SNUG Silicon Valley 2017
 
Agenda 
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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Automotive
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amBallroom GAn Efficient and Accelerated Approach to Fault Injection and Diagnostic Coverage Calculations of a Complex SoC [More Info]
11:45 am - 12:30 pmBallroom GISO26262 Functional Safety Metrics: Journey from Concept to Certification [More Info]
Speaker: Meirav Nitzan, Verification Methodologist, Xilinx
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmBallroom GPanel: Safety Critical Automotive Designs, What's The Difference? [More Info]
Speaker: Richard Bramley, Functional Safety Architect, NVIDIA
Speaker: John Hayden, Systems Architect for Functional Safety, Analog Devices Inc
Speaker: Srini Krishnaswami, Synopsys
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmBallroom GPractical Fault Sampling and Coverage Estimation for Functional Safety of Large SoCs [More Info]
Speaker: Amitava Majumdar, Principal Engineer, Xilinx
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmBallroom GSynopsys Automotive Test - ISO 26262-Certified Solution [More Info]
Speaker: Adam Cron, Synopsys
Speaker: Yervant Zorian, Synopsys
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmBallroom GMeeting IP Requirements of ADAS Automotive SoCs [More Info]
Speaker: Ron DiGiuseppe, Synopsys
 
Backend Implementation
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amMission City 1Emulated FILL in ICC II for Tighter Timing Signoff [More Info]
Speaker: Babitha Bommalakunta, MTS Design Enablement, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
11:45 am - 12:30 pmMission City 1Implementation of Hybrid Clock Tree Synthesis [More Info]
Speaker: Yi Zhang, Senior Physical Design Engineer, NVIDIA
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmMission City BallroomIC Compiler II Lunch & Learn: Achieving Industry-Best QoR on Advanced Designs [More Info]
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmMission City 1ICCII 2016.12 Update [More Info]
Speaker: Thomas McLaughlin, Synopsys
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmMission City 1Enabling Rapid Integration of Complex IPs for SoC Designs [More Info]
3:45 pm - 5:15 pmMission City 1Best Practices for High-Performance, Energy Efficient Implementations of the Latest ARM® Processors in 16-nanometer FinFET Compact (16FFC) Process Technology Using Synopsys Galaxy™ Design Platform [More Info]
Speaker: Vidit Babbar, ARM
Speaker: Joe Walston, Synopsys
 
Custom Design & AMS
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amRoom 203/204Stacked Device Enablement for FinFET Simulation in HSPICE [More Info]
Speaker: Jane Xi, Senior Staff R&D, Xilinx
11:45 am - 12:30 pmRoom 203/204M-2017.03 HSPICE®, FineSim SPICE® and Custom WaveView® Update Training [More Info]
Speaker: Szekit Chan, Synopsys
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmRoom 203/204Variability Analysis in CustomSim Using Monte Carlo [More Info]
Speaker: Raed Sabbah, Staff Engineer , Micron Technology
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmRoom 203/204Handling of VCO Switching of LC-PLL Verification with Advanced Features in VCS AMS (CustomSim-VCS) [More Info]
Speaker: Tony Cai, Engineer, Xilinx
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmRoom 203/204Addressing Circuit Simulation Challenges in Advanced Node Designs Using CustomSim [More Info]
Speaker: James Han, Synopsys
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmRoom 203/204Efficient Monte Carlo Solution - Custom Compiler™ Simulation Analysis Environment Using HSPICE®, FineSim™, and CustomSim™ [More Info]
Speaker: Preeti Jain, Synopsys
 
Frontend Implementation
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 12:30 pmTheaterPanel: RTL Synthesis Vision Into The Next Decade [More Info]
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmMission City 2RTL FSM Coding for Predictive Synthesis [More Info]
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmMission City 2Synthesizable SystemVerilog for Scalable and Reusable Designs: The Journey until 2012 and a Wish List for Beyond [More Info]
Speaker: Abhirami Senthilkumaran, Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmMission City 2Selective Ungroup Synthesis Approach in High Speed DSP Design [More Info]
Speaker: Hailan Zhu, Principal Design Engineer, Broadcom
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmMission City 2Design for Reconfigurability [More Info]
Speaker: Kalyana S Venkataraman, Hardware Design Engineer , Cavium
 
