PPT Slide
What is happening now in digital design?
Big change in the way industry does hardware design over last few years
- larger and larger designs
- shorter and shorter time to market
- cheaper and cheaper products
Scale
- pervasive use of computer-aided design tools over hand methods
- multiple levels of design representation
Time
- emphasis on abstract design representations
- programmable rather than fixed function components
- automatic synthesis techniques
- importance of sound design methodologies
Cost
- higher levels of integration
- use of simulation to debug designs