Article: Domain Crossing Nightmares

Experts at the Table, part 1: How many domain crossings exist in a typical SoC today and when is the right time to verify their correctness?
by Brian Bailey

 

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss problems associated with domain crossings with Alex Gnusin, design verification technologist for Aldec; Pete Hardee, director, product management for Cadence; Joe Hupcey, product manager and verification product technologist for Mentor, a Siemens Business; Sven Beyer, product manager design verification for OneSpin; and Godwin Maben, applications engineering, scientist for Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that discussion.