Design automation is the key to the development of very large ICs. Optimizing the connection and layout of millions of gates to efficiently perform complex functions is not a job to which humans are ...

Test compression sounds like magic. Read on to learn how this trick is done. Large, complex ICs are viable because their design meets test as well as functional requirements. Design for test (DFT) was ...

Abstract: A new software-based hybrid test vector compression method for testing system-on-a-chip (SOC) using an embedded processor is presented in this paper. In the proposed approach, a software ...

Cadence Design Systems at the International Test Conference said Hitachi has combined Encounter Test pattern-fault modeling with test pattern generation, compression, and diagnostics to produce LSI ...