For years the process of ASIC and FPGA design and verification debug consisted primarily of comprehending the structure and source code of the design with waveforms showing activity over time, based ...

While a working device that meets all functional specifications is a chip design project group’s No. 1 goal, many designers wake up covered in sweat worrying about a dead-on-arrival chip. No matter ...

Just like production code, test code needs to be rigorously examined to ensure it’s clean and bug free. In this first half of a two-part article, Klaus Berg makes the case for why good unit tests are ...

IT can still test without access to underlying source code. Use agile acceptance testing, address the business logic, and adopt test platforms with machine learning. Quality assurance automation ...

Testing verifies that protection schemes meet their intended purpose, ensuring safety and system integrity. Function testing involves manual or electrical manipulation of components to confirm signal ...

This article is a condensed version of an article that appeared in the November/December 2022 issue of Chip Scale Review. Adapted with permission. Read the original ...