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How to master DFT for tile-based designs

How to master DFT for tile-based designs

October 23, 2022
Hierarchical designs that are tile-based or abutment based physical blocks are predominant in today’s chips. Having no logic present at the chip-level calls for new approaches to testing these tile-based architectures. How a design for test (DFT) architecture can support tile-based designs is the focus of this presentation from U2U 2022.
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Explore a new way to measure heterogenous SoC performance at the Linley Fall Processor Conference

Explore a new way to measure heterogenous SoC performance at the Linley Fall Processor Conference

October 22, 2022
Join Siemens at the Linley Fall Processor Conference, the two-day event focusing on processors and IP cores used in embedded, communications, automotive, IoT, and server designs.
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Tessent at ISTFA 2022

Tessent at ISTFA 2022

October 21, 2022
Join Tessent at the 48th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, the premier event for the microelectronics failure analysis community.
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Chip data joins the party with Tessent Host Services software

Chip data joins the party with Tessent Host Services software

June 23, 2022
Siemens’ Tessent Embedded Analytics IP and software, Host Services software opens the lines of communication with your chip and brings SLS one step closer to reality.
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Webinar: Meet the Challenges of ISO 26262 with Tessent Test Solutions

Webinar: Meet the Challenges of ISO 26262 with Tessent Test Solutions

May 4, 2022
Register Now! Tune in on June 9, 2022 at 11:00 am (pacific daylight time) to learn how to use Tessent...
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Siemens EDA talks cybersecurity at IP-SoC Silicon Valley

Siemens EDA talks cybersecurity at IP-SoC Silicon Valley

April 1, 2022
The Tessent group participated in the “unique event fully dedicated to IP and IP-based electronic systems,” D&R IP-SoC Silicon Valley...
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Webinar: Memory test using a shared bus Interface

Webinar: Memory test using a shared bus Interface

March 31, 2022
The explosive growth in the use of memory content on SoCs calls for a new solution to effectively access the...
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Introducing Tessent Streaming Scan Network

Introducing Tessent Streaming Scan Network

November 18, 2020
Slash test costs and reduce implementation effort for complex next-generation SoCs. IC engineering teams have seen a dramatic rise in...
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Tessent’s ITC 2020 wrap-up

Tessent’s ITC 2020 wrap-up

November 11, 2020
The International Test Conference carried on this year as a virtual event. It’s a difficult format to make work, but...
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DFT and the competitive edge

DFT and the competitive edge

October 13, 2020
Advanced DFT is your competitive edge Every new SoC project starts with grand hopes of glory. This one will be...
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Tessent Wraps Up Summer Webinar Series

Tessent Wraps Up Summer Webinar Series

October 6, 2020
The summer of 2020 featured several new webinars from the Tessent Test Solutions group at Mentor, a Siemens business. These...
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Video: ITC India 2020 keynote—Test community can take on silicon lifecycle challenges

Video: ITC India 2020 keynote—Test community can take on silicon lifecycle challenges

September 15, 2020
The role of test is expanding from its traditional role into one that includes managing the entire silicon lifecycle. To...
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Using critical area to optimize test patterns

Using critical area to optimize test patterns

August 13, 2020
In a new technical paper, Ron Press, the director of technology enablement for the Tessent Test Solutions, describes the new...
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DFT Seminar: Using critical-area weighted optimization for more effective test patterns

DFT Seminar: Using critical-area weighted optimization for more effective test patterns

August 3, 2020
The world of ATPG just changed with the introduction of a new solution that can calculate the critical-area effectiveness of...
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Tune in to ITC India 2020

Tune in to ITC India 2020

July 9, 2020
Mentor’s Tessent group is excited to participate in ITC India on July 12-14, 2020. While it is a virtual event...
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Summer learning series seminar: Improving the throughput of volume scan diagnosis

Summer learning series seminar: Improving the throughput of volume scan diagnosis

July 7, 2020
Performing volume scan diagnosis on today’s large, advanced-node designs puts outsized demands on turn-around-time and compute resources. Mentor offers a...
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Mentor and Ambarella present: Automotive IC test web seminar

Mentor and Ambarella present: Automotive IC test web seminar

July 2, 2020
Ambarella used the Tessent software Safety ecosystem to successfully meet in-system test requirements and achieve ISO26262 automotive safety integrity level...
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Watch: DFT reference flow for automotive ICs

