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Reliability rule checks need - and now get - more granular analysis that allows designers to adopt proposed waivers with much greater confidence.

For physical verification and beyond, each process node requires new thinking, new tools and greater performance.

A collaboration between GlobalFoundries and Mentor has resulted in an innovative in-design fixing strategy across markets such as IoT, mobile, RF, graphics and networking.

A Mentor-Microsoft-AMD pathfinder demonstrates the potential benefits of cloud-based physical verification.

This case study shows how rising CMP simulation quality can be leveraged to detect the position and type of planarity hotspots before manufacture and verify the planarity of a layout.

ESD has always been a major issue but with increasing densities and growing die sizes it is becoming a higher order concern. Automation and vizualization can help manage the task.

The RF and AMS specialist turned to design software that allowed it to run design checks during place and route.

Master the three prerequisites of format translation and chose the right one from the various translation strategies.

Learn how XML-based constraints can standardize rule development and use with coding examples for the Calibre PERC reliability platform.

SEMICON West showed a distinct thematic shift away from preserving Moore's Law to assessing the architectural implications of AI, as EDA was brought into the event.