The problem with the definition of ESL

By _EDN Practical Chip Design

November 9, 2011

How long have we heard the promises associated with a move to the Electronic System Level (ESL)? For the longest time it seemed as if all of the predictions about its growth kept moving out another year - every year. It always appeared to be just on the cusp of exploding, but never quite happened. And then all of a sudden, without any kind of fanfare it was here. People are talking about how they use it, their successes, they are complaining about aspects of it as if this was technology they had been using for years. They have wish lists, and openly talk about the limitations. Perhaps the most interesting part is that many of them don’t even call it ESL - It is just getting the job done. How can this be?

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