EDN

Bridging the timing check gap between verification and STA teams

As verification engineers, we know that GLS (gate-level simulation) is an important methodology to validate the timing constraints and timing critical paths in a design. GLS debug is a very tedious ...
EDN

Magma Tekton: rethinking static timing analysis

Static timing analysis (STA) was nearly an instant success at timing closure 15 years ago. But except for creating partitioning/scheduling algorithms to parallelize ...
Embedded

Static timing analysis: bridging the gap between simulation and silicon

Static Timing Analysis (STA) not only acts as a connecting link between backend and frontend design activities, but more importantly helps in bridging the gap between simulation and silicon. STA is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Demise Of Static Timing Verification?

The chip industry traditionally has relied on margins to help them mitigate timing problems, but an increasing array of factors are now influencing timing. Can static timing analysis evolve to address ...
Electronic Design

FPGA Tool Suite Adds Native Static Timing Analysis

With so many ASIC designers moving over to FPGAs for implementation, FPGA tool flows are looking more and more like ASIC flows. Case in point: Actel's Libero IDE 6.2 adds native static timing analysis ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Rapid Timing Constraints Signoff With Automated Constraint Management

Signoff of a system on chip (SoC) or IP design has multiple aspects, but often timing closure is the most challenging. Early use of a static timing analysis (STA) tool is clearly important, and such a ...
Electronic Design

Oh, The Pain (Of Timing Closure At 28 nm)

What to do, what to do? Chip complexity continues to grow and design schedules are more aggressive, yet design teams are staying the same size or even being scaled back. Something has to give. A key ...