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From the Top</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/blogs-sld/" title="View all posts in Blogs - SLD">Blogs - SLD</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12774/" addthis:title="Linux And The Big Bad Wolf"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12774/" addthis:title="Linux And The Big Bad Wolf"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12774/" addthis:title="Linux And The Big Bad Wolf"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12774/" addthis:title="Linux And The Big Bad Wolf"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12774/" addthis:title="Linux And The Big Bad Wolf"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/12774/" addthis:title="Linux And The Big Bad Wolf"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> With great interest, I am following any news around the progress of Linaro and the Linux kernel community with regard to addressing all the requirements for an ARMv8 64-bit server software stack. Well-established standards, such as the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), are impacting the development direction of the community b... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/12774/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff">What’s Wrong With Power Signoff</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 12 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/low-power-high-performance/" title="View all posts in Low Power-High Performance">Low Power-High Performance</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/special-reports/" title="View all posts in Special Reports">Special Reports</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" addthis:title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" addthis:title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" addthis:title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" addthis:title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" addthis:title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/" addthis:title="What’s Wrong With Power Signoff"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Reducing power has emerged as the most pressing issue in the history of technology. On one hand, it’s the biggest opportunity the electronics industry has ever seen. On the other, the abuse of cheap power has been linked to global warming, human catastrophe, and geopolitical strife. In all cases, the semiconductor increasingly finds itself at the vortex of all of this, and making chips more e... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/whats-wrong-with-power-signoff-2/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus">Executive Insight: Aart de Geus</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 02 Jun, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/top-stories/" title="View all posts in Top Stories">Top Stories</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Aart de Geus"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> SE: What worries you most? De Geus: Everything I do is with high intensity, and what is of super high intensity right now—and there are challenges and opportunities in it—is that we have the confluence of some very big changes right now happening at the same time. On the technology side, there are multiple intersections. One is the intersection of another 10 years of Moore’s Law—finF... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-aart-de-geus/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac">Executive Insight: Charles Janac</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 30 May, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/top-stories/" title="View all posts in Top Stories">Top Stories</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/" addthis:title="Executive Insight: Charles Janac"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> SE: What’s your biggest concern? Janac: Staying current. One of the things that is really important is to understand shifts in the marketplace. In the past, we looked at whether to target our interconnect solution at digital TV or mobility. This was actually a very interesting question in 2005. The DTV market looked better, but we were not getting enough evaluations. We were doing better i... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/executive-insight-charles-janac/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" title="New Uses For Emulation">New Uses For Emulation</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 22 May, 2014 - Comments: 2 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/round-tables/" title="View all posts in Round Tables">Round Tables</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" addthis:title="New Uses For Emulation"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" addthis:title="New Uses For Emulation"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" addthis:title="New Uses For Emulation"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" addthis:title="New Uses For Emulation"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" addthis:title="New Uses For Emulation"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/" addthis:title="New Uses For Emulation"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the changing emulation landscape with Jim Kenney, director of marketing for emulation at Mentor Graphics; Tom Borgstrom, director of the verification group at Synopsys; Frank Schirrmeister, group director of product marketing for the System Development Suite at Cadence; Gary Smith, chief analyst at Gary Smith EDA; and Lauro Rizzatti, a verification ... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/new-uses-for-emulation/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive">Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/synopsys/">Synopsys</a> - 21 May, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/whitepapers/" title="View all posts in Whitepapers">Whitepapers</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" addthis:title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" addthis:title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" addthis:title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" addthis:title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" addthis:title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/" addthis:title="Using Virtual Prototypes To Address The Growing Software Complexity In Automotive"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> The software content is growing steadily across multiple applications and the automotive market is no exception to this. In fact the amount of electronics and software in cars is transforming the way we perceive the value of a car. With this steady increase in software also comes the need to handle the amount and the complexity of all these different software stacks. And unlike other applicatio... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/using-virtual-prototypes-to-address-the-growing-software-complexity-in-automotive-2/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" title="Blog Review: April 30">Blog Review: April 30</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 30 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 30"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 30"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 30"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 30"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 30"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 30"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Applied Materials’ Jeremy Read points to a looming problem for the Internet of Things—legacy fabs that will require software upgrades and advanced process control. Also needed: Sensors attached to thousands of machines for predictive maintenance. Foundries are now ready for production finFETs. Cadence's Richard Goering captures the buzz at last week’s TSMC Tech Symposium, where the ro... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-30/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" title="Blog Review: April 2">Blog Review: April 2</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 02 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 2"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 2"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 2"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 2"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 2"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/" addthis:title="Blog Review: April 2"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Mentor’s Nazita Saye compares roadway roundabouts to networked systems. One roundabout works fine, but add in a bunch of them and you have a massive traffic jam. How many roundabouts are in your design? Cadence’s Richard Goering interviews Stan Kroliskoski, chair of the IEEE Design Automation Standards Committee, about four working groups on EDA standards and what’s ahead. Speaking ... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/blog-review-april-2/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" title="Big Shift In SoC Verification">Big Shift In SoC Verification</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 31 Mar, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/round-tables/" title="View all posts in Round Tables">Round Tables</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/top-stories/" title="View all posts in Top Stories">Top Stories</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" addthis:title="Big Shift In SoC Verification"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" addthis:title="Big Shift In SoC Verification"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" addthis:title="Big Shift In SoC Verification"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" addthis:title="Big Shift In SoC Verification"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" addthis:title="Big Shift In SoC Verification"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/" addthis:title="Big Shift In SoC Verification"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss software-driven verification with Ken Knowlson, principal engineer at Intel; Mark Olen, product manager for the Design Verification Technology Division of Mentor Graphics; Steve Chappell, senior manager for CAE technology and verification at Synopsys; Frank Schirrmeister, group director for product marketing of the System Development Suite at Cadenc... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/big-shift-in-soc-verification-3/">» read more</a> </div> <br/> <hr/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="loop_post_title_wrapper"> <h2 class="post_title_a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" title="New Approaches For Reliability">New Approaches For Reliability</a></h2> <div class="loop_post_meta"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/author/esperling/">Ed Sperling</a> - 28 Mar, 2014 - Comments: 0 - <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/system-level-design-2/" title="View all posts in System-Level Design">System-Level Design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626113053/http://semiengineering.com/category/top-stories/" title="View all posts in Top Stories">Top Stories</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post_excerpt"> <div class="social_sharing"> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a fb:like:layout="button_count" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" addthis:title="New Approaches For Reliability"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" addthis:title="New Approaches For Reliability"> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> </div> </div> <div class="social_sharing_panel"> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" addthis:title="New Approaches For Reliability"></a> <a class="addthis_button_linkedin" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" addthis:title="New Approaches For Reliability"></a> <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" addthis:title="New Approaches For Reliability"></a> <a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" addthis:url="http://semiengineering.com/new-approaches-for-reliability/" addthis:title="New Approaches For Reliability"></a> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> The definition of reliability hasn’t budged since the invention of the IC, but how to achieve it is starting to change. In safety-critical systems, as well as in markets such as aerospace, demands for reliability are so rigorous that they often require redundant circuitry—and for good reason. 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