EDN

Synopsys Adds Variation-Aware Library Models

To allow engineers to control design margins, improve design robustness and increase parametric yield – all part of variation-aware design – EDA giant Synopsys Inc. has added extensions to the Liberty ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Fast Monte Carlo Simulations For Timing Variation Analysis

Process variations and device mismatches profoundly affect the latest ultra-small geometrical processes. Complexity creates additional factors that impact device manufacturing variability, which in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Timing Library LVF Validation For Production Design Flows

Variation modeling has evolved over the past several years from a single derating factor that represents on-chip variation (OCV), to Liberty Variation Format (LVF), today’s leading standard format ...
Machine Design

Design Efficiency Through Mechanical Variation Management

Take Sigmetrix, for instance—a software solutions provider that helps users achieve robust designs through tolerance analysis and the correct application of GD&T. During 3D Experience World in Houston ...
EDN

Parametric on-chip variation: A step towards accurate timing analysis

Today, the semiconductor market is flooding with demands of high speed, low power, and highly reliable SoCs, due to the rapid growth of IoT, networking, AI, and more. To accommodate more functionality ...
Electronic Design

Modeling Software Adds Variation-Aware Extensions

New extensions to the Liberty library format, the de facto open-source modeling standard for integrated circuit implementation and signoff, facilitate variation-aware design. This technique allows ...