Watch: DFT reference flow for automotive ICs

June 30, 2020
The market for automotive ICs is growing fast, and many designers are struggling to meet all the new challenges of...
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Siemens adds UltraSoC to Tessent for silicon lifecycle managment

Siemens adds UltraSoC to Tessent for silicon lifecycle managment

June 23, 2020
Brady Benware Vice President & GM, Tessent, Mentor, a Siemens Business We are excited to announce that Siemens plans to...
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DFT productivity web seminar: Faster debug with Tessent Visualizer

DFT productivity web seminar: Faster debug with Tessent Visualizer

June 22, 2020
Learn how to take your DFT debug to the next level!
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How to use logic BIST for automotive functional safety

How to use logic BIST for automotive functional safety

June 17, 2020
ICs for automotive applications need to meet stringent ISO 26262 functional safety requirements. To ensure automotive electronic systems operate safely at all times throughout the life of the vehicle, use logic built-in-self-test (BIST) as a safety mechanism.
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It’s an exciting time—the rise of failure analysis for safety and yield

It’s an exciting time—the rise of failure analysis for safety and yield

June 11, 2020
The last decade has been marked by a few significant changes in the semiconductor business…
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Mentor and Teradyne experts live web seminar: Silicon bring-up with ATE-Connect– register now!

Mentor and Teradyne experts live web seminar: Silicon bring-up with ATE-Connect– register now!

June 5, 2020
Here’s a great opportunity to tap into the silicon bring-up knowledge of experts from Mentor and Teradyne.
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Automotive IC test web seminar – register now!

Automotive IC test web seminar – register now!

June 2, 2020
Calling all engineers involved in DFT and automotive IC design! Register now for a one-hour, live online web seminar from...
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Tessent online seminars for at-home learning

Tessent online seminars for at-home learning

May 22, 2020
It’s May 2020, and many of us have been working from home for months. Because in-person technical training classes will...
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Reclaim a competitive edge with advanced DFT

Reclaim a competitive edge with advanced DFT

April 29, 2020
Every new SoC project starts with grand hopes of being on time and under budget. Those early hopes are usually...
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The latest in scan test and volume scan diagnosis

The latest in scan test and volume scan diagnosis

April 14, 2020
A new technique increases the throughput of scan diagnosis, leading to better failure analysis and yield improvement.
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Video: Joe Sawicki on DFT and life-cycle management

Video: Joe Sawicki on DFT and life-cycle management

April 7, 2020
At the 2019 International Test conference, Joseph Sawicki, Executive Vice President of IC EDA at Mentor, a Siemens Business, delivered...
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A leap forward for in-system test for automotive ICs

A leap forward for in-system test for automotive ICs

March 30, 2020
An improvement to BIST improves test coverage and time to improve functional safety of automotive ICs
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How Infineon reduces LBIST test time to meet functional safety requirements

How Infineon reduces LBIST test time to meet functional safety requirements

March 17, 2020
The ICs designed for use in advanced driver assistance systems or autonomous vehicles must meet stringent functional safety standards that...
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The quest for optimal DFT automation

The quest for optimal DFT automation

March 6, 2020
End-to-End automation keeps DFT out of the critical path
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Broadcom case study using Tessent Connect to build DFT flow for AI chips

Broadcom case study using Tessent Connect to build DFT flow for AI chips

February 28, 2020
Broadcom developed an advanced, highly automated DFT flow for some of it’s biggest chips targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) market...
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Tessent awarded by Samsung

Tessent awarded by Samsung

February 20, 2020
Everyone benefits from close collaborations between all the players in the semiconductor ecosystem.
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On-demand seminar: Improving the throughput of volume scan diagnosis

On-demand seminar: Improving the throughput of volume scan diagnosis

February 5, 2020
Performing volume scan diagnosis on today’s large, advanced-node designs puts outsized demands on turn-around-time and compute resources. Mentor offers a...
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Trends in DFT…according to you

Trends in DFT…according to you

January 31, 2020
A look at the top downloaded Tessent whitepapers reveals DFT challenges
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Cut in-system time for automotive ICs

Cut in-system time for automotive ICs

January 2, 2020
A new logic built-in-self-test (LBIST) technology significantly improves cycle time for in-system tests of automotive devices.
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Re-use high-speed IOs/SERDES for scan test with IEEE 1149.10

