Semiconductor Engineering

Building Trust At The Silicon Level: Secure Storage Solution For OTP IP

Synopsys’ Secure Storage Solution for OTP IP introduces a multi-layer security architecture that pairs antifuse OTP ...
EDN

How to manage changing IP in an evolving SoC design

In a previous article, Getting started in structured assembly in complex SoC designs, an unexceptional system-on-chip (SoC) design was shown to contain hundreds of intellectual property (IP) blocks.
EDN

IP model shift: from blocks to app-specific subsystems

San Mateo, Calif. — The embedding of digital media capability into just about everything consumers touch is changing the way system designers use intellectual property. In the process, it could be ...
Electronic Design

Trimmable Analog IP Blocks Come Fully Armed With Power Management

Innovative laser-trimming technology for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi SoCs brings total on-chip power management. A new weapon in the arsenal for designers of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (802.11) system-on-a-chip (SoC ...
Semiconductor Engineering

IP Becoming More Complex, More Costly

Success in the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market requires more than a good bit of RTL. New advances mandate a complete design, implementation, and verification team, which limits the ...