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Five Rules For Correlating Rule-based And Field Solver Parasitic Extraction Results
By Yousry ElMaghraby - 20 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

There comes a time at every foundry and IC design company when it becomes necessary to run a correlation between a rule-based parasitic extraction (PEX) table and a field solver solution. And when that time arrives, there are a few (five, to be precise) details that will help ensure the correlation produces accurate results. But before we get to those, let’s do a quick refresh on PEX techniqu... » read more

Debug Tops Verification Tasks
By Ann Mutschler - 20 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Verification engineers are spending an increased percentage of their time in debug — 44%, according to a recent survey by the Wilson Research Group. There are a variety or reasons for this, including the fact that some SoCs are composed of hundreds of internally developed and externally purchased IP blocks and subsystems. New system architectures contribute to the mix, some of which are be... » read more

AI Market Ramps Everywhere
By Brian Bailey - 20 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has inspired the general populace, but its rapid rise over the past few years has given many people pause. From realistic concerns about robots taking over jobs to sci-fi scares about robots more intelligent than humans building ever smarter robots themselves, AI inspires plenty of angst. Within the technology industry, we have a better understanding about the pote... » read more

Improving Library Characterization with Machine Learning
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 19 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Efficient and accurate library characterization is a critical step in full-chip or block-level design flows because it ensures that all library elements perform to specification under all intended operating conditions. However, traditional library characterization and validation have become increasingly expensive in terms of computation and engineering effort, due to complexity and the amount o... » read more

Blog Review: Dec. 19
By Jesse Allen - 19 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Dave Pursley checks out the state of high-level synthesis and notes that 39% of survey respondents expect to be using it for the majority of designs within three years. In a video, Mentor's Colin Walls digs into how to measure RTOS performance with a focus on interrupt latency. Synopsys' Taylor Armerding chats with Chenxi Wang of Rain Capital to find what the security landscape will... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 14 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

The MIPI Alliance released MIPI I3C Basic v1.0, a subset of the MIPI I3C sensor interface specification that bundles 20 of the most commonly needed I3C features for developers and other standards organizations. The royalty-free specification includes backward compatibility with I2C, 12.5 MHz multi-drop bus that is over 12 times faster than I2C supports, in-band interrupts to allow slaves to not... » read more

What Makes A Chip Design Successful Today?
By Brian Bailey - 13 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

"Transistors are free" was the rallying cry of the semiconductor industry during the 1990s and early 2000s. That is no longer true. The end of Dennard scaling made the simultaneous use of all the transistors troublesome, but transistors remained effectively unlimited. This led to an era where large amounts of flexibility could be built into a chip. It didn't matter if all of it was being use... » read more

A New Approach To Resistance Extraction For Unconventional Geometries
By Hossam Sarhan - 13 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Unconventional metal structures have begun popping up in integrated circuits (ICs) with increasing regularity, for a number of reasons. The growing demand for integrated cameras and image recognition capabilities has fueled the need for components such as high-quality CMOS image sensors with low noise, high dynamic range, and low power. Technology scaling has also contributed to an increase in ... » read more

The Cost Of Accuracy
By Brian Bailey - 13 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

How accurate does a system need to be, and what are you willing to pay for that accuracy? There are many sources of inaccuracy throughout the development flow of electronic systems, most of which involve complex tradeoffs. Inaccuracy leaves an impact on your design in ways you are not even aware of, hidden by best practices or guard-banding. EDA tools also inject some inaccuracy. As the i... » read more

Accurate, fast P2P resistance extraction for unconventional geometries
By Mentor, a Siemens Business - 12 Dec, 2018 - Comments: 0

Accurately measuring interconnect resistance is fundamental to ensuring circuit reliability. Applications that use unconventional metal structures and multiple probe points require enhanced fracturing techniques to extract P2P resistance quickly and accurately. To read more, click here. » read more

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