( ESNUG 590 Item 07 ) --------------------------------------------- [12/22/21]
Subject: Even 8 years later Jim Hogan's emulation analysis still holds true
Editor's Note: When you're bored w/ family & relatives over the Christmas
break, why not read Jim Hogan's emulation analysis from 2013?
From 2021 DeepChip pageview data, even 8 years later it's still widely
read because Hogan's metrics are still VERY accurate -- only the metric
values themselves have changed.
And I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, ya'll! :) - John
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The centennial 2013 Jim Hogan analysis that defined emulation metrics
The science of SW simulators, acceleration, prototyping, emulation
The 14 metrics - plus their gotchas - used to select an emulator
Hogan compares Palladium, Veloce, EVE ZeBu, Aldec, Bluespec, Dini
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And then the users reaction to Hogan's analysis
37 engineers react to Jim Hogan's eval of the emulation market
Hogan follows up on emulation user replies plus market share data
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Then Frank Schirrmeister of Cadence rebutts Hogan's analysis
CDNS says Hogan missed granularity, user access, speed, capacity
CDNS says Hogan missed FPGA compile time, Rent's Rule, probing
CDNS says Hogan missed close to 10 emulation customer use models
CDNS says Hogan missed 5 metrics/gotchas for picking an emulator
CDNS says Hogan missed 47 Palladium user papers on Cadence.com
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And, of course, Lauro Rizzatti also rebutted Hogan's analysis
Lauro on CDNS Palladium-XP2 vs. MENT Veloce 2 vs. SNPS Zebu 3
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Then Jim Hogan rebutted both Frank's and Lauro's rebuttals
Hogan cautions Frank missed the segway in 2 emulation use modes
Hogan warns Lauro missed emulation's TOTAL power use footprint
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Then Frank rebutted Lauro's earlier rebuttals
Pt 1 - Lauro missed Veloce2 and Zebu have lame gate ultilization
Pt 2 - Lauro missed Palladium job throughput is 3X faster vs. Zebu
Pt 3 - Lauro missed energy costs is intrinsic power use over time
Pt 4 - Lauro errs on channel latency, sim acceleration, and ICE
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