By Matthew Hogan and Derong Yan As we all know, during the final sign-off verifications of full chip system-on-chip (SoC)…
By John Ferguson For a while, it appeared that the worst of the COVID pandemic was behind us. My mind…
By Slava Zhuchenya Graphical user interface (GUI) frustration is real. Deployment of integrated circuit (IC) physical and circuit verification decks…
Are you a visual learner? Lots of folks are—they understand and retain instructions much more easily when they can watch…
By Derong Yan As overall transistor dimensions shrink, integrated circuit (IC) chip designs become more sensitive to the damage caused…
By Srinivas Velivala Design rule checking (DRC) closure is a “tax” that custom layout designers must pay at all process…
By Sherif Hany “The Art of Analog Layout” is one of the canonical books addressing concepts behind layout design techniques…
By Dennis Joseph Is the dress black and blue, or white and gold? Is that a rabbit or a duck?…
By Dina Medhat Latch-up is modeled as a short circuit (low-impedance path) that occurs in an integrated circuit (IC). It…