Re-use high-speed IOs/SERDES for scan test with IEEE 1149.10

November 7, 2019
Learn about how Mentor and our partners, Advantest and Teradyne, are getting behind the IEEE 1149.10 standard for re-use of...
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Test technologies enabling AI

Test technologies enabling AI

October 29, 2019
At the Silicon Valley DFT and Test Conference in Santa Clara, CA on October 23, the tight-knit community of DFT...
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50 Years of International Test Conference

50 Years of International Test Conference

October 28, 2019
In 1970, the Beatles officially split, Apollo 13 narrowly averted disaster, paisley and stripes somehow went together, and the International...
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Video tutorial: How to Increase Volume Scan Diagnosis Throughput by 10X

Video tutorial: How to Increase Volume Scan Diagnosis Throughput by 10X

October 15, 2019
Performing volume scan diagnosis on today’s large, advanced node designs puts outsized demands on turn-around-time and compute resources. Mentor offers...
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Employing a Hierarchical Methodology for SoC Testing

Employing a Hierarchical Methodology for SoC Testing

September 24, 2019
When faced with a complex problem, engineers often employ a divide and conquer approach to efficiently come up with a...
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Automotive electronics innovations in test quality

Automotive electronics innovations in test quality

September 16, 2019
The rapid development of advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles has grabbed the world’s attention and imagination. While true...
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Maximize diagnosis throughput with Dynamic Partitioning

Maximize diagnosis throughput with Dynamic Partitioning

September 3, 2019
Charged with the task of improving yield, product engineers need to find the location of defects in manufactured ICs quickly...
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DFT for AI chips draws a crowd at ITC India tutorial

DFT for AI chips draws a crowd at ITC India tutorial

August 27, 2019
At the recently concluded ITC India conference, Mentor experts presented the two highest-attended tutorials. One tutorial was AI Chip Technologies...
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How-to implement hierarchical DFT on Arm cores

How-to implement hierarchical DFT on Arm cores

August 20, 2019
The new reference flow jointly developed by Arm and Mentor for hierarchical DFT and ATPG with Tessent is described in...
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DFT architectural tips: the importance of reference flows

DFT architectural tips: the importance of reference flows

August 13, 2019
This video, the last in a series of three, discusses the Tessent platform capabilities and the reference flows, test cases,...
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DFT architectural tips: use of boundary scan chain during ATPG

DFT architectural tips: use of boundary scan chain during ATPG

August 5, 2019
DFT designers often use boundary scan chains for 1149.1 or 1149.6 interconnect tests. This video provides tips on how to...
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DFT architectural tips: testing of asynchronous sets/resets

DFT architectural tips: testing of asynchronous sets/resets

July 24, 2019
Learn about the DFT logic that can be used to disable and enable sets/resets.
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What’s happening at SEMICON West?

What’s happening at SEMICON West?

July 9, 2019
SEMICON West is happening this week, again at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. SEMICON West seems to grow in...
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How-to create comprehensive test coverage reports during hierarchical DFT

How-to create comprehensive test coverage reports during hierarchical DFT

July 2, 2019
Rick Fisette – Mentor, A Siemens Business This three-part video series shows how to use the Tessent Shell automation features...
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eSilicon Masters DFT and IP test for a deep learning SiP with Tessent

eSilicon Masters DFT and IP test for a deep learning SiP with Tessent

June 17, 2019
eSilicon used the Tessent family of DFT solutions to solve their toughest challenges of testing a large 2.5D/3D deep learning...
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Intel’s dramatic test quality improvement with Tessent

Intel’s dramatic test quality improvement with Tessent

May 29, 2019
Intel used the Tessent cell-aware, defect-oriented test to reap stunning reductions in DDPM for an automotive IC. Intel Principal Engineer...
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The Role of DFT in meeting ISO 26262 requirements

The Role of DFT in meeting ISO 26262 requirements

May 23, 2019
The ICs that drive automotive electronic systems tend to be large and complex, with both digital and analog portions that...
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RTL hierarchical DFT and ATPG reference flow for Arm cores

RTL hierarchical DFT and ATPG reference flow for Arm cores

May 1, 2019
Mentor and Arm® teamed up to create a new reference flow for performing register transfer level (RTL) hierarchical DFT and...
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Test for the Autonomous Age

