Just before fabrication, the design flow of all integrated circuits (ICs) culminates in transistor-based, top-level simulations. Unfortunately, verifying functionality, connectivity, and performance ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A simulation of electrical current moving through a futuristic electronic transistor has been modeled atom-by-atom in less than 15 minutes by Purdue University researchers. The ...
Almost every chip being taped out today is mixed-signal in nature. In addition to increased integration of analog and RF blocks, designers are using complex power-management techniques to minimize ...
Berkeley Design Automation has announced the closed-loop noise analysis of fractional-N phase-locked loops (PLLs) at the transistor level. The company is a provider of Precision Circuit Analysis ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2006--Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced the availability of FineSim(R) Pro, the ...
Technologies that had become specialist tools are moving back into mainstream usage; shift left is not just about doing things earlier in the flow. A few decades ago, all designers did ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Aug 4, 2014 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today introduced Cadence® Voltus™-Fi Custom Power Integrity Solution, a ...
Innovations in Very Deep Sub-Micron technologies, such as the advent of three-dimensional FinFET transistor structures, have facilitated the implementation of very large embedded SRAM memories in ...
Keeping pace with the breakneck speed of silicon technology advancement requires substantial manual work. Nowhere is that more apparent than with the reuse of full-, semi- or structured-custom cores.
IBIS models are commonly generated through design circuit simulations. However, there are some cases when the design files are obsolete, unavailable, or only available in an unworkable schematic file ...
When first-pass silicon arrives back from the foundry, accurate simulation models are critical to first-time success. Of course, we all prefer to avoid expensive learning experiences. So every ...