IC Implementation
Usability made flesh
Winning at Whac-a-Mole: redesigning an RF transceiver
Interoperable PDKs accelerate analog EDA innovation
Process design kit (PDK) standards are one area that could greatly help reduce the disproportionate time and effort required to realize the analog portion of a design. PDKs have existed for two decades and provide access to foundry-verified data files for such AMS design elements as parameterized layout cells (PCells). However, most have been constructed […]
Part 2 – Parallel transistor-level full-chip circuit simulation
The paper presents a fully parallel transistor-level full-chip circuit simulation tool with SPICE accuracy for general circuit designs. The proposed overlapping domain decomposition approach partitions the circuit into a linear subdomain and multiple nonlinear subdomains based on circuit nonlinearity and connectivity. A parallel iterative matrix solver is used to solve the linear domain while nonlinear […]
Why DAC and DATE still matter
Our preview of the forthcoming Design Automation Conference concentrates on the User Track that makes its debut there next month. Given that it shares many of the objectives behind this journal, that is hardly surprising. However, it is not the only aspect of DAC that merits investigation. Also in the program, conference chair Dr. Andrew […]
At the sharp end
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) returns to San Francisco’s Moscone Center, July 26th-31st, and it is hoped that its proximity to Silicon Valley will see attendances hold up well even in tough times. However, the organizers are looking to more than just geography to guarantee continued interest in chip design’s main annual gathering. This 46th […]
Reducing system noise with hardware techniques
Circuit noise problems can originate from a variety of sources. By carefully examining attributes of the offending noise you can identify it’s source, thereby making noise reduction solutions become more apparent. There are three subcategories of noise problems: device, conducted and radiated noise. If an active or passive device is the major noise contributor, you […]
TrustMe-ViP: trusted personal devices virtual prototyping
As the market continues to push for higher performance at lower cost, trusted personal devices (TPDs) must also be able to exchange greater volumes of data, voice or streaming video at ever higher bit rates, while transmitting and receiving securely under multiple telecommunication standards. Reductions in cost and time-to-market can only be achieved by integrating […]
License to profit
Guy Haas Managing EDA software involves more than monitoring and studying usage across various tools and features. An effective approach will help the enterprise reduce engineering software costs, reach better and more informed business decisions, become more responsive and ensure compliance with software licenses. To understand how to develop such strategies, we need to look […]
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