As integrated circuit (IC) designs have grown in complexity, scale and speed requirements, design rule checking (DRC) has evolved from a routine step into a critical pillar of successful tapeouts.

Advances in very-large-scale integration (VLSI) design have increasingly relied on machine learning (ML) techniques to optimise performance, reduce manufacturing turnaround times and ensure high ...

In today’s complex system-on-chip (SoC) design flows, intellectual property (IP) blocks are everywhere—licensed from third parties, leveraged from internal libraries, or hand-crafted by expert teams.