By Dina Medhat Electrostatic discharge (ESD) events cause severe damage to unprotected integrated circuits (ICs). ESD events cause severe damage…
By Ritu Walia Repetitive layout vs. schematic (LVS) runs can significantly delay project timelines. A huge number of shorted nets…
By Neel Natekar Integrated circuit (IC) reliability engineers face the dual challenge of ensuring robust electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection without…
By Derong Yan Integrated circuit (IC) chip designers are constantly striving to meet ever-increasing standards of reliability and performance in…
By Neel Natekar As technology node scaling continues, integrated circuit (IC) designers are facing increasing physical verification challenges due, in…
By Dina Medhat Context-aware physical verification (PV) is a relatively new addition to traditional PV flows, but it has quickly…
By Hossam Sarhan and Alexandre Arriordaz With the increasing complexity of design layouts and shorter tapeout cycles, waiting until signoff…
By Abdellah Bakhali If you’re not an electrostatic discharge (ESD) expert (and let’s face it, most of us aren’t), verifying…
By Hossam Sarhan Work smarter, not harder. Isn’t that what everyone is always telling you? Of course, it’s excellent advice,…
