May 29, 2014
By taking the circuit supply voltage close to that of the threshold voltage or even below, it is possible to optimize low-power VLSI design. But there are pitfalls.
May 26, 2014
Design for security is an emerging topic in hardware engineering demanding a more holistic approach that traditional cryptographic implementation.
May 24, 2014
IC designers are becoming increasingly worried about the possibility of third parties inserting malicious 'trojan' circuitry into their ICs.
May 19, 2014
The increased use of IP and a rise in process variability is driving a move to look at alternatives to traditional low-skew clock distribution strategies.
May 19, 2014
The 10nm generation is the follow-on process to the 14nm/16nm node and will provide a choice of either finFET or planar FD-SOI architectures. But the likely absence of EUV will increase costs.
May 19, 2014
The 14nm and 16nm processes cover a range of technologies and are designed to succeed the 20nm generation. They bring with them a number of design challenges.
April 28, 2014
The encryption chain for today's highly collaborative designs needs to be managed with care.
April 3, 2014
Lithography is only just beginning to play a role in cell IP selection but early analysis already matters.
March 27, 2014
Using a physically aware flow to ensure that fixing one ECO doesn't introduce another during sign off.
February 11, 2014
Advanced tools are being applied to established nodes to produce advanced designs for volume markets.