PCell caching in a multi-vendor custom IC design environment Used in the design of analog and custom digital circuits, parameterized cells (PCells) are software scripts used to define physical layout ...

There are plenty of things to agree and disagree about, but what else would you expect from a gathering of pcell developers? In the last Standards and Beyond blog, we provided background on the Open ...

The current methodology for SOC (system-on-chip) design employs a hierarchical approach that maximizes the use of IP (intellectual-property) blocks. This method replaces the previous one, which used ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) has announced several technology donations and contributed work which will facilitate the development of open PCells ...

Driven by the consumer IC market of emerging applications, such as CMOS Image Sensor (CIS), and 8-bit or 16-bit MCU for the controller of Internet of Things (IoT) in Health Care, Smart Energy System ...

In the age of convergence, analog and full-custom design is reasserting itself as a crucial aspect of almost all system-level designs. While analog content is growing by leaps and bounds in most IC ...