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26.08.2014

Seminer - Ateş Berna, MS, MBA, PMP, Electra IC, Managing Partner

Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Orman Sk
Nişantepe Mahallesi, Çekmeköy, İstanbul 34794

26.08.2014
15:40-16:30
FEAS Oda No:110
 
Zorlu Bir Problem: Donanım Doğrulama
 
Ateş Berna, MS, MBA, PMP, Electra IC, Managing Partner
 
Host: Associate Prof. H. Fatih Uğurdağ


Abstract:

The purpose of this seminar is to present the IC verification flow in today’s IC world. The challenges out there waiting verification engineers will also be presented by showing examples of tools, methods, techniques and methodologies to face those challenges. Below remarks are from verificationacademy.com: “Today, average 45nm chip has 20 million gates. Average 28nm chip has 60 million gates, the largest is 1 billion gates. 79 of chips have at least one embedded processor, 57% have at least two. Average 20M gate chip has over 10 distinct clock domains. All mobile chips has to manage power consumption. 67% of chips are behind schedule, the other 33% lie. 67% of projects require 1 or more respins. Ratio of designers to verification engineers is now 1:1. This is 75% increase from 2007. Designers spend more than half their time on verification. More time spend in debug than any other task. And it keeps getting harder! Do my clocks work? Do my blocks work? Do my buses work? Does my interconnect work? Does my power network work? Does my digital analog interface work? Does my firmware work? Have I checked enough? Am I measuring enough? Clock is always ticking…Do I have enough time to get all the verification done?”
 
 
Bio:

Mr. Ateş Berna is a managing partner at ELECTRA IC, an IC Design and Verification Services company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. He received his BSc and MSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his MBA from Bosphorus University.  During his nineteen-year career in semiconductor sector he has worked in multi-site, multi-culture high technology R&D projects in various multi national companies like Alcatel, STMicroelectronics, ST-Ericsson, Ericsson. One success of his was contributing to win a 30 million dollars business deal with Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications (SEMC) when he was with STMicroelectronics, leading the Bluetooth digital modem project team. Recently, Mr. Berna decided to establish his own company and co-founded ELECTRA IC on May 2014. He is holding a Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from PMI. In addition to the semiconductor arena, he is a licensed triathlete who was awarded with a bronze medal in his age group in Turkish Triathlon Championship in 2013 season. He is married and has two kids. He can be contacted at ates.berna@electraic.com.