Stress less, innovate more: ensuring 3D IC reliability with Siemens Calibre 3DStress

The march toward 3D ICs and advanced packaging brings unrivaled performance and integration opportunities—but it also raises new reliability challenges…

Calibre Vision AI: a new era of fast, scalable chip-level DRC debug

By James Paris As chip designs grow more complex and SoCs reach new heights in size and integration, the challenges…

Solving IR drop and layout bottlenecks: How Calibre DesignEnhancer streamlines IC design

By Jeff Wilson As an IC designer, you know that achieving an optimal layout is about more than just meeting…

Speeding up early design rule checking with Calibre nmDRC Recon

By John Ferguson and Nermeen Hossam Chip designers are very aware of how time-consuming early design rule checking (DRC) can…

Using a shift left strategy to address block/chip design challenges during design-stage verification

By David Abercrombie For IC designers, striking the right balance between tight deadlines and limited resources is a constant challenge….

The secret to Calibre software quality – AnaCov, our in-house code coverage analysis tool

By Mustafa Naeem, Ahmed Tahoon, Omar Ragi, and Reem El-Adawi In the realm of software testing, accurately tracking and analyzing…

Unraveling the 3DIC shift left strategy: Navigating the world of multi-dimensional ICs

By John Ferguson IC design’s evolution continues to push the boundaries of Moore’s law to new heights. One of the…

Shifting left with Calibre solutions: Enhancing IP design flow efficiency and design quality

By Terry Meeks Designing integrated circuits (ICs) is a multifaceted task that requires the integration of various components, including intellectual…

3DICs and the multi-physics challenge

By John Ferguson Design teams have known since, well, pretty much forever that mechanical stresses and temperature changes can affect…