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New Power Management IP Solution Can Dramatically Increase SoC Energy Efficiency

This Position Paper describes a family of Power Management IP solutions integrated by Dolphin Integration’s customers into their SoC to drastically improve Energy Efficiency (EE). SoC performance metric is changing, moving from pure performance metric (GHz or MIPS) to performance efficiency and minimum power consumption. This new metric, already crucial for IoT or mobile devices, is becoming key in various applications, like automotive, embedded or space.

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CPU Soft IP for FPGAs Delivers HDL Optimization and Supply Chain Integrity

RISC-V open ISA can help military and aerospace designers who are facing challenges of minimizing power consumption, BOM cost and board area by allowing the optimization of the instruction set to give the most efficient implementation for each specific application.

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The evolution of embedded devices: Addressing complex design challenges

We expect our devices to be smart, upgradable and accessible over the Internet and security is no longer optional. Existing standards and stack libraries can help developers complete a project in a timely, secure way. This article outlines the key design challenges an embedded developer faces today, and some of the new technologies that will help designers address these challenges.

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Transactor vs CPU in SoC Verification

The objective of this paper is to explain the advantages of using CPU at SoC level instead of transactor. This paper puts forward few examples for understanding the differences.

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Optimizing AI and Machine Learning with eFPGAs

Why the performance and flexibility offered by eFPGA is turning out to be a game changer for anyone designing AI and machine learning and struggling to meet the compute demands.

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Fundamentals of Semiconductor ISO 26262 Certification: People, Process and Product

This paper explains the changes in the role of the semiconductor industry in the automotive supply chain and seeks to enhance the reader’s knowledge regarding all aspects of the ISO 26262 standard. This paper also discusses the standard’s applicability not only to electronic products, but also to the people and processes employed to create them.