Test for the Autonomous Age

April 23, 2019
Move over, Information Age—the Autonomous Age is on its way. In the autonomous age, information is not just copious and...
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GlobalFoundries and Mentor create a breakthrough for scan diagnosis with machine learning

GlobalFoundries and Mentor create a breakthrough for scan diagnosis with machine learning

March 25, 2019
Improve yield and failure analysis by detecting, refining, clarifying, and resolving defects inside standard cells.
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Meet aggressive time-to-market for AI chips by slashing DFT time

Meet aggressive time-to-market for AI chips by slashing DFT time

February 1, 2019
Semiconductor companies are racing to develop AI-specific chips to meet the rapidly growing compute requirements for artificial intelligence (AI) systems....
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Janusz Rajski Earns a Lifetime Achievement Award

Janusz Rajski Earns a Lifetime Achievement Award

December 4, 2018
Motivated by purpose; realized through collaboration. Janusz Rajski has received a prestigious Siemens Lifetime achievement award in recognition of his...
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New Tools to Accelerate Silicon Debug and Bring-Up: a free webinar from Mentor and Teradyne

New Tools to Accelerate Silicon Debug and Bring-Up: a free webinar from Mentor and Teradyne

November 29, 2018
Don’t miss this free, one-hour, web-based seminar on December 6 from 11am-12pm PST if you want to learn how to...
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ATE-Connect changes the silicon debug and bring-up flow

ATE-Connect changes the silicon debug and bring-up flow

November 7, 2018
By Matt Knowles – Mentor, A Siemens Business The breakthrough ATE-Connect™ technology erases the gap between automatic test equipment and...
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Don’t miss this ITC event – Test for the Autonomous Age

Don’t miss this ITC event – Test for the Autonomous Age

October 26, 2018
Test for the Autonomous Age, TUESDAY, OCT 30, at 10:45 am
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Hierarchical DFT on a flat layout design? No problem, says ON Semiconductor

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

October 8, 2018
By Vidya Neerkundar – Mentor, A Siemens Business Design teams are always looking for new ways to perform the more...
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Smarter DFT: an integrated flow for hierarchical designs (plus the best little DFT conference!)

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!)....
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An inside look: Innovation, automotive test, and what’s next

An inside look: Innovation, automotive test, and what’s next

August 23, 2018
Janusz Rajski – Mentor, A Siemens Business “Our innovations move beyond mere ideas to become convincing products that conquer markets...
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Faster test pattern bring-up with a desktop system

Faster test pattern bring-up with a desktop system

June 21, 2018
By Matthew Knowles – Mentor, A Siemens Business Reducing the time of silicon bring-up, test pattern debug, and device characterization...
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The drive for flawless automotive electronics

The drive for flawless automotive electronics

June 6, 2018
As demands for quality, safety, and reliability in automotive systems increases, auto makers and tier 1 suppliers turn to new...
By Tessent Solutions
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Automotive ICs – the key driver of innovation in test

Automotive ICs – the key driver of innovation in test

May 22, 2018
Industry luminary and IEEE Fellow Janusz Rajski will present a keynote at the IEEE European Test Symposium on 28 May...
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U2U: Sneak peak at what’s to come

U2U: Sneak peak at what’s to come

May 7, 2018
The User2User season kicks off on May 15 in Santa Clara. U2U is a free, highly interactive technical conference that...
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How to best use scan diagnosis data for yield analysis

How to best use scan diagnosis data for yield analysis

April 25, 2018
By Jayant D’Souza – Mentor, A Siemens Business To speed up yield ramp and improve mature yield, product engineers need...
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How to measure ISO 26262 metrics of analog circuitry

How to measure ISO 26262 metrics of analog circuitry

April 17, 2018
By Stephen Sunter  – Mentor, A Siemens Business ICs designed for safety-related automotive systems are expected to operate safely for...
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Mentor showcases machine learning and more at VLSI Test Symposium

Mentor showcases machine learning and more at VLSI Test Symposium

April 5, 2018
Mentor’s Tessent DFT and yield experts will have a strong showing at the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) 2018, which...
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Free webinar – semiconductor test responds to automotive ICs

Free webinar – semiconductor test responds to automotive ICs

March 20, 2018
    The automotive IC market is far and away the fastest growing end-use market and is being flooded by...
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How to IJTAG like a pro: convert BSDL files to ICL

