Santa Cruz, Calif. — Pursuing a new breed of design-for-manufacturability (DFM) tools for 45-nanometer ICs, Synopsys Inc. this week will announce Seismos and Paramos, two “process-aware” tools that ...

As semiconductor components continue to shrink, the challenges associated with design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-technology co-optimization (DTCO) increase. The complexity of the IC design and ...

Siemens plans to integrate Aster's advanced "shift-left" design for test functionality into Siemens' Xpedition and Valor ...

Early-stage companies face difficult trade-off challenges when transitioning from design and build of one to two units to larger-scale production. At high volumes (i.e., 10,000+ units), the Design for ...

Last month’s column talked about a simpler way to exchange stackups with manufacturing partners. This month, continuing the ...

New technology that streamlines design for manufacturing (DFM) reportedly accelerates product development and cycle times and results in more consistent product quality. Fictiv will demonstrate how ...

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 ...

DFM enhancers that operate on post-layout GDSII files are no longer viable for 65-nm designs. The way to reach acceptable performance and yield goals is to make the entire design flow aware of DFM. By ...