General Sessions
March 22, 2017
9:00 am - 10:30 amMission City BallroomSilicon to Software to Smart Everything [More Info]
Speaker: Dr. Aart de Geus, Chairman & co-CEO, Synopsys
 
Lunch & Learn
March 22, 2017
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmMission City BallroomIC Compiler II Lunch & Learn: Achieving Industry-Best QoR on Advanced Designs [More Info]
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmHall A1Verification Lunch & Learn: SoC Leaders Verify with Synopsys [More Info]
 
Networking Opportunities
March 22, 2017
7:30 am - 8:45 amLobbyBreakfast [More Info]
7:30 am - 6:00 pmLobbyRegistration [More Info]
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmHall DNetworking Lunch [More Info]
5:15 pm - 7:00 pmHall BSNUG Pub [More Info]
 
Signoff & Characterization
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amGreat America KClock Domain Bridge Static Timing Analysis [More Info]
Speaker: Miles Simpson, Design Engineer, Microsoft
11:00 am - 12:30 pmGreat America JThe Next Generation of HyperScale – Speed, Resource Efficiency and Added Flexibility [More Info]
Speaker: Jem Lin, Synopsys
11:45 am - 12:30 pmGreat America KUsing Cerberus Technology to Bring a Data-Driven Approach to Chip Design [More Info]
Speaker: Sashi Obilisetty, Synopsys
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmGreat America JAdvanced Techniques to Reduce the Crosstalk Pessimism in the PrimeTimeSI Timing Analysis [More Info]
Speaker: Stella Matarrese, Senior Principal Engineer, STMicroelectronics
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmGreat America KParasitic Extraction Advances for 7nm PDK Enablement [More Info]
Speaker: Srilata Raman, Parasitic Extraction Engineer, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmGreat America KStarRC Update – 7nm Accuracy, Performance, and Interactive Custom Design Efficiency [More Info]
Speaker: Krishnakumar Sundaresan, Synopsys
Speaker: Denis Goinard, Synopsys
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmGreat America JUsing PrimeTime POCV To Maximize Design Robustness For Ultra-low Voltage FinFET Designs [More Info]
Speaker: Duc Huynh, Synopsys
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmGreat America KJuniper’s Experience Using StarRC to Speed Turnaround Time for 16nm Networking Chips [More Info]
Speaker: Narayan Subramanian, Juniper
3:45 pm - 5:15 pmGreat America J/KPanel: Automotive Chip Signoff - Autonomous or Requires Driver Assistance? [More Info]
 
Test
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amBallroom HMeet Your Test Quality and Cost Goals with Unprecedented Speed [More Info]
Speaker: Adam Cron, Synopsys
11:45 am - 12:30 pmBallroom HTetraMAX II: ATPG Moves Into the 21st Century [More Info]
Speaker: Jonathon Colburn, Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmBallroom HSpyGlass® DFT ADV: High Testability, SoC Connectivity, Functional Safety and Reliability [More Info]
Speaker: Fadi Maamari, Synopsys
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmBallroom HImproving SoC Testability as Part of RTL Signoff [More Info]
Speaker: Nathan Hsiung, Master Engineer, Broadcom
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmBallroom HReducing Scan Test Times by Post-ATPG Optimization of DFTMAX Ultra Patterns [More Info]
Speaker: Richard Illman, Member of Technical Staff, Dialog Semiconductor
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmBallroom HStuck at Pattern Generation Using Internal Clocking Procedure [More Info]
Speaker: Ashok Mathur, Senior Member Technical Staff, AMD
 
