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3DIC Verification Methodologies for Advanced Semiconductor ICs

3DIC Verification Methodologies for Advanced Semiconductor ICs
by Kalar Rajendiran on 06-06-2024 at 10:00 am

3DIC Flow Challenges

At the recent User2user conference, Amit Kumar, Principal Hardware Engineer, Microsoft, shared the company’s experience from building a 3DIC SoC and highlighted Siemens EDA tools that were used. The following is a synthesis of core aspects of that talk.

3DIC Challenges

Despite the numerous advantages of 3DIC technology, its… Read More


What to Do with All that Data – AI-driven Analysis Can Help

What to Do with All that Data – AI-driven Analysis Can Help
by Rob vanBlommestein on 06-05-2024 at 10:00 am

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Today’s advanced node chip designs are faced with many new complexities from design and verification down to manufacturing. The solutions used at every stage of chip development generate petabytes of data. Managing, analyzing, understanding, and acting upon that data is overwhelming and paralyzing. Manual interpretation… Read More


Is it time for PCB auto-routing yet?

Is it time for PCB auto-routing yet?
by Daniel Payne on 06-04-2024 at 10:00 am

PCB routing min

PCB designers have been using manual routing for decades now, so when is it time to consider adding interactive routing technologies to become more productive? Manually routing traces to connect components will take time from a skilled team member and involves human judgement that will introduce errors. When a design change … Read More


Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems

Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems
by Mike Gianfagna on 06-03-2024 at 6:00 am

Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems

Synopsys has expanded its ARC processor portfolio to include a family of RISC-V processors. This was originally reported on SemiWiki last October. There is also a recent in-depth article on the make-up of the ARC-V family on SemiWiki here. This is important and impactful news; I encourage you to read these articles if you haven’t… Read More


How does your EDA supplier ensure software quality?

How does your EDA supplier ensure software quality?
by admin on 05-30-2024 at 10:00 am

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In the fast-paced world of electronic design automation (EDA) software development, maintaining high code quality while adhering to tight deadlines is a significant challenge. Code coverage, an essential metric in software testing, measures the extent to which a software’s source code is executed in tests. High code… Read More


Using LLMs for Fault Localization. Innovation in Verification

Using LLMs for Fault Localization. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 05-29-2024 at 6:00 am

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We have talked about fault localization (root cause analysis) in several reviews. This early-release paper looks at applying LLM technology to the task. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and now Silvaco CTO) and I continue our series on research… Read More


Sarcina Teams with Keysight to Deliver Advanced Packages

Sarcina Teams with Keysight to Deliver Advanced Packages
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-23-2024 at 10:00 am

Sarcina Teams with Keysight to Deliver Advanced Packages

All aspects of semiconductor design and manufacturing require collaboration across a global ecosystem. As complexity increases, so does the importance of good collaboration. This is especially true for advanced package design. Thanks to the movement to multi-die design, package development has become an incredibly difficult… Read More


Fully Automating Chip Design

Fully Automating Chip Design
by Hans Bouwmeester on 05-23-2024 at 6:00 am

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Design Productivity Gap

Twenty-five years ago, SEMATECH first alerted the world to a concern known as the design productivity gap: the observation that the ability to manufacture complex chips had started outpacing the capability of designers to create them by more than a factor of two. This concern was subsequently reiterated… Read More


The Git Dilemma: Is Version Control Enough for Semiconductor Success?

The Git Dilemma: Is Version Control Enough for Semiconductor Success?
by admin on 05-22-2024 at 10:00 am

Data in Software Vs Semiconductor Design Flow

Git is a version control system that saves every change made to files. It offers powerful tools for managing these changes. This makes Git ideal for software development, as it lets you keep all project files in one place.

Software has grown in complexity, necessitating more collaboration among engineers across various time zones.… Read More


From System Design to Drug Design. The Rationale

From System Design to Drug Design. The Rationale
by Bernard Murphy on 05-22-2024 at 6:00 am

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I’m guessing that more than a few people were mystified (maybe still are) when Cadence acquired OpenEye Scientific, a company known for computational molecular design aimed at medical drug/therapeutics discovery. What could EDA, even SDA (system design automation), and drug discovery possibly have in common? More than you… Read More