An application-specific IC (ASIC) can be either a digital or an analog circuit. As their name implies, ASICs are not reconfigurable; they perform only one specific function. For example, a speed controller IC for a remote control car is hard-wired to do one job and could never become a microprocessor. An ASIC does not contain any ability to follow alternate instructions.
An application-specific IC (ASIC) can be either a digital or an analog circuit. As their name implies, ASICs are not reconfigurable; they perform only one specific function. For example, a speed controller IC for a remote control car is hard-wired to do one job and could never become a microprocessor. An ASIC does not contain any ability to follow alternate instructions.
FPGA are a special form of Programmable logic devices(PLDs) with higher densities as compared to custom ICs and capable of implementing functionality in a short period of time using computer aided design (CAD) software....by mathewsubin3388@gmail.com
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FPGA are a special form of Programmable logic devices(PLDs) with higher densities as compared to custom ICs and capable of implementing functionality in a short period of time using computer aided design (CAD) software....by mathewsubin3388@gmail.com
This lesson on System-on-Chip was given for the course "Advanced Platform Architectures and Mapping Methods for Embedded Applications" at the KU Leuven and is based on chapter 8 of 'A Practical Introduction to Hardware Software Codesign (Schaumont P.)'
This presentation discusses the basics of Pass Transistor Logic, its advantages, limitation and finally implementation of Boolean functions/Combinational Logic circuits using Pass Transistor Logic.
Low Power VLSI design architecture for EDA (Electronic Design Automation) and Modern Power Estimation, Reduction and Fixing technologies including clock gating and power gating
The charter of the ODSA (Open Domain Specification Architecture) Workgroup is to define an open specification that enables building of Domain Specific Accelerator silicon using best-of-breed components from the industry made available as chiplet dies that can be integrated together as Lego blocks on an organic substrate packaging layer. The resulting multi-chip module (MCM) silicon can be produced at significantly lower development and manufacturing costs, and will deliver much needed performance per watt and performance per dollar efficiencies in networking, security, machine learning and other applications. The ODSA Workgroup also intends to deliver implementations of the specification as board-level prototypes, RTL code and libraries.
The charter of the ODSA (Open Domain Specification Architecture) Workgroup is to define an open specification that enables building of Domain Specific Accelerator silicon using best-of-breed components from the industry made available as chiplet dies that can be integrated together as Lego blocks on an organic substrate packaging layer. The resulting multi-chip module (MCM) silicon can be produced at significantly lower development and manufacturing costs, and will deliver much needed performance per watt and performance per dollar efficiencies in networking, security, machine learning and other applications. The ODSA Workgroup also intends to deliver implementations of the specification as board-level prototypes, RTL code and libraries.
System on Chip is a an IC that integrates all the components of an electronic system. This presentation is based on the current trends and challenges in the IP based SOC design.
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Toward multiple-processor SoCs
Processors and disruptive technology
Conclusions
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During the Webinar, users can follow along using VisualSim Cloud. To get started with VisualSim Cloud, users can register and receive a login at https://www.mirabilisdesign.com/visualsim-cloud-login/. Once you receive the login, follow the instructions, and open the models provided in the Template pull-down. More instructions will be provided at the start of the Webinar.
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
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In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
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Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
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Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
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PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
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- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
2. Agenda
• Introduction .
• What is SoC/PSOC ?
• SoC characteristics .
• PSOC characteristics .
• Benefits and drawbacks .
• Solution .
• Major SoC Applications .
• Summary .
3. Introduction
• Technological Advances
– today’s chip can contains 100M transistors .
– transistor gate lengths are now in term of nano meters .
– approximately every 18 months the number of transistors on a
chip doubles – Moore’s law .
• The Consequences
– components connected on a Printed Circuit Board can now be
integrated onto single chip .
– hence the development of System-On-Chip design .
4. What is SoC ?
People A:
The VLSI manufacturing technology advances has made possible to
put millions of transistors on a single die. It enables designers to put
systems-on-a-chip that move everything from the board onto the chip
eventually.
People B:
SoC is a high performance microprocessor, since we can program
and give instruction to the uP to do whatever you want to do.
People C:
SoC is the efforts to integrate heterogeneous or different types of
silicon IPs on to the same chip, like memory, uP, random logics, and
analog circuitry.
All of the above are partially right, but not very accurate!!!
5. What is SoC ?
SoC not only chip, but more on “system”.
