April 11, 2024
DTCO (design technology co-optimization) looks to address systemic verification challenges but the process still needs to be extended.
July 10, 2023
Calibre Design Enhancer moves physical verification checks and automated DRC-clean via and cell insertion into P&R
September 8, 2022
The system-in-package and module trends in system design promote bringing together physical (DRC) and electrical (LVS) verification.
July 13, 2022
Siemens has launched Calibre DRC engines that make it easier to perform useful checks early in the layout process.
July 11, 2022
Aki Fujimura of mask specialist D2S sees curved shapes as key to improving die yield and performance but it needs EDA support.
June 16, 2022
TSMC has certified the Aprisa place-and-route software from Siemens Digital Industries Software for the N5 and N4 process technologies.
July 28, 2021
A Siemens white paper describes a way of automatically deriving information from 2.5D/3DIC designs to streamline latchup design-rules verification.
May 14, 2021
A case study describes how the RF and AMS specialist achieved efficiencies on a complex server DSP SoC project by running as-you-go DRC during place and route.
July 20, 2020
Mentor has released a tool that attempts to deal with the problems encountered in the use of physical circuit verification in the early stages of SoC integration.
June 15, 2020
AMD worked with Microsoft and Azure to cut DRC runtimes and control memory usage for a 7nm cloud-based design.