Semiconductor Engineering

LLMs In The High-Level Synthesis Design Flow

A new technical paper titled “Are LLMs Any Good for High-Level Synthesis?” was published by researchers at University of Arizona. Abstract “The increasing complexity and demand for faster, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Addressing Critical Tradeoffs In NPU Design

AI/ML are driving a steep ramp in neural processing unit (NPU) design activity for everything from data centers to edge ...
Electronic Design

Creating a Smarter World with Embedded AI

Embedded-systems designers are on a mission to squeeze powerful AI algorithms into resource-constrained gadgets, relying on cutting-edge custom hardware accelerators and high-level synthesis to push ...
EDN

High-level synthesis package speeds design

The Synphony HLS high-level synthesis package integrates M-language and model-based synthesis and is said to yield up to 10 times higher design and verification productivity than traditional RTL flows ...
EDN

Synthesis needs to change to serve modern chip design

As EDA tools evolve, the resulting products try to increase automation. Unfortunately, the last great advance was from schematics to language-based design starting with the first synthesis tools in ...