There's been a shift in what's needed in modeling standards for IC design. The focus has moved from timing to power consumption. Timing modeling, which dominated much of the effort from the early to ...
The continuing advancements in semiconductor technology have led to production flows for 130nm, 90nm and below, enabling 40 million-plus gate chips to be reliably manufactured. This article explores ...
Complexity in hardware design is spilling over to other disciplines, including software, manufacturing, and new materials, creating issues for how to model more data at multiple abstraction levels.