it Can't Find Quantus QRC toolbar on the Layout Suite By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:51:15 GMT Hi, I want my layout verified by Quantus QRC. But, I can't find the tool bar on the option list ( as show in the picture) I have tried to install EXT182 and configured it with iscape already, and also make some path settings on .bashrc, .cshrc. But, when I re-source .cshrc and run virtuoso again, I just can't find the toolbar. If you have some methods, please let me know. Thanks a lot! Appreciated My virtuoso version is: ICADV12.3 Full Article
it Layout can't open with the following warning message in CIW By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:47:16 GMT Hi, I tried to open my layout by Library Manager, but the Virtuoso CIW window sometimes pops up the follow WARNING messages( as picture depicts). Thus, layout can't open. Sometimes, I try to reconfigure ICADV12.3 by the iscape and restart my VM and then it incredibly works! But, often not! So, If anyone knows what it is going on. Please let me know! Thanks! Appreciated so much Full Article
it Help!!, Spectre error: Illegal library definition found in netlist for TSMC 180nm By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 08:11:12 GMT Dear All,When I want to start simulation with spectre the error says:Fatal error: Illegal library definition found in netlistI set the model file correctly, but I don't know why it errors!I opened the ADE>>Setup>>Model libraryand I tried to modify the path of models file (SCS files)It gives me "Illegal library definition found in netlist"Thanks. Full Article
it Importing a capacitor interactive model from manufacturer By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 08:51:16 GMT Hello, I am trying to import (in spectre) an spice model of a ceramic capacitor manufactured by Samsung EM. The link that includes the model is here :- http://weblib.samsungsem.com/mlcc/mlcc-ec.do?partNumber=CL05A156MR6NWR They proved static spice model and interactive spice model. I had no problem while including the static model. However, the interactive model which models voltage and temperature coefficients seems to not be an ordinary spice model. They provide HSPICE, LTSPICE, and PSPICE model files and I failed to include any of them. Any suggestions ? Full Article
it Ultrasim does not converge with BSIMBULK model By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 09:16:51 GMT Hello, I am using ultrasim Version 18.1.0.314.isr5 64bit 03/26/2019 06:33 (csvcm20c-2). When I run my netlist, ultrasim is blocked in the first DC stage and takes forever. Then it will fail or never progress. I am using a 22nm BSIMBULK model. I tried to tune different accuracy and convergence aids options but noting works. When I run the same netlist with spectre it works fine with no problem. Also, If I use another model (not BULKSIM), ultrasim will work and converge with no problem. My first feeling is that ultrasim has a problem with using BSIMBULK model. Could you please advice, Thank you, Kotb Full Article
it Different Extracted Capacitance Values of the Same MOM Cap Structures Obtained from Quantus QRC Filed Solver By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 10:00:51 GMT Hello, I am using Virtuoso 6.1.7. I am performing the parasitic extraction of a MOM cap array of 32 caps. I use Quantus QRC and I enable field solver. I select “QRCFS” for field solver type and “High” for field solver accuracy. The unit MOM cap is horizontally and vertically symmetric. The array looks like the sketch below and there are no other structures except the unit caps: Rationally speaking, the capacitance values of the unit caps should be symmetric with respect to a vertical symmetry axis that is between cap16 and cap17 (shown with dashed red line). For example, the capacitance of cap1 should be equal to the capacitance of cap32 the capacitance of cap2 should be equal to the capacitance of cap31 etc. as there are no other structures around the caps that might create some asymmetry. Nevertheless, what I observe is the following after the parasitic extraction: As it can be seen, the result is not symmetric contrary to what is expected. I should also add that I do not observe this when I perform parasitic extraction with no filed solver. Why do I get this result? Is it an artifact resulting from the field solver tool (my conclusion was yes but still it must be verified)? If not, how can something like this happen? Many thanks in advance. Best regards, Can Full Article
