Functional safety analysis is a crucial step in the development of safety-critical systems. It ensures that the system-under-development meets its defined safety requirements and functions safely ...

Different challenges have to be overcome when designing integrated circuits. Besides schematic and layout design work, verification in view of the non-ideal behavior of circuits and semiconductor ...

Consumer electronics – tablets, smartphones and e-readers – is now leading the industry in growth. For system manufacturers and integrated circuit (IC) suppliers, the challenge involves keeping pace ...

September 26, 2014. Mentor Graphics has announced an integration with Lumerical’s INTERCONNECT to enable new silicon photonics design methodologies that leverage the Pyxis and Calibre platforms. With ...

CMOS technology has dominated the IC business for the last 25 years and will continue to do so for another 25 years, according to the author of CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation. He explains ...

Circuit design is generally a time-consuming process that requires input from multiple parties. However, running a circuit design simulation can significantly streamline the process, making ...

The process of designing, manufacturing, and testing ICs is complex and exhaustive. The main contributors are the design and verification teams, IP vendors, and IC manufacturers. The process of ...