Semiconductor Engineering

Balancing IR Drop Unpredictability With Post-Silicon Flexibility

The concept of IR drop in silicon chips has always been a crucial aspect of chip design. However, recent technological trends and the emergence of new challenges, such as voltage-sensitive paths, have ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Using AI/ML To Minimize IR Drop

IR drop is becoming a much bigger problem as technology nodes scale and more components are packed into advanced packages. This is partly a result of physics, but it’s also the result of how the ...
EDN

Apache’s Tomahawk tool analyzes power, IR drop

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — EDA startup Apache Design Solutions Inc. will hit the warpath this week with Tomahawk-S, a static analysis tool that looks at power, IR drop and electromigration. Tomahawk ...
Electronic Design

Minimizing Power-Supply Voltage Drop on PCBs

Despite the widespread availability and use of low-power components, today’s printed circuit boards (PCBs) can require a significant amount of current, with boards drawing 50, 100, and even 200 A in ...