Unlike the traditional system on chip (SoC) design process, which has fully qualified verification methods embodied in the form of process design kits (PDKs), chip design companies and outsourced ...

Shipping high-quality ICs requires that design-for-test (DFT) methodologies be included in a design. DFT provides external access at the device’s I/O pins to internal registers to either control or ...

Evidence is mounting that traditional “waterfall” methods used to develop complex ICs are reaching the breaking point. Consider that today: Some IC designs contain more than 100 blocks that must be ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. - Critical thinking requires practice, creative thinking. Soldiers and key leaders of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division are actively applying Operational Art and ...

The conceptual design stage is a key step in aircraft development, laying the foundation for performance, efficiency and innovation. Traditionally, this process relies heavily on experienced designers ...

Today, there are several hundreds of manufacturing processes available to the designer to choose from, and the number is constantly increasing. The ability to choose a manufacturing process for a ...

An integrated methodology to design and manage buffers in repetitive building projects using work-in-process at conceptual level is proposed. The buffer design framework employs the Multiobjective ...