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Variation-Aware Design of Custom Integrated Circuits: A Hands-on Field Guide

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  • Documents the state-of-the-art in industrial-scale, variation-aware, custom integrated circuit design
  • Describes the capabilities and benefits of modern Variation-Aware tools and shows how to benchmark such tools during evaluations
  • Discusses the algorithms used in state-of-the-art Variation-Aware CAD tools and explains the algorithms’ behaviors, experimental results and limitations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 1-12
  3. Fast PVT Verification and Design

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 13-39
  4. A Pictorial Primer on Probabilities

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 41-63
  5. 3-Sigma Verification and Design

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 65-114
  6. High-Sigma Verification and Design

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 115-167
  7. Variation-Aware Design

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 169-186
  8. Conclusion

    • Trent McConaghy, Kristopher Breen, Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta
    Pages 187-188

About this book

This book targets custom IC designers who are encountering variation issues in their designs, especially for modern process nodes at 45nm and below, such as statistical process variations, environmental variations, and layout effects.  It teaches them the state-of-the-art in Variation-Aware Design tools, which help the designer to analyze quickly the variation effects, identify the problems, and fix the problems. Furthermore, this book describes the algorithms and algorithm behavior/performance/limitations, which is of use to designers considering these tools, designers using these tools, CAD researchers, and CAD managers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Solido Design Automation, Inc., Saskatoon, Canada

    Trent McConaghy

  • Solido Design Automation, Saskatoon, Canada

    Kristopher Breen

  • Solido Design Automation Inc., Saskatoon, Canada

    Jeffrey Dyck, Amit Gupta

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eBook USD 79.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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