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Electromigration protection requires accurate interconnect modeling

Electromigration protection requires accurate interconnect modeling

By Karen Chow, Mentor Graphics Electromigration can destroy an IC before its time. Are your designs safe?

Leveraging Reliability-Focused Foundry Rule Decks

Leveraging Reliability-Focused Foundry Rule Decks

By Matthew Hogan, Mentor Graphics Using your foundry’s reliability rule deck early on lets you correct reliability issues while they…

Pattern Matching In Test and Yield Analysis

Pattern Matching In Test and Yield Analysis

By Jonathan Muirhead and Geir Eide, Mentor Graphics Analyzing fail data with pattern matching helps companies identify yield limiters faster…

Reliability Scoring for the Automotive Market

Reliability Scoring for the Automotive Market

By Jeff Wilson, Mentor Graphics Companies designing automotive electronics must understand how variability affects design quality and reliability.

Not yet a fan of fan-out? Why you should be!

Not yet a fan of fan-out? Why you should be!

By John Ferguson, Mentor Graphics FO-WLP combines multiple die from heterogeneous processes into a compact package, and that’s a good…

Interconnect Robustness Depends on Scaling for Reliability Analysis

Interconnect Robustness Depends on Scaling for Reliability Analysis

By Matthew Hogan, Mentor Graphics Fast simulation and PEX are both crucial to interconnect robustness verification. Can your tools scale…

Pattern Matching in Design Verification

Pattern Matching in Design Verification

By Michael White, Mentor Graphics Automated pattern matching can solve a wide range of design verification issues. Are you in…

Efficient Parasitic Extraction Techniques for Full-Chip Verification

Efficient Parasitic Extraction Techniques for Full-Chip Verification

By Yousry Elmaghraby, Mentor Graphics Choosing the best PEX method for your full-chip or SoC design is essential. But how…

How Do I ECO a Multi-Patterned Design?

How Do I ECO a Multi-Patterned Design?

By David Abercrombie and Alex Pearson, Mentor Graphics Applying ECOs to multi­patterned designs can be a nightmare, unless you plan…