Semiconductor Engineering

Managing Complexity: Evolving Approaches To Design Rule Checking In Modern IC Design

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

Is Your FPGA Design Reusable? (A Design Checklist)

Design and intellectual property (IP) reuse can improve the quality of your FPGA design, shorten your design and verification cycle and allow faster time-to-market. However, creating IP for design ...
Aviation Week

Proper Checklist Design Is Key To Safe Landings

When I think back to my last several unstable approaches — I’ve had a few over the years — there are usually a few reasons behind each. Chances are they resulted from actions by other aircraft, ...
Electronic Design

A Good Methodology Helps Design Teams Check RTL Code

Many of today's large, complex designs can contain thousands of lines of Verilog or VHDL code. Quite often, teams of engineers—with some members possibly situated in disparate locations worldwide—will ...