Television systems are entering a new and revolutionary era. Higher resolution video, vastly expanded services, and new AI-powered functions will drive user demand and unit growth. While this is exciting for end-consumers, it also represents a significant…
ARM’s 64-bit big.LITTLE at 2.5GHz+? Yes, please with TSMC’s 16nm FinFET Plus!
The annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) was held last month, and what a show it was! If you recall, back in February, I talked about TSMC and ARM’s first tape-out with the ARM Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 processors. At DAC, we presented…
- over 5 years ago
- System
- SoC Design blog
First tape-out with TSMC’s 16nm FinFET and ARM’s 64-bit big.LITTLE Processors
Another important milestone was reached recently for TSMC and ARM when the teams taped out at the end of December 2013 (see block diagram) the first 64 bit ARMv8 processors in a big.LITTLE configuration on TSMC’s leading edge manufacturing process…
- over 6 years ago
- System
- SoC Design blog
How to Measure and Optimize the System Performance of a Smartphone RTL Design
By William Orme, Strategic Marketing Manager, Arm and Nick Heaton, Distinguished Engineer, Cadence
This is Part 1 of a 4 part series. Links below
Part 1
Introduction
The evolution of today’s system-on-chip (SoC) devices from uni-processor systems to heterogeneous…
- over 6 years ago
- System
- SoC Design blog
ARM Cortex-A57 Test Chip on TSMC 16nm FinFET Process Optimizes Tools & Flows
Taking a major step forward for advanced-node semiconductor design, ARM and Cadence recently (April 4, 2013) announced the first implementation of an ARM® CortexTM-A57 processor on the TSMC 16nm FinFET manufacturing process. Here's a closer look…
- over 6 years ago
- System
- SoC Design blog