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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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)

December 19, 2017

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

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Does this color look good on me?

Does this color look good on me?

December 12, 2017

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

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

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

December 4, 2017

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

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How to optimize performance during physical verification

How to optimize performance during physical verification

November 27, 2017

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

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Do my database merges make my runtimes too slow?

Do my database merges make my runtimes too slow?

November 20, 2017

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

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Shocking news about ESD protection!

Shocking news about ESD protection!

November 14, 2017

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

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3 MIN READ
Using Body Bias in High Performance, Low Power Electronics

Using Body Bias in High Performance, Low Power Electronics

October 17, 2017

By Flint Yoder – Mentor, A Siemens Business The body bias effect is used to tune circuit behavior to meet…

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The Chicken or the Egg? Finding Litho Hotspots Before Design Rules Exist

The Chicken or the Egg? Finding Litho Hotspots Before Design Rules Exist

September 25, 2017

By Wael ElManhawy and Joe Kwan – Mentor, A Siemens Business Which comes first, accurate design rules or real designs?…

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How Mentor is Helping You Make Silicon Photonics a $1.3B market by 2022

How Mentor is Helping You Make Silicon Photonics a $1.3B market by 2022

September 21, 2017

By Michael Buehler-Garcia, Senior Director, D2S Calibre Marketing – Mentor, A Siemens Business Companies who want to explore the potential…

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