Unfair advantage? How OEMs get ahead with Custom Compute
Intro Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) constantly face the challenge of delivering cutting-edge products that meet the evolving demands of their customers. In the world of technology, where innovation is the key to staying ahead, the choice of computing solutions plays a pivotal role in shaping the success of OEMs. In the past OEMs have relied […]
5 ways to achieve the right level of customization
Many companies understand that they cannot push the efficiency of their products enough with process technology gains only. This is a conclusion from the strong interest we are seeing in our Custom Compute offering. Are you ready to explore a custom core for your next SoC? Some IP providers are proposing solutions to the previous inflexibility […]
Saving the planet, one byte at a time
How can Custom Compute participate in getting greener? Sustainability is a hotter topic than ever and Apple just launched its first carbon neutral products. But how can the semiconductor industry contribute? The role of the semiconductor industry We all know something must be done to make our lives, and the products we use, more sustainable, […]
RISC-V customization gets a standing ovation – no fragmentation drama!
Uniting diversity and compatibility Processor vendors have always tried to create a large software ecosystem around their products, because it creates stickiness and it naturally “locks-in” large numbers of customers who have invested in the creation of dedicated software. This effect is growing over time as the quantity of software is ever increasing per product: […]
What you should ask for instead of just PPA
SoC designers would really like to be able to compare PPA numbers of digital IP. However, as explained in our previous article, this is mostly impossible as available numbers usually do not apply to your use case. It is easy to be misled by PPA. So now, how do you select the best digital IP? […]
Why you should stop asking for PPA
As a topic that is subject to intense discussions, PPA (Power, Performance & Area) is certainly something that everyone in the semiconductor industry is focusing on. Who wouldn’t want a smaller and cheaper circuit that would consume less power and be much more capable than the previous generation? But you should stop asking for PPA. Or at […]
No one-size-fits-all approach to RISC-V processor optimization
As the demand for high-performance processors continues to grow and semiconductor scaling laws continue to show their limits, the need for processor optimization is inevitable. As I explained in a previous blog, RISC-V is designed to enable this. However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to processor optimization. As each workload and each application will have […]
RISC-V customization, HW/SW co-optimization, and custom compute
Do we still need to introduce and define RISC-V? You know, the open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) that is gaining popularity thanks to its flexibility, scalability, and modularity. Okay, we just did, just to be sure we are all on the same page. One of the key benefits and the main “raison d’être” of RISC-V […]
Collaboration leading the way for broad RISC-V adoption
We recently announced a partnership with Intel as part of the launch of the Intel® Pathfinder for RISC-V, making leading RISC-V technology more accessible for prototyping, production design or research purposes using Intel FPGAs. Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V allows for a variety of RISC-V cores and other IP to be instantiated on FPGA platforms, with the ability to […]