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Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerators are specialized hardware optimized for AI computations, significantly improving performance and energy efficiency. They perform essential tasks like matrix multiplications and convolutions, freeing general-purpose CPUs for other operations. Understanding their design and components is crucial for anyone involved in modern digital design, enhancing capabilities in AI applications.
In the 1950s, Silicon Valley didn’t exist. There were no billion-dollar startups. No venture capitalists in Patagonia fleeces. No Googleplex or iPhones. Just orchards and quiet suburbs in Northern California. But in 1957, a quiet revolution unfolded – one that would invent Silicon Valley as we know it. Imagine a group of eight brilliant minds,…
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Explore the factors driving NAND flash memory price increases as supply shortages continue. Understand market trends, supply chain challenges, and future outlook.
In VLSI design, maintaining clean, error-free HDL code is essential for successful chip development. One of the most effective ways to ensure code quality is by running lint checks—a static analysis technique that detects potential coding issues before simulation or synthesis. This article provides a practical, step-by-step guide on how to run lint tools, interpret lint…
In VLSI design, ensuring high-quality, error-free RTL code is critical for successful chip development. One essential step in this process is performing a lint check on your HDL code. Linting helps detect potential coding issues early, improving code reliability, readability, and synthesis results. This article explains what lint checking is, why it matters in VLSI design, highlights…
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When working with Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) such as Verilog or VHDL, understanding the design flow is crucial for successful digital circuit development. Three fundamental steps in this flow are Compilation, Elaboration, and Simulation. These steps ensure that your HDL code is syntactically correct, logically consistent, and behaves as expected before hardware implementation. In this article, we will…
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In a major leap forward for Japan’s semiconductor industry, Rapidus Corporation has officially started test production of 2-nanometer (2nm) chips, marking a critical milestone in the country’s ambitions to reclaim its position as a global tech innovator. The Hokkaido-based startup, backed by billions in government funding and industry partnerships, has also announced that it will…
In digital electronics and VLSI design, adders are fundamental building blocks used to perform arithmetic operations. Among various types of adders, the 4-bit Ripple Carry Adder (RCA) is one of the simplest and most commonly studied designs. It is widely used to add two 4-bit binary numbers and produce a 4-bit sum along with a carry-out. This…
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Welcome back to our Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) series! In our first post, we introduced the critical challenges of CDC in digital designs. In this article, we focus on one of the most fundamental and effective techniques to tackle metastability, a core issue in CDC: the two-stage flip-flop synchronizer. Understanding metastability and how this simple synchronizer design…
Ensuring data integrity is a critical aspect of digital communication and storage systems. One of the most reliable and widely used error-detecting techniques is the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). If you’re working with FPGAs, ASICs, or digital systems, implementing a CRC generator efficiently in hardware is essential. In this comprehensive blog post, we’ll walk you through…
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