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Google Accelerates Tensor SoC Thermal Validation and Silicon Bring-Up
Google leveraged Synopsys ZeBu® emulation technology and hardware-assisted verification (HAV) methodologies to perform comprehensive pre-silicon power and thermal validation for its Tensor® SoC used in Pixel devices.
By validating complex interactions across hardware, firmware, software, power management, and thermal controls before tape-out, Google reduced post-silicon risk, accelerated silicon bring-up, and completed approximately 50% of its power validation test cases prior to silicon availability.
What You Will Learn
- How Google used Synopsys ZeBu Server 5 and HAV methodologies to validate power, performance, and thermal behavior across more than 1,100 DVFS states in a complex mobile SoC.
- Best practices for performing system-level pre-silicon validation of thermal management, power sequencing, firmware, software, and PMIC interactions before tape-out.
- How early power and thermal verification can reduce post-silicon debug effort, accelerate silicon bring-up, and improve overall product readiness for advanced AI-powered devices.
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