Signoff of a system on chip (SoC) or IP design has multiple aspects, but often timing closure is the most challenging. Early use of a static timing analysis (STA) tool is clearly important, and such a ...

Altera Corp. and Synopsys Inc. last week inked an agreement to create ASIC-like design software for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) devices. A part of the program is bringing the .lib, SDC ...

SynaptiCAD has released an updated version of its timing diagram editor family that simplifies creating the Synopsys Design Constraint (SDC) files used to define the ...

Semiconductor design software maker Synopsys Inc. today announced an expanded suite of artificial intelligence tools to aid in the design, verification and testing of advanced computer chips. With ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marco Chiappetta is a technologist who covers semiconductors and AI. In a move that could have broad-reaching implications for ...

Constraints management helps shorten the designer’s manual constraints transformation effort across the design cycle with automated constraints management flows. The management of constraints refers ...