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Red Hot Electronic Thermal Analysis?

The etymology of the phrase ‘red hot’ dates back to the 14th century describing the colour attained by metal as...

By Robin Bornoff

Verification Horizons

SystemVerilog Coding Guidelines: Package import versus `include

Another frequently asked question: Should I import my classes from a package or `include them? To answer this properly, you...

Embedded Software

AMP & SMP revisited

Multicore continues to be a hot topic. Recent Web seminars, that we have run, were well attended, with lots of...

Embedded Software

iPad - an interim report

I have now lived with my iPad for a little over two months. Soon after I got it, I blogged...

Embedded Software

When compilers do magic

What is a compiler? Ask an average engineer and you will get an answer something like: “A software tool that...

Embedded Software

Arthur Smith and the Italians

I was entertained yesterday to an extent that I decided a bonus posting today was in order. We went to...

Embedded Software

The Soviet Empire - my part in its downfall

Enough time has passed that this story can now be told. With great events in history, there is a public...

Verification Horizons

The reports of OVM’s death are greatly exaggerated (with apologies to Mark Twain)

Now that the Accellera VIP-TSC has released UVM-EA, effectively narrowing the choice of verification methodologies to UVM or OVM, many...

By Mark Glasser

Embedded Software

EDA and embedded software

Mentor Graphics is an EDA [Electronic Design Automation] company, which means that the core of the business is supplying [software]...