it Delay Degradation vs Glitch Peak Criteria for Constraint Measurement in Cadence Liberate By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 11:41:27 GMT Hi, This question is related to the constraint measurement criteria used by the Liberate inside view. I am trying to characterize a specific D flip-flop for low voltage operation (0.6V) using Cadence Liberate (V16). When the "define_arcs" are not explicitly specified in the settings for the circuit (but the input/outputs are indeed correct in define_cell), the inside view seems to probe an internal node (i.e. master latch output) for constraint measurements instead of the Q output of the flip flop. So to force the tool to probe Q output I added following coder in constraint arcs : # constraint arcs from CK => D define_arc -type hold -vector {RRx} -related_pin CP -pin D -probe Q DFFXXX define_arc -type hold -vector {RFx} -related_pin CP -pin D -probe Q DFFXXX define_arc -type setup -vector {RRx} -related_pin CP -pin D -probe Q DFFXXX define_arc -type setup -vector {RFx} -related_pin CP -pin D -probe Q DFFXXX with -probe Q liberate identifies Q as the output, but uses Glitch-Peak criteria instead of delay degradation method. So what could be the exact reason for this unintended behavior ? In my external (spectre) spice simulation, the Flip-Flop works well and it does not show any issues in the output delay degradation when the input sweeps. Thanks Anuradha Full Article
it Library Characterization Tidbits: Over the Clouds and Beyond with Arm-Based Graviton and Cadence Liberate Trio By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:00:00 GMT Cadence Liberate Trio Characterization Suite, ARM-based Graviton Processors, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud have joined forces to cater to the High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, and Big Data Analytics sectors. (read more) Full Article Liberate Trio Characterization Unified Flow Variation Modeling artificial intelligence ARM-based Graviton Processors liberate blog Amazon Web Services Multi-PVT Liberate LV Liberate Variety machine learning aws PVT corners Liberate Liberate Characterization Portfolio TSMC OPI Ecosystem Forum 2019
it Library Characterization Tidbits: Exploring Intuitive Means to Characterize Large Mixed-Signal Blocks By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:41:00 GMT Let’s review a key characteristic feature of Cadence Liberate AMS Mixed-Signal Characterization that offers to you ease of use along with many other benefits like automation of standard Liberty model creation and improvement of up to 20X throughput.(read more) Full Article Liberate AMS video library generation pin capacitance Mixed-Signal library characterization shell libraries Liberate Characterization Portfolio Liberty Virtuoso ADE Explorer Virtuoso ADE Assembler
it Library Characterization Tidbits: Validating Libraries Effectively By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:30:00 GMT In this blog, I will brief you about two very useful Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) for Liberate LV Library Validation.(read more) Full Article Liberate LV timing validation Digital Implementation interpolation error library validation RAKs
it Joules – Power Exploration Capabilities By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:59:00 GMT Several tools can generate power reports based on libraries & stimulus. The issue is what's NEXT? Is there any scope to improve power consumption of my design? What is the best-case power? Pin-point hot spots in my design? How to recover wasted power? And here is the solution in form of Joules RTL Power Exploration. Joules’ framework for power exploration and power implementation/recovery is stimulus based, where analysis is done by Joules and is explored/implemented by user. Power Exploration capabilities include: Efficiency metrics Pin point RTL location Cross probe to stim Centralize all power data Do you want to explore more? What is the flow? What commands can be used? There is a ONE-STOP solution to all these queries in the form of videos on Joules Power Exploration features on https://support.cadence.com (Cadence login required). Video Links: How to Analyze Ideal Power Using Joules RTL Power Solution GUI? (Video) What is Ideal Power Analysis Flow in Joules RTL Power Solution? (Video) How to Apply Observability Don’t Care (ODC) Technique in Joules? (Video) How to Debug Wasted Power Using Ideal Power Analyzer Window in Joules GUI? (Video) Related Resources Enhance the Joules experience with videos: Joules RTL Power Solution: Video Library For any questions, general feedback, or future blog topic suggestions, please leave a comment. Full Article Low Power Joules Logic Design Power Analysis
it Library Characterization Tidbits: Rewind and Replay By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:36:00 GMT A recap of the blogs published in the Library Characterization Tidbits blog series.(read more) Full Article Liberate AMS Liberate LV RAK Liberate Variety library characterization Application Notes Liberate MX training bytes Library Characterization Tidbit Liberate Characterization Portfolio
it Library Characterization Tidbits: Recharacterize What Matters - Save Time! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:50:00 GMT Read how the Cadence Liberate Characterization solution effectively enables you to characterize only the failed or new arcs of a standard cell.(read more) Full Article tidbits Standard Cell library characterization Application Notes missing arcs Library Characterization Tidbit Digital Implementation ldb failed arcs Characterization Solution Liberate Liberate Characterization Portfolio