User Content Reviewed by the Technical Committee
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amBallroom GAn Efficient and Accelerated Approach to Fault Injection and Diagnostic Coverage Calculations of a Complex SoC [More Info]
11:00 am - 11:45 amGreat America KClock Domain Bridge Static Timing Analysis [More Info]
Speaker: Miles Simpson, Design Engineer, Microsoft
11:00 am - 11:45 amMission City 1Emulated FILL in ICC II for Tighter Timing Signoff [More Info]
Speaker: Babitha Bommalakunta, MTS Design Enablement, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
11:00 am - 11:45 amRoom 203/204Stacked Device Enablement for FinFET Simulation in HSPICE [More Info]
Speaker: Jane Xi, Senior Staff R&D, Xilinx
11:00 am - 11:45 amRoom 209Widening the Scope and Adoption of FPGA-based Physical Prototyping at ARM [More Info]
Speaker: Peter Fogl, Senior Engineer, ARM Ltd
11:45 am - 12:30 pmMission City 1Implementation of Hybrid Clock Tree Synthesis [More Info]
Speaker: Yi Zhang, Senior Physical Design Engineer, NVIDIA
11:45 am - 12:30 pmBallroom GISO26262 Functional Safety Metrics: Journey from Concept to Certification [More Info]
Speaker: Meirav Nitzan, Verification Methodologist, Xilinx
11:45 am - 12:30 pmBallroom HTetraMAX II: ATPG Moves Into the 21st Century [More Info]
Speaker: Jonathon Colburn, Distinguished Engineer, NVIDIA
11:45 am - 12:30 pmRoom 209Trapping the Hardest to Find Hardware Bugs in the Latest ARM Cores Using FPGA-based HAPS Debug Technologies [More Info]
Speaker: Peter Gibbons, Senior FPGA Engineer, ARM Ltd.
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmGreat America JAdvanced Techniques to Reduce the Crosstalk Pessimism in the PrimeTimeSI Timing Analysis [More Info]
Speaker: Stella Matarrese, Senior Principal Engineer, STMicroelectronics
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmGreat America KParasitic Extraction Advances for 7nm PDK Enablement [More Info]
Speaker: Srilata Raman, Parasitic Extraction Engineer, GLOBALFOUNDRIES
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmHall A3Reusable Compile Snapshot for Scaling Down Compilation Time Towards Modern SoC Verification [More Info]
Speaker: Akshay Shukla, Sr. Engineer, eInfochips Inc
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmMission City 2RTL FSM Coding for Predictive Synthesis [More Info]
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmRoom 203/204Variability Analysis in CustomSim Using Monte Carlo [More Info]
Speaker: Raed Sabbah, Staff Engineer , Micron Technology
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmHall A3A Simple RTL IP Obfuscation Flow - Using Synopsys VCS, DC and Formality [More Info]
Speaker: David Flynn, Fellow, ARM Ltd
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmMission City 1Enabling Rapid Integration of Complex IPs for SoC Designs [More Info]
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmRoom 203/204Handling of VCO Switching of LC-PLL Verification with Advanced Features in VCS AMS (CustomSim-VCS) [More Info]
Speaker: Tony Cai, Engineer, Xilinx
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmBallroom HImproving SoC Testability as Part of RTL Signoff [More Info]
Speaker: Nathan Hsiung, Master Engineer, Broadcom
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmBallroom GPractical Fault Sampling and Coverage Estimation for Functional Safety of Large SoCs [More Info]
Speaker: Amitava Majumdar, Principal Engineer, Xilinx
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmMission City 2Synthesizable SystemVerilog for Scalable and Reusable Designs: The Journey until 2012 and a Wish List for Beyond [More Info]
Speaker: Abhirami Senthilkumaran, Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmRoom 209Effective Methodology for Latch-based Design – CPU Prototyping on HAPS Platform [More Info]
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmBallroom HReducing Scan Test Times by Post-ATPG Optimization of DFTMAX Ultra Patterns [More Info]
Speaker: Richard Illman, Member of Technical Staff, Dialog Semiconductor
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmMission City 2Selective Ungroup Synthesis Approach in High Speed DSP Design [More Info]
Speaker: Hailan Zhu, Principal Design Engineer, Broadcom
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmHall A3Shutdown with Agreements in a UVM Testbench [More Info]
Speaker: Mark Glasser, Principal Verification Architect, NVIDIA
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmHall A2Using Formal Tools to Verify Datapath Designs During Various Phases of Processor Development [More Info]
Speaker: Vigyan Singhal, Oski Technology
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmMission City 2Design for Reconfigurability [More Info]
Speaker: Kalyana S Venkataraman, Hardware Design Engineer , Cavium
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmHall A2End-to-End Formal Verification Using VC Formal [More Info]
Speaker: Nirabh Regmi, Microsoft
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmHall A3Simulation-Based Verification of Partial Reconfiguration in FPGAs [More Info]
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmBallroom HStuck at Pattern Generation Using Internal Clocking Procedure [More Info]
Speaker: Ashok Mathur, Senior Member Technical Staff, AMD
 
