Non-uniform temperature profiles along global interconnect lines in high-performance ICs can significantly impact the performance of these lines. This paper presents a detailed an...
Amir H. Ajami, Kaustav Banerjee, Massoud Pedram, L...
Statistical static timing analysis (SSTA) is emerging as a solution for predicting the timing characteristics of digital circuits under process variability. For computing the stat...
Kaviraj Chopra, Bo Zhai, David Blaauw, Dennis Sylv...
Abstract—While prior research has extensively evaluated the performance advantage of moving from a 2D to a 3D design style, the impact of process parameter variations on 3D desig...
A profound analysis of all relevant business data in the company is necessary for optimizing business processes effectively. Current analyses typically exclusively run on business...
Abstract— Double patterning lithography (DPL) is in current production for memory products, and is widely viewed as inevitable for logic products at the 32nm node. DPL decomposes...