How to IJTAG like a pro: convert BSDL files to ICL

February 26, 2018
The process of switching from traditional JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) boundary scan to a plug-and-play IJTAG (IEEE  1687) infrastructure can feel...
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Three keys to finding the root cause of yield loss

Three keys to finding the root cause of yield loss

February 14, 2018
An expert shares best practices for statistical analysis of scan diagnosis reports to ferret out the set of root causes.
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On a mission for zero-failure automotive electronics

On a mission for zero-failure automotive electronics

January 30, 2018
By Steve Pateras – Mentor, A Siemens Business Auto makers and tier 1 suppliers need to understand the basics of...
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Improve in-system test: VersaPoint test point technology

Improve in-system test: VersaPoint test point technology

January 9, 2018
By Jeff Mayer – Mentor, A Siemens Business Tessent VersaPoint test point technology is a new type of test point...
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Awarding Innovation

Awarding Innovation

January 3, 2018
At the beginning of 2017, Tessent released an innovative and unique solution to the IC design community: Tessent™ DefectSim™, a...
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Smarter DFT tackles design scaling

Smarter DFT tackles design scaling

December 20, 2017
By Ron Press and Vidya Neerkundar – Mentor, A Siemens Business Is your DFT work keeping up with design scaling? Larger designs...
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Get more from your test compression: VersaPoint test point technology

Get more from your test compression: VersaPoint test point technology

December 1, 2017
By Jeff Mayer – Mentor, A Siemens Business Is your test pattern count running away with your profit margins?  Are...
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Changes coming for ISO26262

Changes coming for ISO26262

November 8, 2017
By Juergen Schloeffel – Mentor, A Siemens Business The second version of ISO 26262, the guiding standard for functional safety for...
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Sign up now! Automotive Functional Safety Seminar

Sign up now! Automotive Functional Safety Seminar

October 16, 2017
The rapid growth in automotive ICs has ushered in a new era in semiconductor test. Both device suppliers and integrators...
By Tessent Solutions
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Gearing up for ITC 2017

Gearing up for ITC 2017

October 9, 2017
ITC, the International Test Conference runs from Oct 31-Nov 2 in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the conference to attend...
By Tessent Solutions
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Don’t Miss the Silicon Valley DFT Conference

Don’t Miss the Silicon Valley DFT Conference

September 21, 2017
Coming up soon, September 27th and 28th, is the Silicon Valley DFT and Test Conference  Aside from offering a keynote...
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The value of Cell-aware ATPG and diagnosis for automotive ICs

The value of Cell-aware ATPG and diagnosis for automotive ICs

September 19, 2017
By Stephen Pateras – Mentor, A Siemens Business Automobiles are quickly transitioning from a simple means of transportation to a...
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To improve yield, find the design-sensitive defects

To improve yield, find the design-sensitive defects

September 11, 2017
By Matt Knowles – Mentor, A Siemens Business Whether you are trying to accelerate yield ramp on a new process...
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Boost FinFET Yield with Cell-aware Scan Diagnosis

Boost FinFET Yield with Cell-aware Scan Diagnosis

July 25, 2017
By Matt Knowles – Mentor, A Siemens Business FinFETs display more defects at the transistor level, which also tend to...
By Tessent Solutions
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Yield is Money

Yield is Money

July 11, 2017
By Matt Knowles – Mentor, A Siemens Business Have yield issues delayed your product introduction or sales? Would a 1%...
By Tessent Solutions
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Mentor at SEMICON West

Mentor at SEMICON West

June 27, 2017
SEMICON West  fills the Moscone Center again this year with the entire electronics supply chain. You are guaranteed to learn...
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My Self-driving Car Should Work Right Every Time

My Self-driving Car Should Work Right Every Time

June 16, 2017
By Stephen Pateras – Mentor, A Siemens Business I think I speak for us all when I say that strict...
By Tessent Solutions
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Control test cost with low pin count test

Control test cost with low pin count test

June 7, 2017
By Rahul Singhal – Mentor, A Siemens Business Several design trends, including increased design sizes and the use of advanced...
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The growing presence of IC Test and Yield Analysis at DAC

The growing presence of IC Test and Yield Analysis at DAC

May 22, 2017
DAC was once the playground for the core EDA topics but has broadened in a reflection of the growing connectedness...
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Yasa! Mentor Focus at the European Test Symposium

