IC Manage at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

IC Manage at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-18-2024 at 12:00 pm

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DAC in San Francisco will once again be a can’t miss event for semiconductor professionals seeking to discover the latest developments in EDA solutions that address the wide range of issues encountered in delivering high quality IC products and electronics systems to the market. IC Manage will be exhibiting its latest innovations… Read More


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


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


Enabling Imagination: Siemens’ Integrated Approach to System Design

Enabling Imagination: Siemens’ Integrated Approach to System Design
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-30-2024 at 6:00 am

Siemens EDA Important to Siemens

In today’s rapidly advancing technological landscape, semiconductors are at the heart of innovation across diverse industries such as automotive, healthcare, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. As a leader in technology and engineering, Siemens plays a pivotal role in empowering the next generation … Read More


Designing for Security for Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Designing for Security for Fully Autonomous Vehicles
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-05-2024 at 10:00 am

OSI Seven layer model for securing network communication

With the advent of IoT devices, vehicles have become increasingly interconnected, offering enhanced automation, connectivity, electrification, and shared mobility. However, this progress also brings forth unprecedented challenges, particularly in ensuring the safety and security of automotive electronics. The complexity… Read More


A Game-Changer for IP Designers: Design Stage Verification

A Game-Changer for IP Designers: Design Stage Verification
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-04-2024 at 10:00 am

Calibre Shift Left Solutions Enable Reducing TTM

In today’s rapidly evolving semiconductor industry, the design and integration of intellectual property (IP) play a pivotal role in achieving competitive advantage and market success. Whether sourced from commercial IP providers or developed in-house, ensuring that IP designs are compliant with signoff requirements… Read More


Cryogenic Semiconductor Designs for Quantum Computing

Cryogenic Semiconductor Designs for Quantum Computing
by Kalar Rajendiran on 01-16-2024 at 6:00 am

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Over the last few years, there has been an increase in news about quantum computing. Much of this news coverage has been around computing supremacy, potential threats to information security and quantum cryptography. While the field of quantum computing is still in its early stages, there are several companies who have already… Read More


Analysis and Verification of Single Event Upset Mitigation

Analysis and Verification of Single Event Upset Mitigation
by Jacob Wiltgen on 12-07-2023 at 10:00 am

Figure 1 Driving trends

The evolution of space-based applications continues to drive innovation across government and private entities. The new demands for advanced capabilities and feature sets have a direct impact on the underlying hardware, driving companies to migrate to smaller geometries to deliver the required performance, area, and power… Read More


A Complete Guidebook for PCB Design Automation

A Complete Guidebook for PCB Design Automation
by Kalar Rajendiran on 11-29-2023 at 8:00 am

Constraint Management

Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are the foundation of modern electronics, and designing them efficiently is complex. Design automation and advanced PCB routing have transformed the process, making it faster and more reliable. Design automation streamlines tasks, reduces errors, and ensures consistency. Advanced PCB routing… Read More


Uniquely Understanding Challenges of Chip Design and Verification

Uniquely Understanding Challenges of Chip Design and Verification
by Daniel Nenni on 11-14-2023 at 6:00 am

Jean Marie Brunet (1)

Jean-Marie Brunet is Vice President and General Manager of Siemens Hardware-Assisted Verification. He and I spoke recently about how different his hardware group is from the rest of the software-centric EDA product space and why a hardware-oriented EDA vendor like Siemens fully understands the challenges of the chip design… Read More