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December 18, 2019

On-demand DRC within P&R cuts closure time in half for MaxLinear

Case study describes how RF/AMS specialist used Calibre RealTime Digital within its flow for a high-end DSP SoC.
September 3, 2019
Joe Sawicki, EVP for IC EDA, Mentor. 'AI inside' analysis

EDA with ‘AI inside’ – Mentor’s Joe Sawicki offers an insider’s view

Mentor has a host of tools - some public, some not - that leverage AI and ML. EVP Joe Sawicki has been describing the strategy behind their development.
November 27, 2018

Synopsys fuses synthesis and place-and-route to improve IC design quality and time to results

Fusion Compiler uses a single, scalable data model, updated optimization engines, and an analysis backbone based on the industry's golden sign-off tools.
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November 14, 2018

Case study: Achieving earlier signoff convergence and a ‘shift left’ for P&R at Qualcomm

Qualcomm has described its use of Calibre RealTime Digital to enhance its P&R flow.
July 3, 2018

Fusion improves timing say Synopsys users

Early-access customers talked about their experiences with the Synopsys Fusion-based flow in a panel session at the DAC.
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June 22, 2018

GlobalFoundries plays with metal gear in search for solid gains

At VLSI Symposia 2018, GlobalFoundries researchers proposed looking at the metal-gate ‘gear’ ratio as a way of improving the routability of standard cells.
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June 19, 2018

Mentor targets DRC efficiencies for place-and-route with Calibre RealTime Digital

Early users of the new P&R integrated physical verification tool say time-to-sign-off was cut by 40% and above.
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February 28, 2018

Cadence and Imec tape out 3nm interconnect test chip

Cadence and Imec have worked together on a project to tape out a test chip to explore manufacturing and design-rule options for the interconnect on future 3nm processes.
June 16, 2017

DAC 2017 preview: Plunify

Plunify will demonstrate its new Kabuto tool that recommends RTL fixes for FPGA designs at the Design Automation Conference.
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April 6, 2017

Bridging the gap between IP development and qualification for P&R

Learn how to pre-empt timing and congestion issues that could arise after synthesis by using 'PlaceFirst' technology within Oasys-RTL.

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