The flashy color combinations and geometric patterns that came to mind when I heard that they were '80s design' weren't in fashion, but one design group shocked the world at an exhibition. Was the ...

Pattern matching (PM) was first introduced as the semiconductor industry began to shift from simple one-dimensional rule checks to the two-dimensional checks required by sub-resolution lithography.

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. IC physical verification (i.e., design rule checking or “DRC”) used to be easy. In the good old days, you could run some ...