FPGA complexity is exploding, and RTL synthesis is running out of steam. With its Precision Physical Synthesis tool, Mentor Graphics melds the best of both RTL and physical synthesis. The result is ...

As EDA tools evolve, the resulting products try to increase automation. Unfortunately, the last great advance was from schematics to language-based design starting with the first synthesis tools in ...

It makes sense that in the highly competitive market of independent FPGA synthesis, both Synplicity and Mentor desire to be very explicit about their capabilities. So after my blog last week I ...

Why isolated flows negatively impact design schedule and PPA. Benefits of unified DFT, synthesis, and physical design flows. Physical implementation optimization methods for test compression and scan ...

The impact of physical synthesis on design performance is increasing as process technology scales. Current physical synthesis flows generally perform a series of individual net list transformations ...

The FICS Research Institute (University of Florida) has published a new research paper titled “Secure Physical Design.” This is the first and most comprehensive research work done in this area that ...

Cyber-physical systems, such as autonomous vehicles, robots, and smart buildings, are engineering systems that rely upon the close interaction and seamless integration of cyber subsystems (e.g., ...