3D-IC designs enable improvements in performance, power, footprint, and costs that cannot be attained in system-on-chip (SoC) and IC design. However, the leap from traditional SoC/IC design to 3D-IC ...

Ensuring that early-stage IC design physical verification actually enhances IC design and verification productivity means giving engineers the ability to focus on those errors that are both valid and ...

The urgency for change: Are traditional DRC debug flows enough? Physical verification engineers know all too well the reality of debugging massive integrated circuit (IC) designs. For years, the ...

Synopsys, Inc. announced that United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has selected Synopsys’ IC Validator physical verification product for lithography hot-spot checking at the 28-nm process node.

The mainstream adoption of 3D-IC has become a question mark due to critical challenges ranging from early-stage chip designs to 3D assembly exploration to final design signoff. A new EDA tool claims ...

As the complexity of IC designs continues to grow, moving critical checks earlier in the design cycle helps designers identify and resolve issues before they escalate, streamlining the overall ...

The AI revolution is driving change in how we design and manufacture everything from data centers to servers and chips. Even what we consider a chip is changing from the integration of analog circuits ...

The strengths of Taiwan's IC design sector include excellent and dedicated STEM talent, a complete semiconductor industry ecosystem from upstream to downstream, and a well-developed downstream ICT ...

The deal puts Virtusa at the forefront of AI and chip design as demand for advanced silicon chips accelerates.