Verification Continuum III (FPGA & Prototyping)
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amRoom 209Widening the Scope and Adoption of FPGA-based Physical Prototyping at ARM [More Info]
Speaker: Peter Fogl, Senior Engineer, ARM Ltd
11:45 am - 12:30 pmRoom 209Trapping the Hardest to Find Hardware Bugs in the Latest ARM Cores Using FPGA-based HAPS Debug Technologies [More Info]
Speaker: Peter Gibbons, Senior FPGA Engineer, ARM Ltd.
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmRoom 209Achieving Optimized QoR with ProtoCompiler on Mixed HAPS-70 & HAPS-80 Systems [More Info]
Speaker: Ramanan Sanjeevi Krishnan, NVIDIA
Speaker: Sivarama Prasad Valluri, NVIDIA
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmRoom 209GPU Prototyping With HAPS [More Info]
Speaker: Lance Tamura, Synopsys
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmRoom 209Effective Methodology for Latch-based Design – CPU Prototyping on HAPS Platform [More Info]
 
Verification Continuum
March 22, 2017
11:00 am - 11:45 amHall A2Introduction to Reset Domain Crossings [More Info]
Speaker: Sean O'Donohue, Synopsys
11:00 am - 11:45 amHall A3Performance for Productivity [More Info]
Speaker: Sourabh Goyal, Prinicipal Verification Engineer, Xilinx
11:45 am - 12:30 pmHall A2Introduction to SpyGlass Lint Turbo for 3X Violation Reduction to Accelerate RTL Design Closure [More Info]
Speaker: Aloke Das, Synopsys
11:45 am - 12:30 pmHall A3VCS Performance Innovations - Fine-Grained Parallelism and More! [More Info]
Speaker: Kiran Maiya, Synopsys
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmHall A1Verification Lunch & Learn: SoC Leaders Verify with Synopsys [More Info]
2:00 pm - 3:30 pmHall A2Increase Your Verification Productivity with VC Formal [More Info]
Speaker: Giovanni Auditore, Senior Technical Staff Member , STMicroelectronics
Speaker: Anders Nordstrom, Synopsys
2:00 pm - 2:45 pmHall A3Reusable Compile Snapshot for Scaling Down Compilation Time Towards Modern SoC Verification [More Info]
Speaker: Akshay Shukla, Sr. Engineer, eInfochips Inc
2:45 pm - 3:30 pmHall A3A Simple RTL IP Obfuscation Flow - Using Synopsys VCS, DC and Formality [More Info]
Speaker: David Flynn, Fellow, ARM Ltd
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmHall A3Shutdown with Agreements in a UVM Testbench [More Info]
Speaker: Mark Glasser, Principal Verification Architect, NVIDIA
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmHall A2Using Formal Tools to Verify Datapath Designs During Various Phases of Processor Development [More Info]
Speaker: Vigyan Singhal, Oski Technology
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmHall A2End-to-End Formal Verification Using VC Formal [More Info]
Speaker: Nirabh Regmi, Microsoft
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmHall A3Simulation-Based Verification of Partial Reconfiguration in FPGAs [More Info]