it Mixing It Up in Hardware (an Advantest Case Study in Faster Full-Chip Simulations) By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:27:00 GMT Key Findings: Advantest, in mixed-signal SoC design, sees 50X speedup, 25 day test reduced to 12 hours, dramatic test coverage increase. Trolling through the CDNLive archives, I discovered another gem. At the May 2013 CDNLive in Munich, Thomas Henkel and Henriette Ossoinig of Advantest presented a paper titled “Timing-accurate emulation of a mixed-signal SoC using Palladium XP”. Advantest makes advanced electronics test equipment. Among the semiconductor designs they create for these products is a test processor chip with over 100 million logic transistors, but also with lots of analog functions.They set out to find a way to speed up their full-chip simulations to a point where they could run the system software. To do that, they needed about a 50X speed-up. Well, they did it! Figure 1: Advantest SoC Test Products To skip the commentary, read Advantest's paper here. Problem Statement Software is becoming a bigger part of just about every hardware product in every market today, and that includes the semiconductor test market. To achieve high product quality in the shortest amount of time, the hardware and software components need to be verified together as early in the design cycle as possible. However, the throughput of a typical software RTL simulation is not sufficient to run significant amounts of software on a design with hundreds of millions of transistors. Executing software on RTL models of the hardware means long runs (“deep cycles”) that are a great fit for an emulator, but the mixed-signal content posed a new type of challenge for the Advantest team. Emulators are designed to run digital logic. Analog is really outside of the expected use model. The Advantest team examined the pros and cons of various co-simulation and acceleration flows intended for mixed signal and did not feel that they could possibly get the performance they needed to have practical runtimes with software testbenches. They became determined to find a way to apply their Palladium XP platform to the problem. Armed with the knowledge of the essential relationship between the analog operations and the logic and software operations, the team was able to craft models of the analog blocks using reduction techniques that accurately depicted the essence of the analog function required for hardware-software verification without the expense of a continuous time simulation engine. The requirements boiled down to the following: • Generation of digital signals with highly accurate and flexible timing • Complete chip needs to run on Palladium XP platform • Create high-resolution timing (100fs) with reasonable emulation performance, i.e. at least 50X faster than simulation on the fastest workstations Solution Idea The solution approach chosen was to simplify the functional model of the analog elements of the design down to generation of digital signal edges with high timing accuracy. The solution employed a fixed-frequency central clock that was used as a reference.Timing-critical analog signals used to produce accurately placed digital outputs were encoded into multi-bit representations that modeled the transition and timing behavior. A cell library was created that took the encoded signals and converted them to desired “regular signals”. Automation was added to the process by changing the netlisting to widen the analog signals according to user-specified schematic annotations. All of this was done in a fashion that is compatible with debugging in Cadence’s Simvision tool. Details on all of these facets to follow. The Timing Description Unit (TDU) Format The innovative thinking that enabled the use of Palladium XP was the idea of combining a reference clock and quantized signal encoding to create offsets from the reference. The implementation of these ideas was done in a general manner so that different bit widths could easily be used to control the quantization accuracy. Figure 2: Quantization method using signal encoding Timed Cell Modeling You might be thinking – timing and emulation, together..!? Yes, and here’s a method to do it…. The engineering work in realizing the TDU idea involved the creation of a library of cells that could be used to compose the functions that convert the encoded signal into the “real signals” (timing-accurate digital output signals). Beyond some basic logic cells (e.g., INV, AND, OR, MUX, DFF, TFF, LATCH), some special cells such as window-latch, phase-detect, vernier-delay-line, and clock-generator were created. The converter functions were all composed from these basic cells. This approach ensured an easy path from design into emulation. The solution was made parameterizable to handle varying needs for accuracy. Single bit inputs need to be translated into transitions at offset zero or a high or low coding depending on the previous state. Single bit outputs deliver the final state of the high-resolution output either at time