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Sometimes you just want less – Splitting IC layouts saves time and resources

Sometimes you just want less – Splitting IC layouts saves time and resources

By Dennis Joseph – Mentor, A Siemens Business One slice instead of the whole pizza. One single 1¼“ nail, not…

Packaging custom checks standardizes and simplifies reliability verification

Packaging custom checks standardizes and simplifies reliability verification

By Hossam Sarhan, Mentor – A Siemens Business Using a packaged checks flow lets designers quickly select, configure and run…

The power of innovation: Letting patterns create themselves with self-aligned multi-patterning

The power of innovation: Letting patterns create themselves with self-aligned multi-patterning

By David Abercrombie, Rehab Kotb Ali, Ahmed Hamed-Fatehy – Mentor, A Siemens Business Given the alignment control issues in traditional litho-etch…

3D InCites community awards Mentor, a Siemens Business “EDA Provider of the Year” for 3rd consecutive year!

3D InCites community awards Mentor, a Siemens Business “EDA Provider of the Year” for 3rd consecutive year!

Every year, 3D InCites, an online media resource dedicated to all things 3D in the semiconductor industry, recognizes company and…

Context-aware verification checks enhance checking and debugging capabilities

Context-aware verification checks enhance checking and debugging capabilities

By Sherif Hany – Mentor, A Siemens Business Automated context-aware verification helps designers ensure the performance and reliability of complex…

Silicon photonics design and verification joining the mainstream

Silicon photonics design and verification joining the mainstream

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Silicon photonics offers up the promise of blazing fast data transmission and…

Lane ends—full-chip merge ahead

Lane ends—full-chip merge ahead

By James Paris – Mentor, A Siemens Business Fast layout merging during continuous build flows makes it easier to solve…

Simplify your life with Calibre RVE filters!

Simplify your life with Calibre RVE filters!

Sometimes there are simply too many choices in life. Who needs 35 flavors of juice, or 20 different hammers? Having…

Vroom! Vroom! Getting to the tapeout finish line faster…

Vroom! Vroom! Getting to the tapeout finish line faster…

By Srinivas Velivala – Mentor, A Siemens Business The Calibre RealTime Digital interface helped Qualcomm spend less time fixing DRC…