In IC physical design, there is a tendency to focus on the synthesis and layout tasks, and to not give much consideration to the chip finishing tasks, at least not until the more pressing matters of ...

Editor’s Note: Demand for increasing functionality and performance in systems designs continues to drive the need for more memory even as hardware engineers balance the dynamics of system capability, ...

The use of hierarchical design methods is becoming almost essential as device gate counts continue to increase well into the millions. The use of a traditional flat design process is rapidly becoming ...

Deep sub-micron effects complicate design closure for very large designs. Top-down hierarchical design methodology combined with physical prototyping increases design productivity and restores ...

You see them at almost every user seminar or industry trade show workshop: the Methodology Managers from XYZ Corporation, who describe the system they use to help the company make sense of the ...