zero, the next falling, or the next rising edge of the grid clock, selectable by parameter. Output transitions can optionally be filtered to conform to a configurable minimum pulse width. Timed Cell Structure There are four critical elements to the design of the conversion function blocks (time cells): Input conditioning – convert to zero-offset, optional glitch preservation, and multi-cycle path Transition sorting – sort transitions according to timing offset and specified precedence Function – for each input transition, create appropriate output transition Output filtering – Capability to optionally remove multiple transitions, zero-width, pulses, etc. Timed Cell Caveat All of the cells are combinational and deliver a result in the same cycle of an input transition. This holds for storage elements as well. For example a DFF will have a feedback to hold its state. Because feedback creates combinational loops, the loops need a designation to be broken (using a brk input conditioning function in this case – more on this later). This creates an additional requirement for flip-flop clock signals to be restricted to two edges per reference clock cycle. Note that without minimum width filtering, the number of output transitions of logic gates is the sum of all input transitions (potentially lots of switching activity). Also note that the delay cell has the effect of doubling the number of output transitions per input transition. Figure 3: Edge doubling will increase switching during execution SimVision Debug Support The debug process was set up to revolve around VCD file processing and directed and viewed within the SimVision debug tool. In order to understand what is going on from a functional standpoint, the raw simulation output processes the encoded signals so that they appear as high-precision timing signals in the waveform viewer. The flow is shown in the figure below. Figure 4: Waveform post-processing flow The result is the flow is a functional debug view that includes association across representations of the design and testbench, including those high-precision timing signals. Figure 5: Simvision debug window setup Overview of the Design Under Verification (DUV) Verification has to prove that analog design works correctly together with the digital part. The critical elements to verify include: • Programmable delay lines move data edges with sub-ps resolution • PLL generates clocks with wide range of programmable frequency • High-speed data stream at output of analog is correct These goals can be achieved only if parts of the analog design are represented with fine resolution timing. Figure 6: Mixed-signal design partitioning for verification How to Get to a Verilog Model of the Analog Design There was an existing Verilog cell library with basic building blocks that included: - Gates, flip-flops, muxes, latches - Behavioral models of programmable delay elements, PLL, loop filter, phase detector With a traditional simulation approach, a cell-based netlist of the analog schematic is created. This netlist is integrated with the Verilog description of the digital design and can be simulated with a normal workstation. To use Palladium simulation, the (non-synthesizable) portions of the analog design that require fine resolution timing have to be replaced by digital timing representation. This modeling task is completed by using a combination of the existing Verilog cell library and the newly developed timed cells. Loop Breaking One of the chief characteristics of the timed cells is that they contain only combinational cells that propagate logic from inputs to outputs. Any feedback from a cell’s transitive fanout back to an input creates a combinational loop that must be broken to reach a steady state. Although the Palladium XP loop breaking algorithm works correctly, the timed cells provided a unique challenge that led to unpredictable results. Thus, a process was developed to ensure predictable loop breaking behavior. The user input to the process was to provide a property at the loop origin that the netlister recognized and translated to the appropriate loop breaking directives. Augmented Netlisting Ease of use and flow automation were two primary considerations in creating a solution that could be deployed more broadly. That made creating a one-step netlisting process a high-value item. The signal point annotation and automatic hierarchy expansion of the “digital timing” parameter helped achieve that goal. The netlister was enriched to identify the key schematic annotations at any point in the hierarchy, including bit and bus signals. Consistency checking and annotation reporting created a log useful in debugging and evolving the solution. Wrapper Cell Modeling and Verification The netlister generates a list of schematic instances at the designated “netlister stop level” for each instance the requires a Verilog model with fine resolution timing. For the design in this paper there were 160 such instances. The library of timed cells was created; these cells were actually “wrapper” cells comprised of the primitives