Parasitic extraction challenges intensify for 5G
5G IC designs have needed aggressive innovation across many elements and more use of FD-SOI that both pose parasitic extraction challenges.
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Copper’s future is troubled but it’s likely to stick around
The metal has done sterling service for 20 years but the time is approaching to find a replacement for copper as problems with parasitics continue to build up, work presented at last month’s IEDM shows. But it's not an obvious switch.
FastSPICE upgrade boosts nano-scale analog verification by up to 10X
Mentor adds Analog FastSPICE eXTreme innovations for designs facing increasing parasitic complexity and contact resistance challenges at cutting edge nodes.