
Low Power
Voltage and Frequency scaling mechanisms
There are various voltage scaling approaches that are in use today, Static Voltage Scaling: Different blocks in t…
Interview Questions
Mental Ability Question
If performance doubles every two years, by what percentage does performance go up every month? :-)
Interview Questions
Interview Question - Gray Codes
What are the tradeoffs in implementing a program counter for a microprocessor using Gray coding? Sol: Gray coding is…