for timed cell modeling described above. A new verification flow was created that used the behavior of the primitive cells as a reference for the expected behavior of the composed cells. The testing of the composed cells included had the timing width parameter set to 1 to enable direct comparison to the primitive cells. The Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simullator tool was successfully employed to perform assertion-based verification of the composed cells versus the existing primitive cells. Mapping and Long Paths Initial experiments showed that inclusion of the fine resolution timed cells into the digital emulation environment would about double the required capacity per run. As previously pointed out, the timed cells having only combinational forward paths creates a loop issue. This fact also had the result of creating some such paths that were more than 5,000 steps of logic. A timed cell optimization process helped to solve this problem. The basic idea was to break the path up by adding flip-flops in strategic locations to reduce combinational path length. The reason that this is important is that the maximum achievable emulation speed is related to combinational path length. Results Once the flow was in place, and some realistic test cases were run through it, some further performance tuning opportunities were discovered to additionally reduce runtimes (e.g., Palladium XP tbrun mode was used to gain speed). The reference used for overall speed gains on this solution was versus a purely software-based solution on the highest performance workstation available. The findings of the performance comparison were startlingly good: • On Palladium XP, the simulation speed is 50X faster than on Advantest’s fastest workstation • Software simulation running 25 days can now be run in 12 hours -> realistic runtime enables long-running tests that were not feasible before • Now have 500 tests that execute once in more than 48 hours • They can be run much more frequently using randomization and this will increase test coverage dramatically Steve Carlson Full Article Advantest Palladium Mixed Signal Verification Emulation mixed signal
it Five Reasons I'm Excited About Mixed-Signal Verification in 2015 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:30:00 GMT Key Findings: Many more design teams will be reaching the mixed-signal methodology tipping point in 2015. That means you need to have a (verification) plan, and measure and execute against it. As 2014 draws to a close, it is time to look ahead to the coming years and make a plan. While the macro view of the chip design world shows that is has been a mixed-signal world for a long time, it is has been primarily the digital teams that have rapidly evolved design and verification practices over the past decade. Well, I claim that is about to change. 2015 will be a watershed year for many more design teams because of the following factors: 85% of designs are mixed signal, and it is going to stay that way (there is no turning back) Advanced node drives new techniques, but they will be applied on all nodes Equilibrium of mixed-signal designs being challenged, complexity raises risk level Tipping point signs are evident and pervasive, things are going to change The convergence of “big A” and “big D” demands true mixed-signal practices Reason 1: Mixed-signal is dominant To begin the examination of what is going to change and why, let’s start with what is not changing. IBS reports that mixed signal accounts for over 85% of chip design starts in 2014, and that percentage will rise, and hold steady at 85% in the coming years. It is a mixed-signal world and there is no turning back! Figure 1. IBS: Mixed-signal design starts as percent of total The foundational nature of mixed-signal designs in the semiconductor industry is well established. The reason it is exciting is that a stable foundation provides a platform for driving change. (It’s hard to drive on crumbling infrastructure. If you’re from California, you know what I mean, between the potholes on the highways and the earthquakes and everything.) Reason 2: Innovation in many directions, mostly mixed-signal applications While the challenges being felt at the advanced nodes, such as double patterning and adoption of FinFET devices, have slowed some from following onto to nodes past 28nm, innovation has just turned in different directions. Applications for Internet of Things, automotive, and medical all have strong mixed-signal elements in their semiconductor content value proposition. What is critical to recognize is that many of the design techniques that were initially driven by advanced-node programs have merit across the spectrum of active semiconductor process technologies. For example, digitally controlled, calibrated, and compensated analog IP, along with power-reducing mutli-supply domains, power shut-off, and state retention are being applied in many programs on “legacy” nodes. Another graph from IBS shows that the design starts at 45nm and below will continue to grow at a healthy pace. The data