Why it's essential to combine sign-off accuracy, iterative feedback, and intelligent automation in complex designs.

IC designers are a lucky bunch. Through many years of semiconductor process evolution, the impact of manufacturing limitations and variations on layout could be encapsulated in relatively simple ...

As integrated circuit (IC) designs continue to scale, the demand for efficient power management, performance optimization and reliable physical layout modification grows more critical. Meeting these ...

A joint effort between Mentor Graphics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has resulted in foundry-qualified process design kits (Mentor-PDKs) that support Mentor's entire ...