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Custom IC Panel: Winning the Custom IC Design Race!

Custom IC Panel: Winning the Custom IC Design Race!
by Daniel Nenni on 05-19-2015 at 12:00 pm

Back in the day, EDA companies enabled the foundries. Seriously, those pesky little foundries chased us EDA companies around like puppies who needed a walk. Now, emerging EDA and IP companies are the puppies and we chase the foundries. Solido Design Automation is one of the hardest working puppies that I have ever helped with strategic… Read More


Taiwan Trip Report: The Coming Simulation Crisis!

Taiwan Trip Report: The Coming Simulation Crisis!
by Daniel Nenni on 09-15-2014 at 7:00 am

Even though the flight to Taiwan is somewhat difficult, I really do enjoy my trips to Hsinchu. In addition to the top two pure-play foundries being there, one of the top SoC companies (MediaTek) and many of the leading semiconductor design companies are there as well. All are a quick taxi ride from my home away from home, the Hotel Royal.… Read More


Fabless Book Giveaway at #51DAC!

Fabless Book Giveaway at #51DAC!
by Daniel Nenni on 05-24-2014 at 7:00 pm

The generosity of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem never ceases to amaze me. Paul McLellan and I wrote a book for the greater good and now key members of our industry will make sure that 1,500 people at this year’s Design Automation Conference will get copies. As a special thank you to all of our supporters SemiWiki will be hosting… Read More


Variation-Aware Custom IC Design Best Practices

Variation-Aware Custom IC Design Best Practices
by Daniel Nenni on 05-21-2014 at 1:00 pm

I’ve worked with Solido for 5 years, and it’s been a pleasure to watch the world’s top semiconductor companies and foundries adopt Solido software for their SPICE simulation flows.

Sub-28nm design starts are accelerating, growing from 150 in 2012 to 900 this year. The move to sub-28nm design nodes is being driven by consumer electronic… Read More


Solido Patent Enabling Variation-Aware Custom IC Design

Solido Patent Enabling Variation-Aware Custom IC Design
by Daniel Nenni on 05-12-2014 at 8:00 am

This is patent number twelve for Solido Design Automation THE leading provider of variation analysis and design software for high yield and performance IP and system-on-chip (SOCs). Additional patents are pending on high-sigma analysis, high-dimensional data mining, and other technologies to design and verify custom integrated… Read More


High-Sigma Standard Cell Optimization!

High-Sigma Standard Cell Optimization!
by Daniel Nenni on 10-03-2013 at 11:00 am

Standard cell optimization is an important problem, because the speed, power, and area of cells has a direct impact speed, power, and area of the whole chip. Typically, standard cell optimization been done with simple in-house local-optimizer scripts. However, these optimizers have had several flaws: they don’t properly capture… Read More


Process Variation is a Yield Killer!

Process Variation is a Yield Killer!
by Daniel Nenni on 09-20-2013 at 11:00 am

With the insatiable wafer appetites of the fabless semiconductor companies in the mobile space, yield has never been more critical. The result being better EDA tools every year and this blog highlights one of the many examples. It has been a pleasure writing about Solido Design Automation and seeing them succeed amongst the foundries… Read More


First FinFETs Manufactured at #50DAC!

First FinFETs Manufactured at #50DAC!
by Daniel Nenni on 06-09-2013 at 5:00 pm


This was my 30[SUP]th[/SUP] DAC and the second most memorable. The most memorable was my second DAC (1985) in Las Vegas with my new bride. We had a romantic evening ending with ice cream sundaes at midnight that we still talk about. This year SemiWiki had Dr. Paul McLellan, Dr. Eric Esteve, Daniel Payne, Don Dingee, Randy Smith, and… Read More


#50DAC: Winning in Monte Carlo!

#50DAC: Winning in Monte Carlo!
by Daniel Nenni on 05-18-2013 at 4:00 pm

One of the places you will be able to find me at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) is on the speaker panel for a Monday Tutorial – Winning in Monte Carlo: Managing Simulations Under Variability and Reliability. Having worked closely with TSMC, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Solido Design Automation, and some of the top fabless semiconductor… Read More


Winning in Monte Carlo: Managing Simulations Under Variability and Reliability

Winning in Monte Carlo: Managing Simulations Under Variability and Reliability
by Daniel Nenni on 05-11-2013 at 7:00 pm

I recently talked to Trent McConaghy about his book on variation-aware design of custom ICs and the #50DAC tutorial we are doing:

Winning in Monte Carlo: Managing Simulations Under Variability and Reliability.

Trent is the Solido Chief Technology Officer, an engaging speaker, one of the brightest minds in EDA, and someone who… Read More