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Category: Semiconductor

Semiconductor/IC

  • Abrasive-Free CMP

    When it comes to the kinds of integration we see today, it’s hard to find something more important than chemical/mechanical planarization (CMP) as an enabling…

  • Bridging Digital and Custom Domains

    Digital and custom (mostly meaning analog) design domains have remained stubbornly separate for a long time. It used to make sense: digital flows were used…

  • I should clarify one thing here,

    I should clarify one thing here, since I’ve had some offline correspondence about this. When discussing the use of emulation, I referred to needing it…

  • Yield Correlations Get Continued Focus

    Yield enhancement has never been easy, but it just keeps getting harder as process technologies get more complex. Figuring out where you’re losing dice actually…

  • Tektronix Moves Further Into the Chip

    We were keeping track of Veridae as they came onto the scene with their debug technology, starting with Clarus, adding Corus, and Certus (even as…

  • A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Models

    Software is becoming an increasingly important element in SoCs as embedded systems are integrated into single chips. Such a chip must ship with working software,…

  • When Greater Extinction Is a Good Thing

    Earlier this year we got some comment from French research consortium Leti on the photonics research they were doing and where they saw it going.…

  • More Accurate I/O Models

    I/O models have become increasingly important as we’ve moved from dumb 5-V-swing full-rail CMOS I/Os (remember those?) to the tight, sensitive kinds of I/Os needed…

  • Catapult C Changes Hands

    High-level synthesis (HLS), somewhat synonymous these days with electronic system-level (ESL) design , has been a bloody business. Companies have come and, mostly, gone over…

  • IC Manage Fires Back

    So… the Methodics/IC Manage saga continues. Last week’s revelations must have caught them somewhat unprepared, so it took them some more time to provide a…