Eye charts aren’t the answer to analog design reliability…

Eye charts aren’t the answer to analog design reliability…

By Hossam Sarhan and Alexandre Arriordaz – Mentor, A Siemens Business Adding Calibre PERC automated reliability checks to the analog…

Apples, oranges, pears, and lemons…comparing rule-based PEX to field solver results can be fruitless if you’re not careful

Apples, oranges, pears, and lemons…comparing rule-based PEX to field solver results can be fruitless if you’re not careful

By Yousry ElMaghraby – Mentor, A Siemens Business Need to validate your rule-based PEX against a field solver solution? Better…

It’s okay to be pushy!

It’s okay to be pushy!

By James Paris – Mentor, A Siemens Business Get the full benefit of parallel design implementation by pushing block-level contextual…

Here’s a set of candidates everyone can support!

Here’s a set of candidates everyone can support!

By Wael ElManhawy – Mentor, A Siemens Business Do you debug sub-20nm layouts? Want to make your life easier? Adopt…

Shocking news! HDAPs need system-level electrical analysis to ensure performance

Shocking news! HDAPs need system-level electrical analysis to ensure performance

By Tarek Ramadan – Mentor, A Siemens Business As the use of HDAP grows, so does the need for post-layout…

Fixing DRC errors in SADP designs at sign-off—Nobody said it was easy (but it can be easier…and much faster)

Fixing DRC errors in SADP designs at sign-off—Nobody said it was easy (but it can be easier…and much faster)

By David Abercrombie – Mentor, A Siemens Business SADP + DRC = headaches? Not any longer.  GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Mentor collaborated…

A look at what’s to come at OIP (hint: we’ll be there!)

A look at what’s to come at OIP (hint: we’ll be there!)

The 2018 TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) Ecosystem Forum in Santa Clara starts this Wednesday, October 3rd! As usual, Mentor…

Fractures aren’t always a bad thing…especially in resistance extraction

Fractures aren’t always a bad thing…especially in resistance extraction

By Hossam Sarhan – Mentor, A Siemens Business Did you know? IC designs that use unconventional metal structures with multiple…

A brief history of the process design kit

A brief history of the process design kit

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Do you really know what goes into a PDK? You might be…