NanGate Launches Aggressive DAC Campaign: 50 Library Characterization Licenses for USD 50K

NanGate Launches Aggressive DAC Campaign: 50 Library Characterization Licenses for USD 50K
by Daniel Nenni on 05-30-2013 at 12:00 pm

NanGate today announced a very aggressive “50-50 campaign”. Throughout June and July and in celebration of DAC 50th anniversary, NanGate will be offering 50 licenses of its Library Characterizer™ product for USD 50K for the first year. The offer applies to new customers as well as to existing customers that do not yet license the… Read More


TSMC ♥ Berkeley Design Automation

TSMC ♥ Berkeley Design Automation
by Daniel Nenni on 05-30-2013 at 11:00 am

As I mentioned in BDA Takes on FinFET Based Memories with AFS Mega:

Is AFS Mega real? Of course it is, I’m an SRAM guy and I worked with BDA on this product so I know. But don’t take my word for it, stay tuned for endorsements from the top SRAM suppliers around the world.

Here is the first customer endorsement from the #1 foundry.… Read More


Efficient Handling of Timing ECOs

Efficient Handling of Timing ECOs
by Daniel Nenni on 05-29-2013 at 8:00 pm

Today, in the design of any type of system on chip (SoC), timing closure is a major problem and it only gets worse with each new, and more advanced process technology. Timing closure is closely inter-leaved with power and clock design. The complexity of achieving closure rises sharply with increasing design density and advancing… Read More


Advanced Verification – HW/SW Emulation – SoC/ASIC Prototyping

Advanced Verification – HW/SW Emulation – SoC/ASIC Prototyping
by Daniel Nenni on 05-29-2013 at 8:00 pm

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Aldec, Inc. is an industry-leading Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company delivering innovative design creation, simulation and verification solutions to assist in the development of complex FPGA, ASIC, SoC and embedded system designs. With an active user community of over 35,000, 50+ global partners, offices worldwide… Read More


Sagantec’s nmigrate adopted and deployed for 14nm technology

Sagantec’s nmigrate adopted and deployed for 14nm technology
by Daniel Nenni on 05-29-2013 at 3:00 pm

Major semiconductor company successfully migrated 28nm libraries to 14nm FinFET

Santa Clara, California – May 29, 2013 – Sagantec announced that its nmigrate tool was adopted by a major semiconductor company for the development of standard cell libraries at 14nm and 16nm FinFET technologies.
This customer already… Read More


BDA Takes on FinFET-based Memories with AFS Mega

BDA Takes on FinFET-based Memories with AFS Mega
by Daniel Nenni on 05-29-2013 at 12:00 pm

Berkeley Design Automation today announced the first silicon-accurate circuit simulation for mega-scale arrays like memories and CMOS image sensors. If this tool lives up to its claims, it is going to be a big deal for FinFET-based circuits, Memory designers are rightly worried about having the accuracy necessary to include… Read More


Calypto AMD Renesas and #50DAC

Calypto AMD Renesas and #50DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 05-28-2013 at 10:00 am

This year for DAC, Calypto has assembled an impressive lineup of customer presentation, suite sessions and Designer Tracks. To start with customer presentation, Steve Kommrusch, Fellow Design Engineer from AMD will be giving a talk in the Calypto Suite on AMD’s methodology for low power and will show how AMD was able to get further… Read More


AMS Design, Layout and Verification @ #50DAC

AMS Design, Layout and Verification @ #50DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 05-26-2013 at 9:00 pm


Competition in EDA is absolutely necessary in order for the fabless semiconductor ecosystem to thrive. AMS tools with a low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership. That is why Tanner EDA has shipped over 33,000 licenses of … Read More


IROC Technologies CEO on Semiconductor Reliability

IROC Technologies CEO on Semiconductor Reliability
by Daniel Nenni on 05-26-2013 at 8:10 pm

One of the best things about being part of SemiWiki is the exposure to new technologies and the people behind them. SemiWiki now works with more than 35 companies and I get to spend time with each and every one of them. Much like I do, IROC Technologies works closely with the foundries and the top semiconductor companies so it was a pleasure… Read More


Avoiding layout related variability issues

Avoiding layout related variability issues
by Daniel Nenni on 05-26-2013 at 7:55 am

In advanced process technologies, electrical and timing problems due to variability can become a big issue. Due to various processing effects, a circuit performance (both speed and power) is dependent on specific layout attributes and can vary a lot from instance to instance. The accumulated effects can be severe to the point… Read More