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Startup embeds RTL Verilog in C++ class library

Santa Cruz, Calif. — Promising a low-cost approach to chip design, startup Tenko Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) is going into beta test with CvSDL, a C++ class library for design and ...
Design-Reuse

Siemens launches Tessent tool for Verilog and RTL design for test

The Tessent RTL Pro enables analysis and insertion of a large majority of their DFT logic very early in the design flow, performing quick synthesis and then running ATPG (automatic test pattern ...
Design-Reuse

From Behavioral to RTL Design Flow in SystemC

This paper reports the scientific collaboration between LLR and PROSILOG. The aim of this collaboration was to show the possibility to quickly implement a system into a FPGA, using SystemC 4 as the ...
Electronic Design

A Good Methodology Helps Design Teams Check RTL Code

Many of today's large, complex designs can contain thousands of lines of Verilog or VHDL code. Quite often, teams of engineers—with some members possibly situated in disparate locations worldwide—will ...
Electronic Design

Compiler Turns ANSI C Into Verilog

The C2R Compiler enables full-chip designs to be architected, verified, and implemented using ANSI C as the design language in a flow that is two to three times faster than using the traditional ...