Deep-submicron Timing Closure
By
Steve Schulz
New and highly anticipated tool flows will only succeed in melding logic and physical design if they resolve the critical-path timing problems currently plaguing DSM design.
Evaluating ASIC
Reuse
By Mike Augarten
Monitoring various design metrics helps one company to allocate necessary resources to various phases of the development process.
Challenges of Mixed-signal Design
By Vlad Bril and Nilesh Amin
Combining the skill sets and IP of two complementary organizations leads to successful and timely design outcomes.
The Armor of
IP Verification
By Richard Ellis, Neil Bray, and David Chaplin
Verifying a design in two HDLs? Just one of several challenges encountered in IP verification