EDN

Synopsys Rolls Out Transistor-Level Static Timing Analysis

To address emerging custom circuit design challenges, Mountain View, Calif.-based EDA giant Synopsys Inc. today unveiled its anticipated next-generation transistor-level static timing analysis tool, ...
EDN

Sequence upgrades ShowTime static timing tool

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Sequence Design Inc. has introduced a static timing analysis tool that accounts for inductance delay and IR drop in ASICs and system-on-chip designs. In addition, the company has ...
Embedded

Static timing analysis: bridging the gap between simulation and silicon

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 ...
Electronic Design

Timing Analysis Rounds The Corner To Statistics

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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

What Happened To Statistical Static Timing Analysis?

About five years ago if you listened to the marketing messages in the EDA industry, you would have thought it would be impossible to produce chips without statistical static timing analysis (SSTA).
Semiconductor Engineering

Closing The Post-Silicon Timing Analysis Gap

Accurate static timing analysis is one of the most important steps in the development of advanced node semiconductor devices. Performance numbers are included in chip and system specifications from ...
Electronic Design

Using Timing Constraints For Generating At-Speed Test Patterns

Handling timing exception paths in ATPG tools while creating at-speed patterns has always been a tough and tricky task. It is well understood that at-speed testing is a requirement for modern ...