Nature

Computational predictions of energy materials using density functional theory

In 1929, the physicist Paul Dirac wrote, “The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical theory of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and the ...
Electronic Design

Automotive design example illustrates hierarchical DFT architecture

Fort Worth, TX. Designs keep scaling and taking on a lot of complexity, according to Ron Press, technology enablement director at Mentor Graphics. Delivering a corporate presentation Wednesday on the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Simplify DFT For Advanced SoCs

The purpose of electronic design automation (EDA) software is to solve SoC design problems and simplify the entire process. For design for test (DFT), this means aiming to streamline the DFT ...
EDN

The practicing instrumentation engineer’s guide to the DFT – Part 1: Understand DFT and FFT implementations

There are many books and articles on the Fourier Transform and its implementation available. A quick survey of these resources shows that they are not geared to the needs of the “Practicing ...
Design-Reuse

A Unified DFT Verification Methodology

In today’s fast growing Systems-on-Chip (SoC), incomplete or ineffective DFT support due to poor specification or loose design practices can quickly become the critical path to making market windows ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Advanced DFT And Silicon Bring-Up For AI Chips

The AI market is growing quickly, spurring an insatiable demand for powerful AI accelerators. AI chip makers are pressed with aggressive time-to-market goals and need the tools to help them get their ...