EDN

Apache’s Tomahawk tool analyzes power, IR drop

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — EDA startup Apache Design Solutions Inc. will hit the warpath this week with Tomahawk-S, a static analysis tool that looks at power, IR drop and electromigration. Tomahawk ...
EDN

IC power integrity tool improves productivity

The Cadence Voltus-XFi custom electromigration and IR drop (EM-IR) software eases the design of efficient, low-power ICs. Seamlessly integrated with the company’s Quantus extraction tool, Virtuoso ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Analog Design Needs To Change

Tool developers have been working to keep pace with these requirements. For example, Synopsys has delivered faster circuit simulation performance every year, with improvements in both single core ...
Semiconductor Engineering

PGIREM: Reliability-Constrained IR Drop Minimization and Electromigration Assessment of VLSI Power Grid Networks using Cooperative Coevolution

“Due to the resistance of metal wires in power grid network, voltage drop noise occurs in the form of IR drop which may change the output logic of underlying circuits and may affect the reliability ...
Electronic Design

Rail-Signoff Analysis Ensures SoC Power Integrity

More than ever, power integrity is vital in the successful creation of today's system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. That's because e xcessive rail voltage drop ( IR drop) and ground bounce can create ...