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Experts At The Table: The Reliability Factor

Last of three parts: The effects of disaggregation, restrictive design rules and economic considerations.

Verifying Low-Power Designs

What goes wrong and what you need to know to get a head start on the next round of complexity.

Low-Power Architectures Go Mainstream

Shrinking geometries force changes; new approaches rampant at CES

Combining Power And Synthesis

Power-aware designs becoming more necessary; companies begin integrating tools as area, power, performance tradeoffs become more complex.

The Power Of 3D

3D is now possible, but ensuring its success will demand renewed focus on compute power and energy efficiency.

Low-Power Tools Lag Behind Cores

Exclusive research: Use of automated tools still limited, but that could change as low-power becomes more mainstream.

Experts At The Table: Rising Complexity Meets Verification

Last of three parts: The myriad effects of low power, the differences between OVM and VMM, and establishing good coverage models.

Differentiating Embedded Processors

Power, software and logic take center stage; performance still important but not the main differentiator.

Power Optimization Drives Embedded And Multicore Software

Power follows performance while embedded follows multicore in software development tools.

Greener Data Centers

Analysis: Why corporations are following the energy-saving approaches of consumer electronics.

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News Stories

Make Way For LPTV

The programming is the same as before, but at least it won’t cost as much to watch.

Power Bits

New products emphasize power consumption and battery life; performance still important, but not always the competitive edge.

New Enterprise Memory To Use Less Power

EnergyStar ratings on servers drives new standards for conserving power in memory; chips to hit market starting in Q1

The Week In Review: Nov. 20

Faster time to market, lower-power devices and playing catch-up after a long recession.

Power Bits

Making life better: Paper batteries, universal voltage plugs and battery chargers with a pull cord.

The Week In Review: Nov. 6

Test and yield together; changes in the IP market; beefing up the indirect channel.

Blog Review: Nov. 4

Mid-life crises, heat stroke, and the mother of all invention. Just an average week in the engineering world.

The Week In Review: Oct. 30

Low-power everywhere at advanced nodes; earnings improve; vendors stack up new wins.

Power Briefs

What’s new in the low-power engineering world; better benchmarks

The Week In Review: Sept. 25

Power trips: Intel goes to war, foundries focus on power.

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Technology Features

Round Tables

Experts At The Table: The Reliability Factor

First of three parts: Density and radiation; the effect of multiple power islands and complexity; more rules.

Experts At The Table: The Reliability Factor

Second of three parts: The effects of new process nodes; end of life considerations, and special circumstances for breaking the rules.

Experts At The Table: The Reliability Factor

Last of three parts: The effects of disaggregation, restrictive design rules and economic considerations.

Experts At The Table: Rising Complexity Meets Verification

First of three parts: Power becomes major factor at advanced nodes; questions surface about whether verification is reliable enough.

Experts At The Table: Rising Complexity Meets Verification

Second of three parts: Heated arguments over strategy, accuracy and effectiveness; problems rise as power islands are added in.

Experts At The Table: Rising Complexity Meets Verification

Last of three parts: The myriad effects of low power, the differences between OVM and VMM, and establishing good coverage models.

Experts At The Table: What’s Next?

First of three parts: Difficulties are myriad at 28nm and 22nm, but at least power is part of the discussion with area, performance and manufacturability.

Experts At The Table: What’s Next?

Problems with power at 22nm; getting heat out of a stacked die and SiP; limited promise of new materials.

Experts At The Table: What’s Next?

Last of three parts: Where the value is and who benefits; power improvements in multicore vs. single core and multichip.

Experts At The Table: Building A Better Mousetrap

First of three parts: Why architects are reluctant to take full advantage of the tools and models for slashing power.

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Podcasts/Videos/Webcasts

2×4: Low Power, Complexity And Reliability

Four executives from Virage Logic, Actel, Forte and Magma sound off on the effects of Moore’s Law and what it means to semiconductors.

The View From Intel

Power optimization and its effect on embedded and multicore software

Handcrafted Designs

What tools are available when you get to ultra-low power designs? Answer: Not many.

Challenges At 32nm And Beyond

Wally Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics, talks about what’s changing in design, the effect of low power, and who’s going to be doing the most advanced designs.

Saving Power By The Milliwatt

Power budgets may look small, but the amount of power that can be saved with different design approaches will surprise you.

Tesla: The Ultimate Low-Power Design

Every power-saving trick turns into more mileage, and less time with a plug in the wall.