Eliminate Silicon Respins With Netlist CDC Verification


Clock domain crossing (CDC) verification has been an integral part of modern chip design flow for quite sometime. Traditionally CDC verification has been done during the RTL stage. However, for advanced designs and complex flows, there is significant logic optimization during RTL synthesis as well as backend flows at the netlist stage. This mandates clock domain crossing verification a must for... » read more

IC Validator Programmable EERC Netlist Domain Checking Technology


Traditional visual inspection or manual checking for electrical rule compliance is both time consuming and error prone. A new, comprehensive reliability solution is needed to reduce time to market, improve reliability and ensure longer device operation. This paper introduces IC Validator programmable Extended Electrical Rule Checking (EERC) and categorizes electrical rule checking (ERC) into th... » read more