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Realize Live + U2U: Side by Side

What a difference a year can make! Oh, we’re not referring to that virus that shifted the Earth on its…

Give me my space! Why high voltage and multiple power domain designs need automated context-aware spacing checks

By Sherif Hany and Abdellah Bakhali Regardless of which technology node they’re using, design houses that create high-voltage and multiple…

DFM: Still a really good thing to do!

By Simon Favre If you’re not using critical area analysis and design for manufacturing to improve your IC yield and…

Calibre and the Semiconductor Ecosystem

The Semiconductor Ecosystem- It is the definition of “High Tech”, but it isn’t just about technology, there are two other…

Collaboration and innovation thrive on diversity

Back in November 2019, just a few short months before we all began an enforced year of isolation and separation,…

What is critical area analysis and why should I care?

By Simon Favre What makes money in the semiconductor industry? A killer IC design? Something so innovative that it blows…

Adaptive Patterning: Moving with the times (and technologies)

By John Ferguson and Kevin Rinebold Deca Technologies’ Adaptive Patterning technology and their newly-announced adaptive patterning design kit (APDK) have…

Building a strong reliability foundation with Calibre PERC

By Matthew Hogan How are you handling your reliability verification right now? Custom reliability verification? No reliability verification? How confident…

Machine learning-enabled closed loop DFM

SPIE-ing at a distance…

The SPIE Advanced Lithography Digital Forum took place Feb 22-26, and of course, Siemens EDA was there! We wouldn’t miss…