Yasa! Mentor Focus at the European Test Symposium

May 17, 2017
The IEEE European Test Symposium  takes place from 22-16 May in Limassol, Cyprus. When not contemplating the stunning azure Mediterranean,...
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Scan Insertion for better ATPG

Scan Insertion for better ATPG

April 24, 2017
By Vidya Neerkundar, Mentor Graphics Good scan insertion can make a difference in the quality of your automatic test pattern...
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An In-Depth Interview with Dr. Walden Rhines

An In-Depth Interview with Dr. Walden Rhines

April 10, 2017
Technical innovation, EDA market growth, the value of industry consortiums, how trends such as big data impact the semiconductor industry...
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U2U 2017 – See you there!

U2U 2017 – See you there!

March 24, 2017
Mentor’s user group event this year is located at the Santa Clara Marriott on April 4, 2017. Here’s what you...
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What the DFT! A shortcut to hierarchical DFT

What the DFT! A shortcut to hierarchical DFT

March 22, 2017
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics The no money down, no design change way to benefit from hierarchical DFT
By Tessent Solutions
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Smarter Benchtop Test for Reduced Turnaround Time

Smarter Benchtop Test for Reduced Turnaround Time

March 13, 2017
Use bench-top ATPG bring-up to better understand and interact with silicon bring-up test data and reduce silicon bring-up cycle time....
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A Full Life-Cycle View of Automotive Test

A Full Life-Cycle View of Automotive Test

March 6, 2017
By Steve Pateras, Mentor Graphics Ensuring safety and reliability of automotive ICs takes a full life-cycle view of automotive test...
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Dr. Wally Rhines talks about the business of test

Dr. Wally Rhines talks about the business of test

February 21, 2017
Dr. Wally Rhines, the chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics is one of the most dynamic and engaging speakers in...
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Best practice in scan pattern ordering for test and diagnosis

Best practice in scan pattern ordering for test and diagnosis

February 14, 2017
By Jay Jahangiri and Wu Yang, Mentor Graphics By creating and applying scan patterns in the right order, you can...
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Expose Transistor-level Yield Limiters with Cell-aware Diagnosis

Expose Transistor-level Yield Limiters with Cell-aware Diagnosis

February 7, 2017
Improve yield and failure analysis by identifying defects inside standard cells. Learn more in this new whitepaper.
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Transistor-Level Defect Diagnosis

Transistor-Level Defect Diagnosis

January 30, 2017
By Geir Eide, Mentor Graphics Need to diagnose silicon failures faster and with more accuracy? Try the new cell-aware diagnosis...
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ISTFA 2016 – New tools and product demos – Tessent SiliconInsight

ISTFA 2016 – New tools and product demos – Tessent SiliconInsight

January 18, 2017
In this video – How Tessent SiliconInsight improves the silicon bring-up flow.
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Scan ATPG and compression are beating Moore’s law

Scan ATPG and compression are beating Moore’s law

January 3, 2017
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Why hasn’t IC test become a bottleneck in creating ever more advanced semiconductors? In this...
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Improve IC development and reduce risk for big designs by moving DFT up and left

Improve IC development and reduce risk for big designs by moving DFT up and left

December 20, 2016
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics   Complete all the DFT work weeks earlier than usual by using a hierarchical test...
By Tessent Solutions
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Cell-aware Test Introduction

Cell-aware Test Introduction

December 12, 2016
As IC makers move to smaller geometries and complex FinFETs, the existing fault models and test patterns are becoming less...
By Tessent Solutions
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Ordering scan patterns for cost-effective test and diagnosis

Ordering scan patterns for cost-effective test and diagnosis

October 25, 2016
To control test cost, the order in which test patterns are created and applied matters…
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What is the Value of Industry Awards?

What is the Value of Industry Awards?

