9th Annual ESL Symposium Video Now Available courtesy of Mentor Graphics

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Date: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM
Subject: ESL Connections: 9th Annual ESL Symposium Video Now Available

9th Annual ESL Symposium Video Recording Now Available Executives from Intel, ARM, Freescale, ST and Mentor examine the industry-wide move to ESL by highlighting the views and experiences of executives from leading semiconductor, IP and EDA companies. Video is split into chapters for easy viewing. Moderator: Wally Rhines, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mentor Graphics Panelists: Intel - Gadi Singer Vice President and General Manager ARM - John Goodenough Vice President Freescale - Ken Hansen Sr. Fellow, Vice President and CTO STMicroelectronics - Jean-Marc Chateau Director Mentor Graphics - Simon Bloch Vice President and General Manager Watch Video Recording Embedded System Power Consumption: A Software or Hardware Issue The power consumption of devices and the issues around designing for low power are hot topics at this time. This paper looks at the issues from a system-wide perspective and gives guidance on design strategies that encompass both hardware and software development. Download White Paper High-Level Synthesis Report This High Level Synthesis (HLS) report is based on Mentor Graphics 3rd annual independent worldwide survey executed during January 2011. A total of 1,133 engineers and engineering management responded. This report analyzes the survey results and identifies relevant emerging trends. Its scope spans HLS adoption, time savings of HLS versus manual RTL, most desired abstraction level, and ESL integration into ESL flows. A key goal of the report is to define the critical elements semiconductor company management must consider as they evaluate HLS deployment. The topics covered are: Survey Methodology and Demographics High Level Synthesis - Current Adoption and 2011 Plans HLS Time to Verified RTL versus Manual RTL Implementation Length of Delays Due To Late Functional Changes and Bug Fixes General Criteria Used for HLS Tool Selection Preferred Level of HLS Abstraction for Design Implementation HLS Integration into ESL Flows Summary and Conclusions Download Entire Report

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