SoC = Chip + Software + Integration
The SoC chip includes:
Embedded processor
ASIC Logics and analog circuitry
Embedded memory
The SoC Software includes:
OS, compiler, simulator, firmware, driver, protocol stackIntegrated
development environment (debugger, linker, ICE)Application interface
(C/C++, assembly)
The SoC Integration includes :
The whole system solution
Manufacture consultant
Technical Supporting
6. What is PSoC?
PSoC
Devices
Features:
• Configurable Analog Blocks
• Implement ADCs, DACs, filters, amplifiers, comparators, etc.
• Configurable Digital Blocks
• Implement timers, counters, PWMs, UART, SPI, etc.
• 4KB to 32KB of Flash memory for program storage
• 256B to 2KB of SRAM for data storage
• M8C Microcontroller: 4 Million Instructions Per Sec
8. System on Chip architecture
Top Level Design
Unit Block Design
Integration and Synthesis
Trial Netlists
System Level Verification
Timing Convergence
& Verification
Fabrication
DVT
DVT Prep
6 12 12 4 14 ?? 5 8 Time in Weeks
Time to Mask order48
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Unit Block Verification
ASIC Typical Design Steps • Typical ASIC
design can take
up to two years
to complete
9. System on Chip architecture
Top Level Design
Unit Block Design
Integration and Synthesis
Trial Netlists
System Level Verification
Timing Convergence
& Verification
Fabrication
DVT
DVT Prep
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Time in Weeks
Time to Mask order24
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Unit Block Verification
4 2
• With increasing Complexity of IC’s
and decreasing Geometry, IC Vendor
steps of Placement, Layout and
Fabrication are unlikely to be greatly
reduced
• In fact there is a greater risk that
Timing Convergence steps will
involve more iteration.
• Need to reduce time before Vendor
Steps.
• Need to consider Layout issues up-
front.
SoC Typical Design Steps
10. How is a SoC implemented?
ASIC – Application Specific IC, very
integrated, yet very expensive
FPGA – Cheaper to implement, field
reprogrammable
Programmable Devices – Off the shelf
devices, quick to program, cheap.
13. System on Chip cores
• One solution to the design productivity gap is
to make ASIC designs more standardized by
reusing segments of previously manufactured
chips.
• These segments are known as “blocks”,
“macros”, “cores” or “cells”.
• The blocks can either be developed in-house or
licensed from an IP company.
• Cores are the basic building blocks .
14. The Benefits
• There are several benefits in integrating a large
digital system into a single integrated circuit .
• These include
– Lower cost per gate .
– Lower power consumption .
– Faster circuit operation .
– More reliable implementation .
– Smaller physical size .
– Greater design security .
15. The Drawbacks
• The principle drawbacks of SoC design are
associated with the design pressures imposed
on today’s engineers , such as :
– Time-to-market demands .
– Exponential fabrication cost .
– Increased system complexity .
– Increased verification requirements .
17. Solution is Design Re-use
• Overcome complexity and verification issues by designing
Intellectual Property (IP) to be re-usable .
• Done on such a scale that a new industry has been developed.
• Design activity is split into two groups:
– IP Authors – producers .
– IP Integrators – consumers .
• IP Authors produce fully verified IP libraries
– Thus making overall verification task more manageable
• IP Integrators select, evaluate, integrate IP from multiple
vendors
– IP integrated onto Integration Platform designed with
specific application in mind
18. SoC Advantages
Decreased power consumption
Increased reliability
Smaller board space
Can be cheaper when using ready to go
components
19. Major SoC Applications
• Speech Signal Processing .
• Image and Video Signal Processing .
• Information Technologies
– PC interface (USB, PCI,PCI-Express, IDE,..etc)
Computer peripheries (printer control, LCD monitor
controller, DVD controller,.etc) .
• Data Communication
– Wireline Communication: 10/100 Based-T, xDSL,
Gigabit Ethernet,.. Etc
– Wireless communication: BlueTooth, WLAN,
2G/3G/4G, WiMax, UWB, …,etc
20. Summary
• Technological advances mean that complete systems
can now be implemented on a single chip .
• The benefits that this brings are significant in terms of
speed , area and power .
• The drawbacks are that these systems are extremely
complex requiring amounts of verification .
• The solution is to design and verify re-useable IP .
Editor's Notes
Here is photo of a PSoC die. Note that most of the die is taken up by the analog array, digital rows and memory. The micro controller is just a very small part of the PSoC die. This is because PSoC is much more then a micro controller. PSoC is a true mixed signal system-on-chip dynamically re-programmable solution.