MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 7, 2013-- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced ...
To build optoelectronic circuits, researchers need to make films of semiconductor nanocrystals in desired patterns, just as they can with conventional silicon-based electronics. But the techniques ...
Physical-IC designers now have an alternative to Cadence, Synopsys, and Magma physical-design flows: Sierra Design Automation’s new detailed router tool. The router joins the company’s previous ...
Delft, The Netherlands / Hsinchu, Taiwan -- Ocotober 13, 2008 -- MAPPER Lithography and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) signed an agreement, according to which MAPPER will ship its ...
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. &#151 Preparing for the next wave of devices, IBM Corp. has quietly added immersion lithography to its chip-manufacturing roadmap. “It's on our roadmap,” said Jim Ryan, ...
The first full-scale prototype machine for making ICs by using extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light has been completed, proving that the technology works. This breakthrough should lead to microprocessors ...
While 3D devices and technology such as through-silicon vias (TSVs) definitely complicate matters in the design, verification and manufacturing space, one might assume there would also be an impact on ...