also shows that nodes from 65nm and larger will continue to comprise a strong majority of the overall starts. Figure 2. IBS: Design starts per process node TSMC made a comprehensive announcement in September related to “wearables” and the Internet of Things. From their press release: TSMC’s ultra-low power process lineup expands from the existing 0.18-micron extremely low leakage (0.18eLL) and 90-nanometer ultra low leakage (90uLL) nodes, and 16-nanometer FinFET technology, to new offerings of 55-nanometer ultra-low power (55ULP), 40ULP and 28ULP, which support processing speeds of up to 1.2GHz. The wide spectrum of ultra-low power processes from 0.18-micron to 16-nanometer FinFET is ideally suited for a variety of smart and power-efficient applications in the IoT and wearable device markets. Radio frequency and embedded Flash memory capabilities are also available in 0.18um to 40nm ultra-low power technologies, enabling system level integration for smaller form factors as well as facilitating wireless connections among IoT products. Compared with their previous low-power generations, TSMC’s ultra-low power processes can further reduce operating voltages by 20% to 30% to lower both active power and standby power consumption and enable significant increases in battery life—by 2X to 10X—when much smaller batteries are demanded in IoT/wearable applications. The focus on power is quite evident and this means that all of the power management and reduction techniques used in advanced node designs will be coming to legacy nodes soon. Integration and miniaturization are being pursued from the system-level in, as well as from the process side. Techniques for power reduction and system energy efficiency are central to innovations under way. For mixed-signal program teams, this means there is an added dimension of complexity in the verification task. If this dimension is not methodologically addressed, the level of risk adds a new dimension as well. Reason 3: Trends are pushing the limits of established design practices Risk is the bane of every engineer, but without risk there is no progress. And, sometimes the amount of risk is not something that can be controlled. Figure 3 shows some of the forces at work that cause design teams to undertake more risk than they would ideally like. With price and form factor as primary value elements in many growing markets, integration of analog front-end (AFE) with digital processing is becoming commonplace. Figure 3. Trends pushing mixed-signal out of equilibrium The move to the sweet spot of manufacturing at 28nm enables more integration, while providing excellent power and performance parameters with the best cost per transistor. Variation becomes great and harder to control. For analog design, this means more digital assistance for calibration and compensation. For greatest flexibility and resiliency, many will opt for embedding a microcontroller to perform the analog control functions in software. Finally, the first wave of leaders have already crossed the methodology bridge into true mixed-signal design and verification; those who do not follow are destined to fall farther behind. Reason 4: The tipping point accelerants are catching fire The factors cited in Reason 3 all have a technical grounding that serves to create pain in the chip-development process. The more factors that are present, the harder it is to ignore the pain and get the treatment relief afforded by adopting known best practices for truly mixed-signal design (versus divide and conquer along analog and digital lines design). In the past design performance was measured in MHz with simple static timing and power analysis. Design flows were conveniently partitioned, literally and figuratively, along analog and digital boundaries. Today, however, there are gigahertz digital signals that interact at the package and board level in analog-like ways. New, dynamic power analysis methods enabled by advanced library characterization must be melded into new design flows. These flows comprehend the growing amount of feedback between analog and digital functions that are becoming so interlocked as to be inseparable. This interlock necessitates design flows that include metrics-driven and software-driven testbenches, cross fabric analysis, electrically aware design, and database interoperability across analog and digital design environments. Figure 4. Tipping point indicators Energy efficiency is a universal driver at this point. Be it cost of ownership in the data center or battery life in a cell phone or wearable device, using less power creates more value in end products. However, layering multiple energy management and optimization techniques on top of complex mixed-signal designs adds yet more complexity demanding adoption of “modern” mixed-signal design practices. Reason 5: Convergence of analog and digital design Divide and conquer is always a powerful tool for complexity management. However, as the number of interactions across the divide increase, the sub-optimality of those frontiers becomes more evident. Convergence