Sensors whose outputs are to be processed by the ADC may have very high sensitivity. Designers must have a good understanding ...

Cloud-based design tools: Cloud-based platforms like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform offer AI-powered tools for circuit ...

Parasitic extraction (PEX) in electronic design automation (EDA) calculates parasitic effects — such as capacitances, ...

To tackle these reliability challenges, IC designers are increasingly embracing a “shift-left” mindset, where reliability ...

But the role of analog circuitry is changing in dramatic ways. This point became especially clear to me when I recently met with some former co-workers. Many years ago, just as microprocessors were ...

Failure costs are obviously due to new mask generations, and additional engineering time ... A classical trap in analog design is to fix some voltages with .IC directives, in order to obtain an ...

To date, structured ASICs have been primarily digital—analog has largely been ignored. Analog IC design has long been considered “full-custom only.” Triad Semiconductor's mixed signal structured ...

Unlocking the future of analog design, AI-driven verification accelerates innovation by breaking through traditional SPICE ...

As major cloud service providers (CSP) and cloud AI-related companies launch new projects, Taiwanese IC designers are positioning themselves to benefit. Industry observers expect the cloud AI and ...

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