Computational Storage Device Verification: A Challenging Task

CSD systems are emerging as the must-have peripherals for intensive storage demands required by leading-edge industries. But their complexity leads to issues with traditional pre-silicon verification, which raises the need for a new virtualization-based method. ElectronicDesign Ben Whitehead | Lauro Rizzatti The path to success of the solid-state drive (SSD) as the ultimate replacement for … Read more

Covid-19 rings changes for virtual working

Tech Design Forum By Lauro Rizzatti – Dr Lauro Rizzatti is a verification consultant and industry expert on hardware emulation. Only a few months ago, a speck in the flow of time, 2020 began with the promise of being another successful business year. Yet here we are at the start of June, distressed and concerned … Read more

Hardware emulation future is exciting

EEWeb By Lauro Rizzatti, Verification Expert The future of hardware emulation has been proclaimed impressive, as shown by its upward market performance trend. As revealed by a recent ESD Alliance Market Statistics Service (MSS) report, the total revenue in 2019 stood at over $10 billion, representing an 8.3 percent increase over 2018 performance. The hardware-assisted … Read more

Adding Hardware Emulation to the 5G Chip Design Verification Flow

timestech.in By: Lauro Rizzatti, Verification Expert, www.rizzatti.com April 17, 2020 A 5G system-on-chip (SoC) design is a multifaceted system with complex communications, computing and memory requirements, and many blocks that must work together seamlessly for it to effectively perform its duties. Verifying a such an intricate design is not a matter of just running a … Read more

Embedding Software Algorithms in New Chip Applications Calls for New Verification Solutions

EEWeb By Lauro Rizzatti (Contributed Content) | Thursday, February 20, 2020 More and more new system-on-chip (SoC) designs at leading semiconductor companies embody software algorithms conceived and developed on host computers and in earlier embedded designs. Migrating such algorithms to cutting-edge SoC projects that power up AI, deep or machine learning, high-performance compute, automotive, 5G, … Read more

How to Become an RTL Simulation Expert vs. Hardware Emulation Expert

Part 2 of this two-part series on designing and using a modern hardware emulation platform highlights how to become an expert in using a modern hardware emulator vis-à-vis a hardware-description-language (HDL) simulator. Lauro Rizzatti In Part 1, we reviewed the process of designing a modern hardware emulation platform. Here, we’ll look at the skills and training … Read more

Designing a Modern Hardware Emulation Platform

This first part of a two-part series authored by two leading experts in the field of hardware emulation explores how to build a platform that meets today’s needs. Electronic Design Lauro Rizzatti & Charley Selvidge Jan 13, 2020 Unlike other electronic-design-automation (EDA) point tools, developing a hardware emulation for functional verification requires mastering multiple disciplines. … Read more

System-of-systems validation for automotive design

Tech Design Forum By Jean-Marie Brunet and Lauro Rizzatti December 17, 2019 Jean-Marie Brunet is senior marketing director for the Emulation division at Mentor, a Siemens business. Lauro Rizzatti is a verification consultant. What’s more complex than a system? Well, multiple systems connected together seems like a logical next step. With the combination of technology … Read more

A Renaissance in the Emulation Business Is Nigh

It is reasonable to predict that hardware-assisted verification revenue will break through $600 million by the end of 2019. EETimes By Jean-Marie Brunet and Lauro Rizzatti 12.16.2019 It is reasonable to predict that hardware-assisted verification revenue will break through $600 million by the end of 2019. Hardware emulation was conceived in the mid-1980s by a … Read more

Why Hardware Emulation Is Necessary to Verify Deep Learning Designs

Verification Horizons INTRODUCTION There is no doubt that computers have changed our lives forever. Still, as much as computers outperform humans at complex tasks such as solving complex mathematical equations in almost zero time, they may underperform when solving what humans can do easily — image identification, for instance. Anyone in the world can identify … Read more