Design with Calibre

The industry-leading Calibre toolsuite provides physical verification (DRC), circuit verification (LVS, PEX), and reliability verification (PERC), as well as Calibre DFM optimization, to ensure IC designs will deliver the power, performance, and foundry yield today’s markets demand. Across all process nodes and design styles, innovative functionality ensures the Calibre toolsuite provides accurate, efficient, comprehensive IC verification while minimizing resources and tapeout schedules.

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Silicon photonics design and verification joining the mainstream

February 5, 2019

By John Ferguson – Mentor, A Siemens Business Silicon photonics offers up the promise of blazing fast data transmission and…

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Lane ends—full-chip merge ahead

January 21, 2019

By James Paris – Mentor, A Siemens Business Fast layout merging during continuous build flows makes it easier to solve…

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Simplify your life with Calibre RVE filters!

January 14, 2019

Sometimes there are simply too many choices in life. Who needs 35 flavors of juice, or 20 different hammers? Having…

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Vroom! Vroom! Getting to the tapeout finish line faster…

January 3, 2019

By Srinivas Velivala – Mentor, A Siemens Business The Calibre RealTime Digital interface helped Qualcomm spend less time fixing DRC…

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

December 17, 2018

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

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What is critical area analysis and why should I care?

December 12, 2018

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

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

December 4, 2018

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

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Whither goest 3D-IC?

November 27, 2018

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

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When is a DRC error not an error?

November 19, 2018

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

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