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How To Transform Verification Time-To-Results


The clock is ticking. Your team has just completed another full-chip DRC run on a complex 5nm SoC, and the results are overwhelming: millions of violations across hundreds of blocks. With tape-out deadlines approaching, you need to quickly identify which issues are critical, which are systematic and which blocks require immediate attention. Every day spent in DRC debug is a day delayed to marke... » read more

Rethinking Chip Debug


By Priyank Jain and James Paris The semiconductor industry has spent decades mastering the art of integrated circuit physical verification. But as system-on-chip (SoC) designs push the boundaries of complexity—with more transistors, greater integration and larger silicon areas—the established debug strategies are breaking under the weight of scale. Today’s advanced chips can generate a... » read more