Keynote Presentations

Automotive and industrial SOCs have extremely high design and verification complexities.  These devices integrate a broad range of IP – simple sensors, complex interface IP (e.g., DDR), accelerators (e.g., GPU/AI), industrial interface IP (e.g., CAN), safety and security (e.g., tamper), etc.  These IP can come from widely dissimilar sources – often internal as well as multiple external (“third-party”) sources.  These SOCs typically support a wide range of customer use cases and software stacks.  After a brief introduction to this problem and scope, we will cover two major topics. First, we will look at some case study silicon escapes, root cause, and potential corrective actions.  Second, we will look at evolving requirements in this space and the impact to design verification scope.

Just as in the world of racing cars, where speed, precision, and performance are key, the field of semiconductor design is also a race to develop faster, more efficient, and more powerful systems. In both fields, there is a constant push to innovate and improve, to stay ahead of the competition and deliver the best possible results. We explore the similarities and differences between the two fields, taking a look at the inherent systemic complexities with each. We then investigate the role EDA plays and the challenges that the design verification community must contend with in the era of chiplet based design and rising complexity.