Introducing Tessent Hi-Res Chain software, a new tool from Siemens EDA, designed to address the critical challenges faced by integrated circuit (IC) design and manufacturing teams in advanced technology nodes, where even minor process variations can significantly impact yield and time-to-market. As IC designs progress to more advanced nodes at 5nm and below, they become increasingly susceptible to manufacturing variations that can create defects and slow yield ramp. At these geometries, traditional failure analysis (FA) methods can require weeks or months of laboratory effort to investigate. Siemens’ new Tessent Hi-Res Chain tool addresses this problem by rapidly providing transistor-level isolation for scan chain defects. For advanced process nodes where yield ramp heavily relies on chain diagnosis, the new software can boost diagnosis resolution by more than 1.5x, reducing the need for costly extensive failure analysis cycles. Read more about the new Tessent Hi-Res Chain software. https://sie.ag/tT8NP #TessentHiResChain #YieldLearning #yieldmanagement #TessentYieldInsight #DFTmarketleader #Tessent #semiconductor #SiemensEDA
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AI-Assisted Design Optimization Handles Extensive Design Spaces... 🎥 Our own Mohamed Atoua had the opportunity to sit down with Austin Rhodes from Micron Technology Tuesday at DAC 24 to discuss the collaboration between Micron and Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software). The discussion centered around the innovative application of Solido's AI technologies to tackle the immense design complexity Micron faces in verifying and optimizing circuits with hundreds of thousands of design combinations. In the interview, Austin reflected on the traditional challenges Micron faces with certain circuit components, particularly metal-layer switches and charge pumps, which are essential in adjusting voltage levels and compensating for process variations. These components need to be optimized multiple times throughout a product's lifecycle, and traditionally, this was a manual, iterative process—time-consuming and labor-intensive. This manual approach, while effective to an extent, often leads to sub-optimal solutions and longer design cycles. The tuning of these circuits is no trivial task. For example, a delay gate with multiple switch options can generate up to 131,000 unique design combinations. The sheer complexity involved in optimizing charge pumps or gate arrays, with tens of thousands of potential configurations, means that even a highly skilled engineer can spend days or weeks manually iterating designs without exploring all possibilities. This was the core challenge we aimed to address with AI-powered design optimization. To view video, visit - https://lnkd.in/eud6ez4R #DAC #Solido #AI #Enabled #CustomIC #innovate #complexity #design #variation
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