EDN

An insight into layout versus schematic

In the nanometer era, die areas are getting larger as the designs are getting more and more complex. In order to ensure the correctness of the implemented design, bigger layout databases needs to be ...
EDN

Hierarchical physical design—issues and methodologies

In IC physical design, there is a tendency to focus on the synthesis and layout tasks, and to not give much consideration to the chip finishing tasks, at least not until the more pressing matters of ...
Electronic Design

Physical Verification Tool Runs From Inside Layout Packages

Enabling designers to perform block and cell physical verification from within layout environments such as Cadence's Virtuoso is Mentor Graphics' Calibre Interactive. This latest version in a ...
Design-Reuse

Simultaneous Exploration of Power, Physical Design and Architectural Performance Dimensions of the SoC Design Space using SEAS

SEAS – SoC Early Analysis and Design System was introduced in [1]. The main goal behind SEAS was to provide early design feedback in terms of the various aspects like power, architectural ...