Graphic processing chips are known to push the technical limits of hardware design, semiconductor capability and power consumption. With every generation of chips, it becomes more important for … [Read more...] about A Case Study of RTL Power Optimization at NVIDIA
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What They Didn’t Teach you in Engineering School about Heat Transfer
Heat and its behavior are complex. Rules of thumb are often used to visualize the heat path for design or physical prototypes; but knowing how heat is traveling, at what speed and where it will go, is … [Read more...] about What They Didn’t Teach you in Engineering School about Heat Transfer
What They Didn’t Teach you in Engineering School about 3D Pressure Drop
Pressure loss is one of the greatest challenges faced by designers. After all, a pressure drop translates to a loss in energy which would have to be compensated by a higher energy demand. Therefore, … [Read more...] about What They Didn’t Teach you in Engineering School about 3D Pressure Drop
Numerical Simulation of Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Intraocular Tumors
The use of computational methods in medicine, especially in practical medicine, is not widely spread. Primarily this is due to the difficulty of modeling specific medical procedures and their effects … [Read more...] about Numerical Simulation of Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Intraocular Tumors
A Machine Learning Approach to CMP Modeling
As feature sizes decrease there is a growing need for chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) modeling to better understand how the design layout impacts planarity. CMP modeling has proven to be very … [Read more...] about A Machine Learning Approach to CMP Modeling
Adopting an Interface DRC Checking Flow
Chip-level physical implementation teams must manage top-level physical verification from the early floorplanning stages through tapeout. In early floorplanning, blocks placed in the chip-level … [Read more...] about Adopting an Interface DRC Checking Flow
Integrating Pattern Matching with DFM Properties to Enhance and Optimize Layouts
In this IC design white paper we explore how the use of pattern matching has expanded into design for manufacturing (DFM) flows and integrates with different types of DFM properties (numeric, strings … [Read more...] about Integrating Pattern Matching with DFM Properties to Enhance and Optimize Layouts
Achieving Optimal Performance During Physical Verification
With increased complexity in design layout requirements at each new node, the compute burden placed on physical verification has grown exponentially. At the same time, designers are generally faced … [Read more...] about Achieving Optimal Performance During Physical Verification
Color Optimization Considerations in Multi-Patterning
Decomposing multi-patterned design layers into colors has traditionally been an exercise in finding at least one DRC legal coloring solution. In this white paper we discuss how manufacturers at more … [Read more...] about Color Optimization Considerations in Multi-Patterning
Proof-of-Concept: The Day After
The day after creating a proof-of-concept of your custom IC, you might ask “Now what do we do?” It is time to make your idea real and start developing a system prototype. While the proof-of-concept … [Read more...] about Proof-of-Concept: The Day After