There's a gaping hole in analog layout design automation. Over the past few years, a number of EDA companies have tried to fill it, but largely failed due to overambitious plans or lack of appropriate ...
All design engineers know it well: there is hardly any time left until tape-out, but the amount of work that remains is not decreasing as fast as the deadline is approaching. The intricate schematic ...
However, for analog layout, techniques are still much the same as they were years ago. True, there have been some improvements such as using parameterized cells to generate Design Rule Check (DRC) ...
There has been vast progress over the last 30 years or so in digital layout automation, making it possible to develop complex digital ICs relatively quickly. However, for analog layout, techniques are ...
March 28, 2011, 9:16 AM EDT / Source: GlobeNewswire SAN JOSE and LOS GATOS, Calif., March 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magma ® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, ...
Understanding the mechanisms that affect the performance of high-speed signal chain designs is imperative. Some examples are IC grounding, decoupling and plane capacitance, plane coupling, and ...
The entire design of integrated circuits, from the specification onward, depends on successful validation by measurement of microchips. One key milestone in this process is the completion of the ...
Digital design is, of necessity, performed at a very high level of abstraction. When dealing with millions to hundreds of millions of transistors, working at the transistor level is completely ...