Today's large and complex digital integrated circuit (IC) and system-on-chip (SoC) designs often contain tens of millions of logic gates. Ensuring that these designs will function as planned and meet ...

Static timing analysis (STA) was nearly an instant success at timing closure 15 years ago. But except for creating partitioning/scheduling algorithms to parallelize ...

In a perfect world, fabrication of silicon ICs would be a perfectly predictable process. Not only would every chip be absolutely identical, but there would be no variations from wafer to wafer, or lot ...

As digital semiconductor designs continue to grow larger, designers are looking to hierarchical methodologies to help alleviate huge runtimes. This approach allows designers to select and time certain ...

Static Timing Analysis (STA) not only acts as a connecting link between backend and frontend design activities, but more importantly helps in bridging the gap between simulation and silicon. STA is ...

The chip industry traditionally has relied on margins to help them mitigate timing problems, but an increasing array of factors are now influencing timing. Can static timing analysis evolve to address ...

System-on-Chip (SoC) developers are creating larger and more complex solutions. Static timing analysis and closure is key to successful solution so timing sign off tools can have a significant impact ...

Attribution analysis evaluates a portfolio's performance, focusing on a manager's investment choices, style, and market timing. Known as return or performance attribution, it identifies the sources of ...