tag: EDA

A Call To Action: How 20nm Will Change IC Design
By Various Writers - 21 Feb, 2013 - Comments: 0

The 20nm process node represents a turning point for the electronics industry. While it brings tremendous power, performance and area advantages, it also comes with new challenges in such areas as lithography, variability, and complexity. The good news is that these become manageable challenges with 20nm-aware EDA tools when they are used within end-to-end, integrated design flows based on a �... » read more

New Issues In Signoff
By Ed Sperling - 14 Feb, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Signoff has always been a challenge at every stage of an SoC design flow. No matter how good a design looks, or how well a prototype works, there are still problems that can crop up at any stage of the design flow all the way into manufacturing that can leave engineering teams shaking their heads. Even at mainstream process nodes, respins are common. At advanced nodes—part... » read more

Parallel Universes
By Ed Sperling - 29 Nov, 2012 - Comments: 0

There are no rules for knowing when to step out of the box. Good timing is everything, and that may have been one of the greatest talents of the late Steve Jobs. Knowing when, in Apple’s terminology, to “Think Different,” is every bit as important as the act of thinking differently—particularly when you realize that most of Apple’s big wins since the iPod stormed onto the consumer ele... » read more

Optimizing And Maintaining A High-Performing Design Environment
By Various Writers - 25 Oct, 2012 - Comments: 0

To maximize your investment in electronic design automation (EDA) tools, your infrastructure and processes must be optimized for growing and frequently changing design needs. Cadence Client Technology Solutions is dedicated to enhancing EDA tool performance, ensuring stability, and removing critical bottlenecks. Through close collaboration with hundreds of customers worldwide, we have unique in... » read more

Who Owns What And Why
By Ed Sperling - 23 Aug, 2012 - Comments: 0

Who’s calling the shots these days—and how long they’ll continue calling the shots—is turning out to be as much conjecture as playing the futures exchange. There are so many changes underway that even engineers are crossing boundaries no one ever expected and ending up in companies outside of IC design or moving from seemingly far afield into the design world. Still, there are some c... » read more

Experts At The Table: Multipatterning
By Ed Sperling - 31 Jul, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design sat down with Michael White, physical verification product line manager at Mentor Graphics; Luigi Capodieci, R&D fellow at GlobalFoundries; Lars Liebmann, IBM distinguished engineer; Rob Aitken, ARM fellow; Jean-Pierre Geronimi, CAD director at STMicroelectronics; and Kuang-Kuo Lin, director of foundry design enablement at Samsung El... » read more

Investment Options
By Ed Sperling - 31 Jul, 2012 - Comments: 0

It's clear that something fundamental has changed in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. What's less clear is how this will play out over the long term. Intel's agreement to invest more than $4 billion in ASML to ensure the continued development of EUV and 450mm wafer technology is more than just a one-off deal. It's a very public recognition that the astronomical cost of design and ma... » read more

Experts At The Table: Stacking The Deck
By Ed Sperling - 26 Jul, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ann Steffora Mutschler There is no doubt 3D stacking brings challenges not only from the design perspective, but also on the tool side. EDA vendors have been working for more than a few years to ready tools for stacked-die designs. How smooth the transition is, however, is a big question mark. Because the approach is new, not all the challenges are fully understood yet. And while most ED... » read more

Executive Briefing: The Next Five Years
By Ed Sperling - 12 Jul, 2012 - Comments: 0

Low-Power/High-Performance Engineering talks with Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus about what's changing in design, the role of hardware and software, and what comes next. [youtube vid=RxDGmKRBbPQ] » read more

Getting Paid For Efficiency
By Ed Sperling - 12 Jul, 2012 - Comments: 0

Over the past couple of years the electronics industry has woken up to the fact that saving energy and prolonging battery life is a very good thing. It can be marketed, used as a differentiator, and companies can charge a premium for battery-saving technology. In high-end devices, the incremental cost of adding even additional processors tends to get buried. In extremely price-sensitive mar... » read more

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