10 things you should know before SoC Validation 1. Validation and verification are different things 2. Emulators do not replace prototypes (and the other way round) 3. There are silicon bugs left to be found during validation 4. Design size matters 5. Each FPGA size matters 6.Read more →
What do you use FPGA prototyping for? Typical usages of FPGA prototyping FPGA Prototyping is used for various purposes. Here are 2 of its main usages: FPGA Debug: at some point of the FPGA design cycle, tests have to be run with a 'real' FPGA board toRead more →
FPGA prototyping with massive visibility is the key to successful validation FPGA prototyping - an essential step of ASIC validation FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a key technology for the prototyping of silicon chips and IPs. FPGA use similar silicon processes and is configured on basis ofRead more →
What can Exostiv Blade do for FPGA prototyping? Classifying FPGA prototyping debug and analysis methodologies. 'FPGA Prototyping' or 'using FPGA boards to prototype an ASIC or a SoC' can be done with a variety of systems. Using such a system requires additional tools to synthesize and partitionRead more →
Delivering High Quality Semiconductor IP with confidence Because they are the essential building blocks of modern ASIC and SoC chips, semiconductor IPs are used in a wide variety of environments, in which they are in service during extended times. Verifying that they run flawlessly in all theseRead more →
Exostiv Blade - Managing multiple sites, targets & users In this video, we demonstrate that Exostiv Blade lets you manage multiple sites, target boards and users to reach your FPGA debug, verification and test goals. In a previous demonstration, we already showed that Exostiv Blade core capabilitiesRead more →
Is FPGA Prototyping really optional? We conducted a survey on LinkedIn 2 weeks ago about the usage of FPGA prototyping vs. Emulation vs. Simulation. By no means this survey is representative of the whole industry - the sample is simply too small and probably biaised, as theRead more →
Upgrading FPGA Prototyping for High RTL Debug Productivity The importance of FPGA prototyping Despite important advances in simulation-based validation and emulation, ASIC engineers worldwide keep on using FPGA prototyping systems. Earlier this year, we have seen the launch of a new generation of such systems from multipleRead more →
Exostiv Blade is a Game Changer How it started Exostiv Blade all started from client requests in 2018-2019, especially from ASIC & SoC companies. They were seduced by the capture capabilities of Exostiv from FPGA running at speed - in some cases more powerful than the visibilityRead more →
Exostiv Blade - Core capabilities demonstration Here is a follow up of what was announced in our introductory article about the main features of Exostiv Blade. Down below, you can find the recording of a demonstration of Exostiv Blade in which we have wanted to show 2Read more →
Exostiv Blade - Scalable visibility from anywhere You might have heard about Exostiv Blade already. From the outside, a lot in this product appears to be a massive scale up of EXOSTIV. I thas got: more ports, more bandwidth, more memory, multi-FPGA, multi-clock domain. In other words:Read more →
Choosing the ideal FPGA prototype for ASIC and SoC design - White Paper. In the 2020 edition of the Wilson Research Group Verification Survey, Mentor Graphics, a Siemens Business, shows that at least 30% of all respondents designing ASIC or SoC declare using FPGA prototyping, no matterRead more →
The FPGA Prototyping problem we are trying to solve 'A la Carte Menu' or 'Full Course Dinner'? Today, choosing a FPGA-based prototyping platform for ASIC or SoC design reduces to 2 choices: - Either you buy or build a FPGA board and choose EDA tools separately; or:Read more →
EXOSTIV lets you peer deeper into FPGA Watch now... EXOSTIV Introduction EXOSTIV's structure (see below) allows deeper data capture from inside FPGA: unlike JTAG instrumentation, EXOSTIV provides an external storage that extends beyond the memory available in the FPGA. Coupled with the usage of transceivers, it createsRead more →