SAN FRANCISCO — The development of robust process models that can easily be integrated into the design flow is the single most important step toward helping the semiconductor industry overcome the ...

Design for manufacturability (DFM) is a hot topic for designers contemplating a move to advanced silicon processes. Fortunately, the foundries are a step ahead of them. TSMC has rolled out two ...

What Is Design for Manufacturability (DFM)? At its core, DFM is the practice of designing parts, assemblies, or products so they can be manufactured reliably, cost-effectively, and at scale. Engineers ...

Manufacturing issues are one of the top reasons that we see warranty returns and loss of market share in the electronics industry. Issues like supply chain failures and printed circuit board assembly ...

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said it is using Mentor Graphics Corp.’s Calibre OPCverify design-for-manufacturing (DFM) software for use in production at 65nm and below to examine the impact ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that it has launched a broad ecosystem with nine initial printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing ...

High-power lasers, cell phones that record 3-D videos and computing systems with enough processing power to map the human genome are hot technologies that need to be kept cool. Without effective heat ...

DFM is not a single technique or tool—it’s really about addressing a variety of manufacturing issues during the design process. We’re witnessing an interesting phenomenon in the SoC segment of the ...

Design for Assembly software improves product cost and simplifies assembly, but Design for Manufacturing can impact part inventories in the supply chain. Dynisco Instruments, manufacturer of sensors, ...

Design for manufacturing (DFM) as a concept seems both self-explanatory and obvious. After all, in a corporate context, the entire point of designing something is to manufacture and sell it. Because ...