Is there anything in VLSI layout other than “pushing polygons”? (9)

Is there anything in VLSI layout other than “pushing polygons”? (9)
by Dan Clein on 05-14-2018 at 7:00 am

I moved from real layout work to management so I had little or no “hands-on” layout in my responsibility but I was very close to my team challenges in all 5 locations. During my 13 years in PMC Sierra I was involved in many initiatives some technical and some in developing relations with vendors. The biggest difference was that MOSAID… Read More


Is there anything in VLSI layout other than “pushing polygons”? (8)

Is there anything in VLSI layout other than “pushing polygons”? (8)
by Dan Clein on 04-11-2018 at 12:00 pm

The year is 1999 and I decided that is time to try something else in layout. In 1989 in Israel I was part of the biggest chip in the world, the Motorola DSP9600. In 1998 in Canada I was part of the biggest Synchronous DRAM in the world, it was time to try analog/mixed signal/RF projects.

The opportunity came from PMC Sierra who already had… Read More


Is there anything in VLSI layout other than “pushing polygons”? (6)

Is there anything in VLSI layout other than “pushing polygons”? (6)
by Dan Clein on 02-05-2018 at 12:00 pm

I am very sorry but I have to break the flow of sharing initiatives, to reiterate the reason for these articles and maybe amplify the message these articles should promote.

I got a few inquiries from LinkedIn connections, who read the previous articles, with a very interesting point of view. This proves that after 5 articles some … Read More


Design IP round #2: after road-test, time for the race

Design IP round #2: after road-test, time for the race
by Eric Esteve on 05-09-2013 at 10:58 am

Design IP, at least Interface IP, is about 15 years old, but the market was made of one large provider – Synopsys- with many small vendors around. Chip makers were not very comfortable with this picture, especially the Tier 1 considering that the risk (to see the big one being acquired by one of their direct competitor, say Samsung… Read More