High voltage and multiple power domain designs need a little TLC (and automated VA-DRC)

High voltage and multiple power domain designs need a little TLC (and automated VA-DRC)

By Sherif Hany – Mentor, A Siemens Business High-voltage and multiple power domain applications demand high reliability. Calibre PERC enhanced…

What is critical area analysis and why should I care?

What is critical area analysis and why should I care?

By Simon Favre – Mentor, A Siemens Business Have you ever wondered what critical area analysis can do for you?…

Back to the future (or how to solve problems before they exist)

Back to the future (or how to solve problems before they exist)

By Ruben Ghulgazaryan, JinHee Kim, Jeff Wilson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Foundries and design companies working together in a…

Whither goest 3D-IC?

Whither goest 3D-IC?

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Assembly-level design kits may be a critical factor in the emergence of…

When is a DRC error not an error?

When is a DRC error not an error?

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Error waivers are the dark matter of IC verification—they cancel out DRC…

The best things come in small packages

The best things come in small packages

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Do you know what the three challenges of HDAP design are? Are…

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…