Achieving Functional-Safety Compliance for Motor-Control Systems (Download)

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For a long time, chip design resembled a relay race—the object was to get to the finish line as fast as you can. And both chip design and relay racing depend on getting timing down and having smooth handoffs. When a mistake was made, a runner could stop and pick up a dropped baton. Similarly, re-spins, though they’d become much more expensive due to increasing mask costs, were possible when first silicon didn’t perform correctly. Unfortunately, either miscue also meant you wouldn’t be standing on the winner's podium.