Fast, efficient, productive? Your early-stage IC design physical verification can be all that…

By John Ferguson and Nermeen Hossam With each new process node comes more complex requirements needed to ensure working silicon. …

Struggling to verify the reliability of your multiple-power-domain designs?

By Hossam Sarhan With the growing complexity of system-on-chip designs and technology scaling, multiple power domains are needed to optimize…

AUA announces extension of collaboration with Siemens for advanced research and academic enhancement

Back in 2012, the American University of Armenia (AUA) initiated a collaborative relationship with electronic design automation (EDA) leader Mentor…

Google, AMD, and Siemens EDA walk into a cloud…

By Michael White At DAC this past July, I had the opportunity to sit down with Phil Steinke from AMD…

Interactive symmetry checking for analog/custom ICs: Faster, easier, more accurate

By Sara Khalaf While the reliability and performance of multiple types of designs such as analog, MEMs, and image sensors…

Innovations in physical verification tools and technologies keep the IC industry moving forward

By John Ferguson A few years ago, I was invited to present a paper discussing the advances in physical verification…

Is there a quick and easy way to calculate P2P resistance or current density between any two coordinates in my IC design layout?

By Li Li Why, yes, there is! As you know, Calibre® PERC™ logic-driven layout (LDL) current density (CD) and point-to-point…

2021: Time to simplify your life (or at least your workload)?

Everyone makes resolutions for a better life at the start of a new year – why not resolve to make…

Verification run configurations stressing you out? Automate them!

By Srinivas Velivala – Mentor, A Siemens Business As all new IC verification engineers learn very quickly, there is far…