Monday, 27 January 2014

Encounter Quick Tip: Finding Available Cell Masters with dbGet

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When you first start using dbGet, many of your queries branch off the "top" keyword and then traverse to "insts" or ...

Additional I/O Pins HOW to GET ...

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How to get an additional pin to an existing one to have an I/O pin for the same net on different places. There is no menu command or text ...
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Monday, 7 October 2013

5 Tips to Help You Finish Your Low Power Design Tapeout On Time

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So you're about to start your first  low power  design. Or second, third, or fourth. As with many tapeouts, you know that with today...
Sunday, 21 July 2013

Difference Between Launch and Capture Distances in an AOCV Analysis

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In a path-based analysis, the distance of a path is the diagonal of the bounding box that encompasses all of the arcs in the path. In a gr...
Friday, 5 July 2013

8 Ways to Optimize Power Using Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System Quick Reference

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Everyone knows that the increasing speed and complexity of today's designs implies a significant increase in power consumption, whic...
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Backend (Physical Design) Interview Questions and Answers

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Do you know about input vector controlled method of leakage reduction? Leakage current of a gate is dependant on its inputs also. Hence fi...
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Challenges of 20nm IC Design

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Saleem Haider, Synopsys interview.... Designing at the 20nm node is harder than at 28nm, mostly because of the lithography and process va...
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