Electronic Design

Design-Rule Checker Sports Foundry Compatibility

Advances in design checking capability, including foundry-compatible design-rule checking (DRC) and background DRC, are among the features of HiPer Verify, the first tool in a line of IC layout and ...
EDN

Mentor Graphics addresses designs with interactive DRC software

Mentor Graphics has developed an interactive version of its Calibre design-rule checking (DRC) software to address analogue and memory designs, using more precise rules to identify common design ...
New Electronics

Siemens and TSMC extend partnership on AI‑driven semiconductor design

Siemens has announced an extension of its long‑running collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Managing Complexity: Evolving Approaches To Design Rule Checking In Modern IC Design

As integrated circuit (IC) designs have grown in complexity, scale and speed requirements, design rule checking (DRC) has evolved from a routine step into a critical pillar of successful tapeouts.
Electronic Design

Layout Software’s Hierarchical DRC Propels Pre-Fab Verification

Version 10 of L-Edit Pro lets mixed-signal IC, MEMS, and integrated-optical-device designers increase design verification speed and analyze all-angle geometry prior to fabrication. The layout and ...