System to Silicon Verification – CDNLive Gives a Reality Check on How Hardware and Software Meet
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Frank Schirrmeister
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March 8, 2013
Ever since switching from being a hardware/software chip developer to being an enabler with tools in EDA and embedded software, I was part of a team working towards methodologies and tools to improve the interaction of hardware and software. In December
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Securing Invisible Things … or “Why Denial Works!”
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Frank Schirrmeister
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February 27, 2013
The opening keynote of the Embedded World conference in Germany left me with chills. No, it was not a grand theatrical performance letting me crave for more. It simply scared the bejevies out of me with respect to the safety and security of embedded devices
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Application Specific System-Design and Verification at Embedded World and DVCon
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Frank Schirrmeister
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February 25, 2013
This week (February 25 th 2013) is a busy one for system development and the Cadence System Development Suite in particular. For mobility, the place to be is Barcelona -- the Mobile World Congress will show the latest in everything mobile and connected
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A 10-year Look-Back from 2013 – Some Technology Predictions that are Coming True!
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Frank Schirrmeister
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January 23, 2013
It is January 2013, the year has begun and it is time for my annual 10 year look-back to see how well technology predictions have been implemented or missed (you can find last year's look-back here ). This year's trip into the garage to find my
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System Design 2012 – Real Users Achieving Real Results!
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Frank Schirrmeister
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December 21, 2012
This morning the final success story my team has been working on for this year went live. Texas Instruments reports on how they achieved greater than 90% accurate correlation between an architectural power estimation and actual silicon! This deserves
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Securing the Internet of Things
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Frank Schirrmeister
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December 12, 2012
While I had looked at the challenges of hardware/software integration in various application domains like automotive , industrial and wireless before, I had the most unsettling experience last week at the Amphion Forum in San Francisco in the application
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Optimizing ARM Based Designs for Low Power using Emulation
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Frank Schirrmeister
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November 19, 2012
The month November goes to the Brits, no question. Not only did the James Bond movie Skyfall open, but Santa Clara also experienced somewhat of a "British Invasion" for ARM TechCon in the Santa Clara convention center. To be there properly I
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How Many Cycles are Needed to Verify ARM’s big.LITTLE on Palladium XP?
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Frank Schirrmeister
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October 30, 2012
At the recent CDNLive! India user conference, Deepak Venkatesan and Murtaza Johar representing ARM India gave a fascinating presentation called "Verifying big.LITTLE using the Palladium XP". Registered Cadence.com users can get the presentation
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Changing the Game with Processor Based Emulation
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Frank Schirrmeister
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October 11, 2012
I have always been fascinated by game changing moves. Some are more successful than others, but the general principle is always the same - coming with a gun to a knife fight. Two of my favorites are from sports. When I was a young rower, the moving outrigger
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DAC2012: Xilinx Zynq-7000 - From RTL to Success with Emulation
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Frank Schirrmeister
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July 2, 2012
It is nice to see when visions get closer to reality. When Cadence announced its vision for the System Development Suite back in 2011, offering a continuum of engines from virtual prototyping through RTL simulation, acceleration and emulation all the
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