July 3, 2012
Characterizing standard-cell defect mechanisms helps improve IC testing
June 1, 2012
There's still debate over certain aspects of the 20nm node, but the main challenges are already being addressed. Expect to see foundries and vendors mark their turf at DAC.
May 22, 2012
Guest blogger Jeff Wilson discusses some of the subtleties involved in the effective use of dummy fill in deep sub-micron IC designs.
May 22, 2012
Correlating production test failure diagnosis with DFM analysis can help identify and understand systematic yield issues, and to find out whether they are linked to DFM violations.
May 21, 2012
An overview of the Open Source VHDL Verification Methodology and two of the libraries it uses.
May 21, 2012
Current techniques for modelling RF power amplifiers don't provide the dynamic range necessary to simulate their performance properly when used in the energy-saving envelope-tracking mode necessary to give LTE terminals a decent battery life.
May 15, 2012
Using UML to define a software-defined modem SoC in terms of decoupled constraints - the order of activities, the timing they have to meet, and the available resources
April 25, 2012
Can emulation save energy and space, as well as time, during the verification process? Some argue so.
April 25, 2012
Richard Pugh reflects on efforts to cut through the tangle of cables and make emulation easier.
April 24, 2012
This extract from the Synopsys and Xilinx-authored "FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual" outlines a number of valuable strategies supported by brief project case studies.