It’s no secret that hardware is the new currency in the chip world. It’s no longer the case that the semiconductor industry is in the hands of traditional semiconductor giants; an increasing number of ...

As digital systems become increasingly complex, traditional simulation-based verification is straining under the weight of exhaustive verification demands. While simulation remains a fundamental tool ...

How formal verification is able to find bugs before signoff. Formal verification’s ability to mathematically prove exhaustively that a chip design meets a set of assertions. Formal techniques are ...

However, in this article, I will limit myself to the top five important factors to remember about formal verification. 1. There are many types of formal verification. All are useful. When I talk about ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — On the verge of closing its sale to Cadence Design Systems Inc., Verplex Systems Inc. this week is releasing an upgrade to its Conformal line of equivalence checkers. Tony Larson, ...