With shrinking IC geometries andincreasing mixed signal content, there is a design bottleneck buildingin the analog arena. The solution requires a change in designmethodology as Paul Double explains.

The Calibre DesignEnhancer software, which Siemens EDA unveiled at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in July 2023, has been incorporated into a process design kit (PDK) of Samsung Foundry. The ...

SpringSoft Completes OpenAccess-Compatible IC Layout Flow with Enhancements to Laker ADP Design Entry System The Laker™ Advanced Design Platform integrates the full-featured Laker schematic editor, ...

This technology is a significant productivity enhancement system to reduce microchip’s layout design cycle, while enabling the design of advanced chips both faster and cheaper SAN DIEGO, Aug. 04, 2021 ...

This paper aims to emphasize on the importance of integrating design for failure analysis in the layout considerations during the IC development process. It will have a brief overview on the ...

Hsinchu, Taiwan R.O.C., Jan. 20, 2020 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that after four months and two rounds of competition, a team from Yuan Ze University took first place in the first ...

Layout for ICs at process geometries of 90 nm and below becomes a very dicey affair. Even at 180 nm, the number of design rules that must be enforced for an ASIC or system-on-a-chip to be ...

In this paper, the authors discuss the design of an Integrated Circuit (IC) layout for a decoder. The layout was designed by using an open source software namely electric VLSI design system as the ...

TSMC has proclaimed a team from Yuan Ze University as winners of the first TSMC IC Layout Contest. They win a cash prize of NT$200,000. TSMC launched its first IC Layout Contest to encourage Taiwan ...