One of the key factors in the design and development of submicron chip designs is the setting of good physical and timing constraints, no matter what type of design methodology you use. Constraints ...

Multiple PrimeX Customers Have Successfully Taped Out Next-Generation ICs in 7nm and 5nm SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Diakopto today unveiled its PrimeX™ EDA solution that delivers a ...

In IC physical design, there is a tendency to focus on the synthesis and layout tasks, and to not give much consideration to the chip finishing tasks, at least not until the more pressing matters of ...

The rapidly shrinking process geometry is a double-edged sword. It allows unprecedented integration of circuits. But it also produces leakier transistors, which is one of the main reasons behind the ...

The use of hierarchical DFT methods is growing as design size and complexity stresses memory requirements and design schedules. Hierarchical DFT divides the design into smaller pieces, creates test ...

Hierarchical design methodologies that introduce concurrency into the design flow are the answer to burgeoning circuit complexity. Synopsys's Steve Kister discusses various challenges to design ...