Synopsys recently announced the fastest, and most power efficient DDR5 and LPDDR5 IP solutions. Industry’s first LPDDR5 controller, PHY, and verification IP solution supports data rates up to 6400 Mbps with up to 40% less area than previous generations. The LPDDR5 IP provides significant area and power savings for mobile and automotive SoCs with its dual-channel […]
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Posted in Automotive, Data Center, DDR, Debug, DesignWare, DFI, HBM, LPDDR, Memory, Mobile SoC | Comments Off on Industry’s First LPDDR5 IP & VIP Solution Extending Leadership in DDR5/LPDDR5
We recently published the VIP Newsletter for Q4 2018, containing trending topics, leading solutions, in depth technical articles, videos, webinars, and updates on next generation protocols. The newsletter covers content on PCIe 5.0, Arm® AMBA® 5 ACE5 and AXI5, CCIX and next generation MIPI and display protocols and applications ranging from AI, Cloud, Display, Storage and […]
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Posted in ACE, AMBA, Audio, Automotive, AXI, Camera, CCIX, CHI, Data Center, Debug, DesignWare, Display, events, HDCP, HDMI, Interconnects, Interface Subsystems, MIPI, Mobile SoC, MPHY, PCIe, Processor Subsystems, Soundwire, Storage, Test Suites, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Latest In-depth Technical Articles and Videos on PCIe 5.0, AMBA 5, and CCIX
This year’s PCI-SIG Developers Conference took place at the Santa Clara Convention Center on June 5-6. Synopsys provided several demos covering the PCIe 5.0 Integrated IP Core, PHY, and Verification IP & source code Test Suites. There was a constant pool of inquisitive attendees interacting with our PCIe design and verification experts regarding the demos. The […]
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Posted in Data Center, Debug, DesignWare, events, NVMe, PCIe, Storage | Comments Off on PCIe 5.0 Demos: IP and VIP for AI, Cloud, Storage, and Networking
In June 2017, PCI-SIG announced the new PCI Express 5.0 specification, at the PCI-SIG DevCon. The new version of the specification doubled bit rate to 32GT/s per lane providing about 128GB/s bandwidth for a x16 Link (16 lanes). The chart below provides a comparison of bit-rate and bandwidth for the different PCIe Generations. The PCIe […]
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Posted in Automotive, Data Center, DesignWare, PCIe | Comments Off on Is Your Design PCIe Gen5 Ready? Verify with Synopsys VIP and Testsuite
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2016 was a great success and here we provide you the highlights of Synopsys’ activities at the event. Synopsys hosted the annual “SoC Leaders Verify with Synopsys” Verification luncheon. The luncheon featured industry experts and executives from Cavium, NXP, Qualcomm and Samsung, and drove our main messages of collaboration, with […]
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Posted in AMBA, Audio, Automotive, Camera, CAN, Data Center, DDR, Debug, DesignWare, Display, eMMC, Ethernet, Ethernet AVB, Flash, FlexRay, HBM, HMC, Interconnects, Interface Subsystems, LIN, LPDDR, Memory, Methodology, MIPI, Mobile SoC, ONFi, PCIe, Processor Subsystems, Storage, SystemVerilog, Test Suites, UFS, Uncategorized, USB, UVM | Comments Off on Verification Highlights from DAC 2016
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2016, in Austin, Texas kicks off next week starting June 5th to June 9th. As the leading and longest-running annual design and verification event, DAC is the premier place to network with fellow design and verification engineers. Synopsys will feature its annual Verification Luncheon and Customer Panel that discusses the […]
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Posted in Audio, Automotive, Camera, Data Center, Debug, DesignWare, Display, Ethernet, Interface Subsystems, Methodology, Mobile SoC, PCIe, Processor Subsystems, Storage, Success Stories, SystemVerilog, Test Suites, Uncategorized, UVM | Comments Off on Synopsys Verification Continuum at DAC 2016
The Holiday Season is upon us. As you stand in lines, wait for packages to arrive, keep in mind that Synopsys continues to provide you the highest level of service: support, available protocols and deployment of new titles that you, our current and future VIP customer, deserve. It has been a wonderful year — many […]
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Posted in AMBA, Automotive, C-PHY, CAN, CSI, D-PHY, Data Center, DDR, DesignWare, DFI, Display, DSI, eMMC, Ethernet, Ethernet AVB, Flash, HBM, HDCP, HDMI, HMC, I3C, LPDDR, Memory, Methodology, MIPI, MPHY, NVMe, ONFi, PCIe, SATA, Storage, SystemVerilog, Test Suites, UFS, Unipro, USB | Comments Off on Celebrating the Holiday Season with VIPs
Here, Synopsys R&D Director, Bernie DeLay, talks to EDACafe on the value of native SystemVerilog and UVM support in our VIP titles. He describes how our memory and protocol VIP have been built debug-friendly with Protocol Analyzer, and support constraint random verification for full functional coverage with back-annotation to executable verification plans. You can learn more […]
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Posted in AMBA, DDR, Debug, DesignWare, Ethernet, HDMI, LPDDR, Memory, Methodology, PCIe, SystemVerilog, Test Suites, USB, UVM | Comments Off on Bernie DeLay @ EDACafe on the Value of SystemVerilog, UVM-based VIP
At DVCon 2015, a couple of our key customers shared their viewpoints on how they manage growing verification complexity. This video begins with Michael Sanie highlighting the Synopsys Verification Continuum, and several key technologies that currently address the industry’s need to “Shift-Left” for faster time-to-market. Later, Amol Bhinge of Freescale and Prashanth Gurunath of Xilinx […]
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Posted in AMBA, Audio, Camera, DDR, Debug, DesignWare, Display, HDMI, Interface Subsystems, LPDDR, Methodology, MIPI, Mobile SoC, PCIe, SystemVerilog, Test Suites, USB, UVM | Comments Off on Freescale and Xilinx Engineers: Managing SoC Verification Complexity
Here, Bernie DeLay explains the architecture and scope of the SystemVerilog source-code test suites included with the Synopsys VIP titles, and how they minimize the effort associated with protocol compliance testing. He uses a USB VIP in a DesignWare environment with AXI as an example http://bit.ly/1BHUgQg
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Posted in AMBA, DesignWare, Methodology, SystemVerilog, Test Suites, USB, UVM | Comments Off on SystemVerilog Protocol Compliance: Why Source-code Test Suites?
