Chip Level Verification with Processors
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September 4, 2008
Today, I will discuss some alternatives for chip-level verification with designs that have microprocessors in them. Since I started at Axis Systems back in 2001, the number of designs with processors has steadily gone from a few, to some, to most, to
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The Road to Better Software Verification
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Jason Andrews
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August 28, 2008
It seems the debate over the benefits of better software verification is still alive and well. I just read a blog post by Frank Schirrmeister on Software Developer Attitude and the topic of hardware vs. software methodology. Part of the post brings up
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Embedded Systems Conference Boston 2008
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August 21, 2008
Friday is that last day to get the Early Bird price for the Embedded Systems Conference scheduled for October 28-30 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. There are a lot of great sessions on embedded software development including a track on Debugging
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Is Concurrent Engineering actually getting worse?
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Jason Andrews
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August 14, 2008
Today I'm taking a few minutes to jot down a few recent observations about the state of concurrent engineering as it relates to hardware and software verification. Everybody knows that the opportunity exists to improve time-to-market if projects can
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Flexibility Often Yields Unexpected Results
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Jason Andrews
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July 29, 2008
Often, when engineers set out to build something, the result is different from the original plan. Recently, I was reading a book titled Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days . One of the chapters is about the founding of Hotmail, one of
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Is anybody out there a Software Verification Engineer?
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July 16, 2008
In my 2004 book, Co-Verification of Hardware and Software for ARM SoC Design , I wrote about the concept of a co-verification engineer. It's the very last section of the book. Although a lot of people told me they read the book (and some actually
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Verification Hierarchy of Needs
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Jason Andrews
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July 13, 2008
Verification consultant Brian Bailey recently started blogging for Chip Design Magazine. One of his first posts was to define verification . He did a great job and I encourage people to read over what he wrote. What you realize when you read his post
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Dreaming in Code
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July 10, 2008
One of the best books I read this year is called Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg. I spotted this gem at the local public library sandwiched among some old books about Visual Basic and how to use Microsoft Office. The subtitle " Two Dozen Programmers
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Do you want to buy my chip?
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Jason Andrews
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June 12, 2008
Once upon a time semiconductor companies produced a chip, made a data sheet, showed the data sheet to customers, provided samples for customers to try, and followed up to see if the customers wanted to buy the chip. That was then, this is now. In today's
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