Tiny Chips, Big Challenges: Full-Chip Electrical Reliability

Tiny Chips, Big Challenges: Full-Chip Electrical Reliability

Need to ensure your chip performs in the real world? The Calibre PERC reliability platform provides fast, accurate, verification for…

Can machine learning and neural networks accurately predict post-deposition profiles for CMP modeling?

Can machine learning and neural networks accurately predict post-deposition profiles for CMP modeling?

By Ruben Ghulghazaryan and Jeff Wilson – Mentor, A Siemens Business We experimented with machine learning and neural networks for…

Waiver headaches? We have a cure for that…

Waiver headaches? We have a cure for that…

By James Paris – Mentor, A Siemens Business Creating a standardized IP waivers database to deliver with physical IP libraries…

SRAM physical verification – Why does it have to be so hard? (Hint: it doesn’t)

SRAM physical verification – Why does it have to be so hard? (Hint: it doesn’t)

By James Paris and Elven Huang – Mentor, A Siemens Business Checking SRAM IP placements can be tricky, even for…

Does this color look good on me?

Does this color look good on me?

By David Abercrombie and Alex Pearson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Any given layout has multiple coloring configurations that pass…

Want improved design optimization? Try integrating pattern matching with DFM properties

Want improved design optimization? Try integrating pattern matching with DFM properties

By Sherif Hany, Mentor – A Siemens Business Integrating pattern matching with DFM operations ensures designs are quickly and accurately…

How to optimize performance during physical verification

How to optimize performance during physical verification

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Are you getting the most from your processes, tools, and hardware? Or…

Do my database merges make my runtimes too slow?

Do my database merges make my runtimes too slow?

By Saunder Peng – Mentor, A Siemens Business Merging databases often creates bottlenecks in the design and verification flow, wasting…

Shocking news about ESD protection!

Shocking news about ESD protection!

By Derong Yan – Mentor, A Siemens Business Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is critical for today’s electronic products, which require…