Enabling a robust on-chip debug capability is being recognized as animportant Design for Debug (DFD) capability for complex SoC and having DFDstandardization makes the Open Core Protocol (OCP) ...

Emerging 2.5G/3G wireless markets are introducing new data types and application performance requirements into the handheld-terminal market. But the market promises to be so dynamic that a new level ...

For system-on-a-chip (SoC) design to become mainstream, it be-hooves the semiconductor in- dustry to embrace a common intellectual property (IP) core interface that would make IP integration a true ...

Within the increasing complexity of SoC design, bus-interconnect is a key component which has led to evolution in the design of interconnect with a new socket-based approach. The socket is defined as: ...

Gilbert Laurenti, Texas Instruments Inc. Abstract Debug for SoC adds new requirements and challenges in terms of adding visibility and control to a system, simplifying integration of hardware and ...

All our computing devices rely on technology that allows them to connect to other devices and networks. Some of these work using electromagnetic systems, but a good number of them must use a physical ...