is the name of the game. Just as analog and digital elements of chips are converging, so will the industry practices associated with dealing with the converged world. Figure 5. Convergence drivers Truly mixed-signal design is a discipline that unites the analog and digital domains. That means that there is a common/shared data set (versus forcing a single cockpit or user model on everyone). In verification the modern saying is “start with the end in mind”. That means creating a formal approach to the plan of what will be test, how it will be tested, and metrics for success of the tests. Organizing the mechanics of testbench development using the Unified Verification Methodology (UVM) has proven benefits. The mixed-signal elements of SoC verification are not exempted from those benefits. Competition is growing more fierce in the world for semiconductor design teams. Not being equipped with the best-known practices creates a competitive deficit that is hard to overcome with just hard work. As the landscape of IC content drives to a more energy-efficient mixed-signal nature, the mounting risk posed by old methodologies may cause causalities in the coming year. Better to move forward with haste and create a position of strength from which differentiation and excellence in execution can be forged. Summary 2015 is going to be a banner year for mixed-signal design and verification methodologies. Those that have forged ahead are in a position of execution advantage. Those that have not will be scrambling to catch up, but with the benefits of following a path that has been proven by many market leaders. Full Article uvm mixed signal design Metric-Driven-Verification Mixed Signal Verification MDV-UVM-MS
it Matlab cannot open Pspice, to prompt orCEFSimpleUI.exe that it has stopped working! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:08:58 GMT Cadence_SPB_17.4-2019 + Matlab R2019a 请参考本文档中的步骤进行操作 1,打开BJT_AMP.opj 2,设置Matlab路径 3,打开BJT_AMP_SLPS.slx 4,打开后,设置PSpiceBlock,出现或CEFSimpleUI.exe停止工作 5,添加模块 6,相同 7,打开pspsim.slx 8,相同 9,打开C: Cadence Cadence_SPB_17.4-2019 tools bin orCEFSimpleUI.exe和orCEFSimple.exe 10,相同 我想问一下如何解决,非常感谢! Full Article
it Virtuosity: Device Arrays in the Automated Device Placement and Routing Flow By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 01:03:00 GMT Since the release of the Automated Device Placement and Routing solution last year, we have continued to improve and build upon it. In this blog, I’ll talk about the latest addition—the Auto Device Array form—how this is an integral piece of the new Automated Device Placement and Routing solution.(read more) Full Article Modgen On Canvas ICADVM18.1 MODGEN Automated Device-Level Placement and Routing APR Modgen Advanced Node auto device array APR Auto P&R advanced nodes ada Custom IC Design Custom IC
it Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Help with Electromagnetic Analysis - Part V By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:06:00 GMT Here is another blog in the multi-part series that aims at providing in-depth details of electromagnetic analysis in the Virtuoso RF solution. Read to learn about the nuances of port setup for electromagnetic analysis.(read more) Full Article EM Analysis ICADVM18.1 VRF Virtuoso Layout EXL ports Virtuoso RF Electromagnetic analysis Virtuoso Virtuoso Layout Suite Custom IC
it Virtuosity: Are Your Layout Design Mansions Correct-by-Construction? By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:21:00 GMT Do you want to create designs that are correct by construction? Read along this blog to understand how you can achieve this by using Width Spacing Patterns (WSPs) in your designs. WSPs, are track lines that provide guidance for quickly creating wires. Defining WSPs that capture the width-dependent spacing rules, and snapping the pathSegs of a wire to them, ensures that the wires meet width-dependent spacing rules.(read more) Full Article ICADVM18.1 Advanced Node Layout Suite width spacing patterns Layout Virtuoso Virtuosity usability Custom IC Design ux
it Virtuosity: Concurrently Editing a Hierarchical Cellview By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:33:00 GMT This blog discusses key features of concurrently editing a hierarchical cellview.(read more) Full Article concurrent edit hierarchical subcell concurrent layout editing ICADVM18.1 concurrent editing CLE concurrent hierarchical editing Custom IC Design Virtuoso Layout Suite Custom IC Layout Editing
it Virtuosity: Can You Build Lego Masterpieces with All Blocks of One Size? By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:41:00 GMT The way you need blocks of different sizes and styles to build great Lego masterpieces, a complex WSP-based design requires stitching together routing regions with multiple patterns that follow different WSSPDef periods. Let's see how you can achieve this. (read more) Full Article ICADVM18.1 cadence WSP Advanced Node Local regions Layout Suite width spacing patterns Layout Virtuoso Virtuosity usability Custom IC ux WSSPDef
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