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, ...

The chip industry traditionally has relied on margins to help them mitigate timing problems, but an increasing array of factors are now influencing timing. Can static timing analysis evolve to address ...

A command-line application for parsing static timing reports, identifying critical paths, and suggesting optimization strategies. The tool is specifically designed for ASIC/FPGA designers who need to ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tool startup Silicon Dimensions Inc. has released an add-on to its Chip2Nite floor planner, block design and analysis offering that will let logic designers repair physical defects ...

Deftly optimizing ASIC critical paths, this tool rides atop existing cell-based flows to improve timing while leaving physical design largely undisturbed. Timing closure for ASIC design has always ...

There’s an old saying that the first 90% of a task takes 90% of the schedule, and the remaining 10% takes the other 90% of the time. In chip development, design-signoff closure has become one such ...