As system-on-a-chip (SOC) designers exploit denser process technologies and push clock speeds, electrical effects related to noise and signal integrity form an increasingly formidable barrier to ...

At 28 nm, the number of operating modes and PVT scenarios that must be analyzed makes traditional static timing analysis untenable. Statistical methods and advanced on-chip variation analysis ...

Nanometer design will require new thinking in timing closure. Historically, design teams relied on static timing analysis, which depends on the abstracted behavior of individual gates to perform ...

Accurate static timing analysis is one of the most important steps in the development of advanced node semiconductor devices. Performance numbers are included in chip and system specifications from ...

With the rapid move to ultradeep submicron designs and feature size processes of 0.13 micron and below, ensuring the integrity of signals as they traverse conductors on a chip is becoming a challenge.

The chip industry traditionally has relied on margins to help them mitigate timing problems, but an increasing array of factors are now influencing timing. Can static timing analysis evolve to address ...