June 30, 2010
I often wonder why most, if not all, design teams shoot themselves in the foot by choosing a variety of different interfaces for the IP cores in their SoCs? Wouldn’t they save time and money by keeping the integration among multiple IP cores simple? Many design teams have in fact given up on proprietary interfaces …
March 29, 2010
The recent IP-SoC Days, hosted by Design & Reuse, provided an excellent opportunity for IP providers (intellectual property) and IP customers to exchange ideas and requirements and to review the state of the IP industry. Here’s my take on the conference: “Getting no respect” One of the conference presenters called IP the “Rodney Dangerfield” of …
March 18, 2010
It’s been a busy time here at Sonics. We announced our support for ARM’s AMBA 4 specification early this month and now we’re getting ready to give a featured presentation at the EE Times ARM Virtual conference, March 25 at 11:30 a.m. PDT, “Cracking the Multi-layer Design Code: How to Cost Effectively Simplify and Optimize …
February 25, 2010
As we begin another year, I wanted to personally wish you a successful and prosperous 2010. We are excited about kicking off another year here at Sonics and looking forward to seeing all the technology innovations from our customers and partners across the semiconductor and IP markets . We are pleased to see that analysts …