Considerations for Selecting the Right IP
SoC developers need to consider a variety of criteria in evaluating a potential IP vendor. For example, does the IP provider invest in verifying the design in every mode? Across every timing corner? With every configuration option? And then validate it in silicon? Take it through certification, interoperability, and compliance testing? These and other aspects are critical to acquiring high-quality IP, which, in turn, ensures that customers have a successful IP experience and deliver competitive products to the market faster.
This keynote will provide the questions to ask and the guidelines and tools necessary to navigate around the potential landmines in selecting the right IP — a decision that could make all the difference in the world for the SoC developer.
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Joachim Kunkel
Vice President and General Manager
Synopsys
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Prior to joining Synopsys, Mr. Kunkel was a managing director of CADIS GmbH, a company he had co-founded in 1989 in Aachen, Germany. CADIS GmbH focused on the development of system-level design tools for digital signal processing and providing specialized design services for wireless communication systems. From 1984 to 1989 he was a research assistant at the Aachen University of Technology's Lehrstuhl fuer Elektrische Regelungstechnik, where he conducted research in the area of system-level simulation techniques for digital signal processing with special emphasis on parallel computing. Mr. Kunkel received a "Dipl.-Ing. der Nachrichtentechnik" degree (M.S.E.E. equivalent) from the Aachen University of Technology in 1984.
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