As semiconductor technology pushes the boundaries of scale and complexity, traditional VLSI physical design methodologies are struggling to keep pace. The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), ...
Techniques for IP reuse have become commonplace in the RTL design world. By contrast, physical design for reuse remains stuck at delivering restrictive “hard IP.†What is holding reuse-design back ...
In today’s highly competitive semiconductor industry, chip-design companies strive for competitive advantages by optimizing designs for PPA (Power, Performance, Area). Along with the functional logic, ...
In the era of EDA 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are transforming what electronic design automation tools are capable of. For many of the challenges of physical IC design, ...
CATALOG DESCRIPTION : Basic concepts in VLSI CAD with emphasis on physical design, fundamental algorithms for CAD problems, development of CAD tools. REQUIRED TEXT: Andrew B. Kahng, Jens Lienig, Igor ...
Despite the work done by various standards groups such as the VSIA, GSA IP group, and SPIRIT, IP integration still remains quite challenging. First, one has to select the right IP business model, ...
Why isolated flows negatively impact design schedule and PPA. Benefits of unified DFT, synthesis, and physical design flows. Physical implementation optimization methods for test compression and scan ...
Cupertino, Calif. How do you design a 10-million-gate chip on a tight schedule? Not one gate at a time. Simon Bloch is president and CEO of Aristo Technology Inc., Cupertino, Calif. The recent winner ...