IC designers: let’s talk about shift left strategies

By John Ferguson In the constantly evolving world of electronics, where demands are high for more powerful, efficient, and reliable…

Transistor-level EMIR analysis from custom design tools? It’s all about flexibility!

By Roger Kang How do you run transistor-level electromigration and voltage drop (EMIR) analysis—command line or an interactive invocation GUI?…

AUA students meet Siemens EDA!

By Armen Asatryan On June 14, a group of twelve students from the American University of Armenia (AUA), several faculty…

What’s all the fuss about shift left?

By Michael White and David Abercrombie In recent months, it seems as though everyone’s been talking about shift left as…

AUA announces extension of collaboration with Siemens for advanced research and academic enhancement

Back in 2012, the American University of Armenia (AUA) initiated a collaborative relationship with electronic design automation (EDA) leader Mentor…

Curves ahead for IC manufacturing

By John Sturtevant It turns out that the ideal mask pattern to print such a circle is in fact a…

Calibre Design Solutions takes a look back at 2021

Okay, is everyone ready for an end-of-year wrapup? It’s certainly been an eventful 2021 for Calibre Design Solutions, even if…

Samsung Foundry and Siemens EDA: Helping companies design the next generation of Performance Platforms 2.0

Since 2018, the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) program has encouraged and supported deep collaboration between Samsung Foundry and its…

In the EDA world, efficiency + ease of use = productivity (and profitability!)

By Shelly Stalnaker Electronic design automation (EDA) grew out of the need to make it easier and faster to design…