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No More Netlist Hacking

By Ed Sperling - 10 Feb, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler Prior to availability of advanced physical verification tools, it was not uncommon for engineering teams to hack netlists. It sounds very clandestine, but was done out of the need to get detailed information on particular areas of the chip suspected to be a problem. Performing electrical rules checks (ERC) to improve the correctness and reliability of IC designs b... » read more

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