By John Ferguson and Nermeen Hossam Chip designers are very aware of how time-consuming early design rule checking (DRC) can…
By Richard Yan In the intricate world of system-on-chip (SoC) development, Physical Verification (PV) reports serve as vital checkpoints throughout…
By Terry Meeks Designing integrated circuits (ICs) is a multifaceted task that requires the integration of various components, including intellectual…
By John Ferguson Design teams have known since, well, pretty much forever that mechanical stresses and temperature changes can affect…
By Ritu Walia Imagine this: You primarily work on the design of a sub-block of an application-specific layout design, or…
By John Ferguson In recognition of the growing need for a more holistic approach to three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC) design,…
By John Ferguson and Nermeen Hossam With each new process node comes more complex requirements needed to ensure working silicon. …
By Michael White At DAC this past July, I had the opportunity to sit down with Phil Steinke from AMD…
By James Paris We’ve all played those “Spot the Difference” games where you look at two similar images and try…
