Design-Reuse

Describing the ASIC physical design flow

The design specification is the most important step in the design flow as it details anything that needs to be considered or strict requirements that need to be met when designing the ASIC, these ...
Design-Reuse

Domino Logic in ASIC Design Flow - Detailed Methodology and Breakthroughs in High Speed Design Automation Approach

Geneva -- September 22,2008 - Engineers at STMicroelectronic have revealed how to use domino logic, a very fast circuit design style utilized in the highest performance custom designs,in an automated ...
EDN

Low power implementation techniques for ASIC physical design

In the semiconductor domain, the operating frequency of devices and the number of transistors in a single module increase over time. In this article, we will look at widely known low power ...
EDN

Monterey adds Synplicity synthesis to ASIC design flow

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Claiming to have a full RTL-to-GDSII design flow at last, Monterey Design Systems has added logic synthesis to its Dolphin placement and routing system. The Dolphin-RTL synthesis ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Designing 2.5D Systems

As more designs hit the reticle limit, or suffer from decreasing yield, migrating to 2.5D designs may provide a path forward. But this kind of advanced packaging also comes with some additional ...