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Embedded Software

Why should I care about software standards?

From time to time I am pleased to receive submissions from colleagues, who can give different perspectives on embedded software....

Verification Horizons

Synthesizing Hardware Assertions and Post-Silicon Debug

At the 2012 Design Automation Conference, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at a workshop titled “Post-Silicon Debug:...

Verification Horizons

Virtual Emulation for Debugging

A system-level verification engineer once told me that his company consumes over 50% of its emulation capacity debugging failures. According...

Embedded Software

I give up

We all have habits. Some of us have addictions. I am not 100% certain that I understand the difference. I...

Simulating the Real World

Where’s the Best Place to Put a Radiator in a Room? Part 2: PMV and other TLAs

Sometime between 40 and 100 thousand years ago humans started to wear clothes, an estimate as accurate as you’d expect...

Electronic Systems Design

PADS Tips and Tricks: Modeless Commands

PADS – deservedly so – has the reputation of a powerful, easy to use tool.  The menus and dialog boxes...

Embedded Software

Going to sleep

Once again, I am thinking about embedded software and low power design, as I have discussed before. I still find...

Verification Horizons

Verification Academy: Up Close & Personal

Live & In-Person at DAC 2012! Verification Academy, the brain child of Harry Foster, Chief Verification Scientist at Mentor Graphics,...

Embedded Software

Having fun

I often ponder on the nature of being happy and having fun. Happiness is elusive, but we all have an...