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Pre-processing and post-processing techniques for verification

How to optimize productivity and accuracy in IC design and verification flows

Pre- and post-processing EDA techniques help streamline design rule checks and delivery efficient waivers to speed design and debug.

Guides

  • Portable stimulus

    EDA - Standards, Technologies

    Accellera’s Portable Stimulus standard aims to improve verification efficiency and the reuse of test IP across the entire design life cycle.

  • Dynamic power optimization

    EDA - Techniques

    FinFETs present a number of problems with respect to dynamic power consumption. Design techniques are being re-evaluated to deal with the issue.

  • Monolithic 3DIC for SoC

    EDA - Technologies

    Monolithic 3DIC integration may provide a viable alternative to conventional 2D scaling for SoCs if manufacturing problems can be overcome.

Expert Insights

Sherif Hany

Advanced symmetry verification is a thing of beauty

Sherif Hany Mousa is a Principal Technologist in the Calibre Design Solutions division of Siemens EDA, a part of Siemens Digital Industries Software. Sherif previously held positions as a technical marketing engineer, analog quality assurance engineer, and IC design consultant for physical verification and analog/mixed signal applications. He has authored multiple publications and holds multiple patents in the fields of analog layout porting, hotspot detection and correction, and machine learning-assisted verification flows. Sherif is a senior IEEE member who holds an M.Sc. in Electrical and Communication Engineering, and is currently engaged in Ph.D. research, focusing on circuit analysis.

Innovation is extending the technique's power across areas such as context-aware layout, accounting for multi-patterning and implementing fill.

Swathi Rangarajan

Hit your tapeout schedules with in-design signoff DRC

Delivering physical implementations at new process nodes is getting ever harder. Learn how to stay on track by checking work is rule-compliant as you go.

Shane Skinner

How ECAD-MCAD integration tackles the challenges of next-gen design

Creating strong links between the electrical and mechanical design domains is a leading enabler of digitalization.

EDA

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PCB

  1. Matthew Walsh is a Product Marketing Manager in the Electronic Board Systems division of Siemens Digital Industries Software, responsible for all cloud solutions. He has more than 25 years of experience in semiconductor and electronics marketing, sales, and application engineering. He earned his BSEE at the University of Massachusetts. Matt is an avid skier and science fiction geek.
    Expert Insight May the Cloud be with you

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IP

  1. Featured image - cel-name conflict resolution
    Article Resolving IP cell-name conflicts peacefully

    One roadblock to the integration of IP from multiple vendors into an SoC is the likelihood of finding duplicate cell names in the merged design. Carefully considered renaming strategies can fix the problem without causing design database bloat.

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Embedded

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    Describing a security strategy that pulls on best practices and standards to ensure medical device approval and the best patient outcomes.

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