Top Stories
Do Chips Really Work The First Time?
There’s no longer survey data on respins, but there are certainly a lot of new problems to contend with—and some new ways of looking at those problems.
Experts At The Table: SoC Integration Mistakes
First of three parts: What’s missing; common problems and how to avoid them; what’s behind these errors and re-spins; proximity effects; communication breakdowns.
Power Reduction Through Sequential Optimization
First of two parts: The use of sequential optimization is on the rise to extend power reduction options in complex SoCs.
Rift Between Hardware And Software Won’t Go Away
Chip and software engineers are supposed to be speaking the same language, but reality isn’t so simple.
Heat Problems Grow With FinFETs And 3D-ICs
Electromigration, questions about which problems to fix first are raising red flags in leading-edge designs.
Blogs
Editor’s Note
The impact of the most influential formula in semiconductors will be debated long after we’re gone. Can We Ever Agree On Moore’s Law? Probably not.
At The Core
ARM’s Greg Yeric notes that with lithography scaling on hold and silicon MOSFETs losing their grip, the industry is facing some interesting challenges in What Goes Around Comes Around: Moore’s Law At 10nm And Beyond.
Power Aware A-Z
Mentor Graphics’ Marko Chew takes on vector and vectorless approaches, and where each works best, in Stimuli-Driven Power Grid Analysis.
Everything Low Power
Cadence’s Brian Fuller takes a jog through Moore’s Law and semiconductor progress in an effort to find a new runner’s watch in Choosing The Right Systems Design Path.
Power Source
Ansys-Apache’s Karthik Srinivasan finds that ESD failures can have a direct impact on first-silicon success in ESD Signoff No Longer A “Nice to Have” In FinFET Design Era.
Jasper Gold
Jasper’s Joe Hupcey examines how Nvidia is using formal technology to reset performance in The Other Side Of Formal.
IP And LP In SoCs
Synopsys’ David Hsu says that finding low power bugs earlier in the design cycle can save big on the back end in It’s Never Too Early.
