What to look out for when selecting an Embedded Process Monitor.When selecting an embedded Process Monitor for use within your digital SoC it is important to make sure it ticks certain boxes.Understanding…
Moortec “Let’s Talk PVT Monitoring” Series with CTO Oliver King - Thermal Issues Associated with Modern SoCs
Thermal Issues Associated with Modern SoCs - How Hot is Hot?In this, the third instalment of the "Let's Talk PVT Monitoring" series Moortec CTO, Oliver King talks about the thermal issues associated with…
5 Reasons Why In-Chip Monitoring is Here to Stay
When the first car rolled off his production line in 1913, Henry Ford would have already envisioned just how prolific the automobile would become. However, would he have foreseen the extent to which monitors…
Address Space Layout Randomization
System optimization involves running Linux applications and understanding the impact on the hardware and other software in a system. It would be great if system optimization could be done by running benchmarks…
Migrating ARM Linux from CoreLink CCI-400 Systems to CoreLink CCN-504
Recently, Carbon released the first ARMv8 Linux CPAK utilizing the ARM CoreLink CCN-504 Cache Coherent Network on Carbon System Exchange. The CCN family of interconnect offers a wide range of high bandwidth…
Comparing ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A57
The latest high-performance ARMv8-A processor is the Cortex-A72.The press release reports that the A72 delivers CPU performance that is 50x greater than leading smartphones from five years ago and will…
System Address Map (SAM) Configuration for AMBA 5 CHI Systems with CCN-504
In late 2014, Carbon released the first Carbon Performance Analysis Kit (CPAK) utilizing the ARM CoreLink CCN-504 Cache Coherent Network. Today, the CCN-504 can be built on Carbon IP Exchange with a wide…
EDA Containers
Linux containers provide a way to build, ship, and run applications such as the EDA tools used in SoC Design and Verification. EDA Containers is a LinkedIn Group to explore and discover the possibilities…
Cadence's New Digital Implementation System: An Inside Look
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The launch of Cadence's new Innovus Implementation System heralds “a new era” in physical implementation technology, breaking longstanding electronic system-design bottlenecks…
Exploring the ARM CoreLink™ CCI-500 performance envelope – Part 2
IntroductionIn Part 1 of this blog series (found here ) we introduced the ARM CoreLinkTM CCI-500 Cache Coherent Interconnect and described some of the new configurable features which are available over…
System Performance Analysis and the Arm Performance Monitor Unit (PMU)
Carbon cycle accurate models of Arm CPUs enable system performance analysis by providing access to the Performance Monitor Unit (PMU). Carbon models instrument the PMU registers and record PMU events…
Exploring the ARM CoreLink CCI-500 performance envelope - Part 1
IntroductionYou may have noticed the ARM announcement last week of a group of Premium Mobile products (if not you can find it here ARM Sets New Standard for the Premium Mobile Experience - ARM) covering…
SoC Design Faculty Development Workshop in Goa, India
ARM University Program (AUP) and Xilinx University Program (XUP), together, organized a one-day workshop (ODW) on System-on-Chip (SoC) Design as part of their Faculty Development Program (FDP) initiatives…
Software Driven Verification of ARM-based SoC Designs
I started my design career far too long ago doing system verification on a multi-processor server design. Basically, I was charged with assembling a model of the system and then writing some tests to…
Optimization of Systems Containing the Arm CoreLink CCN-504 Cache Coherent Network
The first Carbon Performance Analysis Kit demonstrating the AMBA 5 CHI protocol has been released on Carbon System Exchange. The design features Cortex-A57 for AMBA 5 CHI and CoreLink CCN-504 Cache Coherent…
Running 64-bit Linux Applications on an 8-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPAK
I’m excited to introduce the most complex Carbon Performance Analysis Kit (CPAK) created by The specified item was not found.; an 8-core ARM Cortex-A53 system running 64-bit Linux with full Swap…
Quality of Service in ARM Systems: An Overview
Introduction
Whether it’s the latest consumer multimedia device with ultra-high resolution display, or highperformance, long up-time enterprise hardware, almost all performance-oriented SoC systems are…
Parasitic Extraction Tips for Advanced Nodes
As use of advanced node technologies (FinFET specifically) ramp, more designers are confronting challenges in technology, productivity, and time to market. To get a sense for what engineers need to know…
Using ARM Compiler 6 with Carbon Performance Analysis Kits (CPAKs)
ARM has released DS-5 version 5.19 including the Ultimate Edition for ARMv8 to compile and debug 64-bit software. The The specified item was not found. Performance Analysis Kits (CPAKs) for the ARM Cortex…
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…