As the electronic design industry continues to push the limits of Moore's Law, a paradigm shift in timing analysis must be considered. The major reason for this is overly pessimistic timing analysis, ...

Since DAC 2005, there has been extensive discussion about using Statistical Static Timing Analysis (SSTA) to verify current and future generations of designs manufactured at 90 nm or below. Given the ...

As semiconductor manufacturing technology continues its march toward 20nm, SoCs are plagued with advanced interconnect delays, cross capacitance, and process variability, as well as area and power ...

Statistical static timing analysis (SSTA) offers a number of advantages over traditional corner based static timing analysis. Most notably, it provides a more realistic estimation of timing relative ...

The relentless march towards shrinking technology nodes has ushered in a new era of intricate semiconductor designs characterized by a proliferation of transistors. This intensifying complexity brings ...