Mentor Blogs

Well it felt familiar to be back in San Francisco for DAC this year. However, I wasn’t ready for the cold. It was 100 degrees in Portland when I left and I always assume the Bay area will be warmer. Luckily I looked at the weather map before I finished packing and replaced my short sleeve shirts with long sleeve ones. I didn’t get in until late Sunday night so I only had time for a dinner in the Westin … Read More

IC Verification, IC Design, Yield, Design Quality, Design for Manufacturing, DAC, Design Rules, Leakage, DRC, Physical Verification, Design Rule Checking

So, I’ve “volunteered” to provide the occassional highlight of my DAC experience this year for Mentor Graphics.  I was a little concerned about this, as I’ve been affraid this was going to be a rather lack-lustre event.  Unfortunately, I have to say that so far my expectations have been dead on.  But, due to a little serendipity, I did stumble upon something that at least sparked some thought and interest. On … Read More

EDA Roadmap, SiP, DAC, TSV

In my last post I discussed the reasons and challenges associated with “waivers” for DRC.  As discused, this is becoming a bigger and bigger challenge as designs become more intricate and design rules become more complex.  To the poor design team that has the challenge of integrating IP from multiple sources into a single working design, this can become a nightmare to manage.  Not only is the DRC debug … Read More

Physical Verification, DRC, Calibre, DAC, Waivers