Siemens EDA Blogs

Siemens EDA’s mission is to help you engineer a smarter future faster. Read our latest blog posts to keep up to date on the latest tools, trends, methodologies and offerings in IC, advanced packaging and PCB systems electronics design, verification and manufacturing.

Design with Calibre

Shocking news! HDAPs need system-level electrical analysis to ensure performance

October 09, 2018

By Tarek Ramadan – Mentor, A Siemens Business As the use of HDAP grows, so does the need for post-layout...

By Design With Calibre

Tessent Solutions

Hierarchical DFT on a flat layout design? No problem, says ON Semiconductor

October 08, 2018

By Vidya Neerkundar – Mentor, A Siemens Business Design teams are always looking for new ways to perform the more...

By Tessent Solutions

Electronic Systems Design

What’s New in Xpedition VX.2.4 – Layout

October 05, 2018

In the previous What’s New in Xpedition VX.2.4 blog post, I reviewed the new System Design functionality that is available...

By John McMillan

Design with Calibre

Fixing DRC errors in SADP designs at sign-off—Nobody said it was easy (but it can be easier…and much faster)

October 02, 2018

By David Abercrombie – Mentor, A Siemens Business SADP + DRC = headaches? Not any longer. GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Mentor collaborated...

By Design With Calibre

Electronic Systems Design

What’s New in Xpedition VX.2.4 – System Design

September 28, 2018

In the previous What’s New in Xpedition VX.2.4 blog post, I reviewed the new Data Management functionality that is available...

By John McMillan

Design with Calibre

A look at what's to come at OIP (hint: we'll be there!)

September 28, 2018

The 2018 TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) Ecosystem Forum in Santa Clara starts this Wednesday, October 3rd! As usual, Mentor...

By Design With Calibre

Tessent Solutions

Smarter DFT: an integrated flow for hierarchical designs (plus the best little DFT conference!)

September 25, 2018

The Silicon Valley DFT Conference is happening now! It’s chock full of industry experts presenting practical solutions (and it’s free!)....

By Tessent Solutions

Electronic Systems Design

What’s New in Xpedition VX.2.4 – Data Management

September 25, 2018

In the first What’s New in Xpedition VX.2.4 blog post I announced that this release provides innovative technologies that recognize the...

By John McMillan

Design with Calibre

Fractures aren’t always a bad thing…especially in resistance extraction

September 24, 2018

By Hossam Sarhan – Mentor, A Siemens Business Did you know? IC designs that use unconventional metal structures with multiple...

By Design With Calibre