EDN

Overcoming Static Timing Issues in Low-Power 3G Chips

The power issues encountered by today's mobile phone manufacturers is well documented. With cameras, web browsers, and other processing-intensive tasks entering next-generation phones, designers try ...
EDN

Is static timing analysis still valid?

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Static timing analysis is one of the pilings upon which the whole edifice of modern IC design has been erected. But this vital technique itself rests upon assumptions that may no ...
Hot Rod

Setting Timing Curves

Ignition timing is an often-misunderstood concept that has a big effect on performance. An air/fuel mixture burn rate doesn't increase in direct proportion to engine rpm. Therefore, the faster the ...
Electronic Design

Oh, The Pain (Of Timing Closure At 28 nm)

What to do, what to do? Chip complexity continues to grow and design schedules are more aggressive, yet design teams are staying the same size or even being scaled back. Something has to give. A key ...
Electronic Design

Using Timing Constraints For Generating At-Speed Test Patterns

Handling timing exception paths in ATPG tools while creating at-speed patterns has always been a tough and tricky task. It is well understood that at-speed testing is a requirement for modern ...