October 5, 2016
Tessent is a finalist in the influential Elektra Awards. We love awards and think you should too.
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What DFT history teaches us

What DFT history teaches us

September 20, 2016
By Stephen Pateras, Mentor Graphics Two DFT-related rules for success are as true today as they were 30 years ago
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Hierarchical DFT: How to Do More, More Quickly, with Fewer Resources

Hierarchical DFT: How to Do More, More Quickly, with Fewer Resources

September 6, 2016
By Rick Fisette, Mentor Graphics Remove ATPG from the critical path to tapeout with hierarchical DFT plus test pattern retargeting...
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What to Know about Today’s Scan Diagnosis and Yield Analysis Technologies

What to Know about Today’s Scan Diagnosis and Yield Analysis Technologies

August 23, 2016
By Geir Eide, Mentor Graphics What to know about today’s scan diagnosis and yield analysis technologies…
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Pattern Matching in Test and Yield Analysis

Pattern Matching in Test and Yield Analysis

August 1, 2016
By Geir Eide and Jonathan Muirhead Analyzing fail data with pattern matching helps companies identify yield limiters faster to increase...
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Getting the best of ATPG and LBIST – a Hybrid Test Solution for Autonomous & High-precision IC Test

Getting the best of ATPG and LBIST – a Hybrid Test Solution for Autonomous & High-precision IC Test

July 14, 2016
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Try Hybrid ATPG and LBIST when you need both in-system test and advanced fault detection.
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Ensure defect-free automotive ICs with the Hybrid TK/LBIST solution that also finds faults in the DFT logic

Ensure defect-free automotive ICs with the Hybrid TK/LBIST solution that also finds faults in the DFT logic

May 31, 2016
By Rahul Singhal, Mentor Graphics Near-zero defect testing for safety-critical ICs means also testing the DFT logic.
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3D IC Test: Now and the Road Ahead

3D IC Test: Now and the Road Ahead

May 12, 2016
By Martin Keim, Mentor Graphics What’s new in 3D IC testing? This summary from an ISTFA tutorial has the answers
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Take scan test out of the critical path

Take scan test out of the critical path

April 25, 2016
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics DFT with less risk to your design flow? Here’s how.  
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Test Pattern Retargeting in 3D SICs using an IEEE 1687 based 3DFT architecture

Test Pattern Retargeting in 3D SICs using an IEEE 1687 based 3DFT architecture

April 8, 2016
Retarget your 2D test to 3D with IJTAG
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Hierarchical DFT: How to Do More, More Quickly, with Fewer Resources

Hierarchical DFT: How to Do More, More Quickly, with Fewer Resources

March 15, 2016
By Rick Fisette, Mentor Graphics Is DFT a barrier to tapeout? Time to consider going hierarchical.
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Automotive Semiconductor Test

Automotive Semiconductor Test

January 27, 2016
By Steve Pateras, Mentor Graphics Ensure quality and reliability in automotive ICs with the newest technologies in silicon test.
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Memory BIST for automotive designs

Memory BIST for automotive designs

January 13, 2016
By Steve Pateras, Mentor Graphics Memory BIST is evolving to meet the demands of automotive ICs.  
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Addressing Moore’s Law with the First Law of Real Estate: Location, location, location

Addressing Moore’s Law with the First Law of Real Estate: Location, location, location

December 16, 2015
By Beth Martin with Steve Pateras, Mentor Graphics Mentor’s novel EDT test point technology dramatically reduces ATPG pattern volume
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Cell-aware test can be “Awarding”

Cell-aware test can be “Awarding”

December 2, 2015
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Inventing Cell-aware ATPG earned Mentor’s Friedrich Hapke the 2015 Bob Madge Innovation Award.
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A flexible flow for inserting embedded compression logic in RTL

A flexible flow for inserting embedded compression logic in RTL

November 11, 2015
By Ron Press Inserting test compression logic just got a lot easier.
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New test points slash ATPG test pattern count

New test points slash ATPG test pattern count

October 28, 2015
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Want to see a big reduction in pattern count compared to the best ATPG compression?
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Test Points are Trending

Test Points are Trending

October 14, 2015
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Mentor’s EDT test points slash pattern count, test time and cost. But how about at-speed...
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Manage Giga-Gate Testing Hierarchically

Manage Giga-Gate Testing Hierarchically

September 24, 2015
By Ron Press, Mentor Graphics Reuse block test patterns at the top level to control test time and cost with...
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Test memories at-speed with a slow clock

Test memories at-speed with a slow clock

September 24, 2015
By Martin Keim, Mentor Graphics Most memory tests don’t depend on the high-speed clock
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Using EDT Test Points to reduce test time and cost

Using EDT Test Points to reduce test time and cost

September 24, 2015
By Vidya Neerkundar, Mentor Graphics New EDT Test Points are the next big thing in ATPG test compression
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