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Static timing analysis: bridging the gap between simulation and silicon

Static Timing Analysis (STA) not only acts as a connecting link between backend and frontend design activities, but more importantly helps in bridging the gap between simulation and silicon. STA is ...
EDN

Is static timing analysis still valid?

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Static timing analysis is one of the pilings upon which the whole edifice of modern IC design has been erected. But this vital technique itself rests upon assumptions that may no ...
Electronic Design

Oh, The Pain (Of Timing Closure At 28 nm)

What to do, what to do? Chip complexity continues to grow and design schedules are more aggressive, yet design teams are staying the same size or even being scaled back. Something has to give. A key ...
Electronic Design

Tool Tightens Timing In ASICs' Critical Paths

Deftly optimizing ASIC critical paths, this tool rides atop existing cell-based flows to improve timing while leaving physical design largely undisturbed. Timing closure for ASIC design has always ...