Faster processors, lowered power targets and shrinking technology have increased the complexity of integrated circuit (IC) reliability analysis. With the 20nm node becoming mainstream, IC design teams ...
As the semiconductor industry continues its relentless march towards smaller process nodes and more complex integrated circuits (ICs), the challenge of ensuring reliability has become increasingly ...
MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today introduced the Cadence ® Legato™ Reliability Solution, the industry’s first software product that meets the challenges of ...
Advanced short-geometry CMOS processes are subject to aging that causes major reliability issues, degrading the performance of integrated circuits over time. Two of the most problematic effects ...
In 2018, I had to replace some failed components on a 25-year-old HP34401A DMM. Two capacitors failed, taking out diodes as well. That was the third instance of having to replace failed capacitors ...
The integrated circuit (IC), which recently turned 50 years old, is unquestionably one of the greatest inventions of all time. This technology has transformed our world and is incredibly ubiquitous in ...
NBTI degradation is critical for chip processes using thermal-nitride gate insulators”which are now at such thicknesses that NBTI effects can prevent a chip designer from relying on the expected ...
When a global medical device company needed help setting up a reliability program, Marie Getsug was up for the task. As a program manager of strategic consulting for asset management at Jacobs ...
We’ve all experienced the effect of electrostatic discharge at some point in our lives, the most common case being a tingling sensation one feels after touching a door knob or any metal surface. When ...