Instead, changes to the design flow to combat DFM challenges have to be “evolutionary” in nature, according to Srini Raghvendra, senior director of DFM solutions at Synopsys Inc. Raghvendra advocates ...

TSMC's Unified Design For Manufacturing (UDFM) architecture, debuting Monday (June 9), is touted as giving chip makers unprecedented access–at no charge–to its proprietary simulator, DFM models and ...

DFM enhancers that operate on post-layout GDSII files are no longer viable for 65-nm designs. The way to reach acceptable performance and yield goals is to make the entire design flow aware of DFM.

The DFM-driven nanometer IC design flow enables designers to perform yield and parametric hotspot detection and repair by utilizing Clear Shape's flagship product InShapeTM, a fast full-chip design ...

DFM scoring decks can easily incorporate automated yield-enhancement routines that allow the tool to report “improvability” scores, or simply score the design before and after improvement.