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…
SoC Design blog: 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…
- April 28, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- March 31, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- March 20, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- March 17, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- February 22, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- February 19, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- February 9, 2015
SoC Design blog: 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…
- December 30, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- December 15, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- November 24, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- November 5, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- September 26, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- August 4, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- July 29, 2014
SoC Design blog: 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…
- July 29, 2014
SoC Design blog: DAC 2014 Recap: SoC, IoT and Ecosystems Efforts on Display
SAN FRANCISCO--Design Automation Conference 2014, more than ever, was about SoC design challenges and solutions, IoT, automotive, embedded market opportunities and how they electronics ecosystem is joining…
- July 14, 2014
SoC Design blog: Sometimes Hardware Details Matter in ARM Embedded Systems Programming
Last week, I received the call for papers for the Embedded World Conference for 2015. The list of topics is a good reminder of how broad the world of embedded systems is. It also reminded me how overloaded…
- June 23, 2014
SoC Design blog: Wrapping up the ARM Step Challenge with a Video Review
SAN FRANCISCO--We've written a lot about the really fun, really clever ARM Step Challenge at DAC 2014. From the initial The ARM Step Challenge at DAC: Throwing Down the Gauntlet post to The Aftermath…
- June 20, 2014
SoC Design blog: Software’s Growing Role in Semiconductor Ecosystems
Two very different analysts stress the importance of software in chip and server ecosystems. Last week, veteran semiconductor electronic design automation (eda) analyst garysmith made the following ob…
- June 11, 2014
SoC Design blog: DAC Breakfast: 14nm is Real and Ready for Use
My DAC started early last Monday morning with a delicious breakfast and a lively discussion with robaitken of ARM, Kelvin Low of Samsung Electronics, Glenn Dukes of Synopsys and skillfully moderated by…
- June 10, 2014