IC Implementation

May 19, 2014

14nm/16nm processes

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.
January 13, 2014
Interconnect resistance has increased since the 40nm node

Interconnect resistance

A number of effects have led to a dramatic increase in interconnect resistance in the sub-32nm process nodes that demands the use of smarter routing.
January 13, 2014
Multiple patterning is causing issues with access to standard-cell pins in nanometer processes

Cell pin access

Increasingly complex design rules in 14nm and 16nm make it harder to connect local routing to the inputs and outputs (pins) of standard cells.
June 2, 2013

IEEE 1801-2013 (UPF 2.1)

IEEE 1801-2013 updates and refines the Unified Power Format for low-power VLSI design, reflecting changes in power modeling and verification.
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May 23, 2012

VHDL

VHDL is a hardware description language with rich constructs that can model complex systems. It can also be constrained for use as the starting point of an FPGA or ASIC design.
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March 28, 2012

FinFETs

It may be necessary to move to three-dimensional 'FinFET' transistors for future process nodes, but what impact will this have on circuit design?
March 28, 2012

FD-SOI

Fully depleted silicon on insulator (FD-SOI) transistor architectures may offer speed and power advantages, at the cost of a shift to non-standard substrates.
January 16, 2012

Unified Power Format (UPF)

The IEEE Unified Power Format (UPF) standard is intended to support low-power designs that use switchable power states and power islands.

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