Semiconductor Engineering

Next-Generation Distributed Static Timing Analysis On The Cloud

Ever-growing chip size and complexity put pressure on every step and every electronic design automation (EDA) tool in the development flow. More decisions must be made at the architectural stage, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Static Timing Analysis: Cell Delay Vs. Cell Drive Strength

Have you ever wondered how a predator succeeds or its prey escapes in the jungle? It’s the breathtaking speed and agility of the predator (say, a leopard) as it chases prey (say, a deer). The VLSI ...
Electronic Design

What's the Difference Between Sound and Unsound Static Analysis? (.PDF Download)

Static analysis has established itself as a "must-have" for the verification of critical software. Notably, it can find problems that are hard to uncover by testing, such as concurrency issues and ...
Electronic Design

Testing Out a Safe C Compiler

Why you want to use MISRA C. What support IAR Embedded Workbench and C-STAT has for MISRA C. Issues related to static analysis. In addition, there’s the CERT C/C++ Secure Coding Standard published by ...
Forbes

From 'Shift Left' To 'Shift Smart': Why AI Agents Will Replace Static Analysis

Over the years, "shift left," a development practice that shifts testing, QA and security initiatives "left" on the timeline, has become the cornerstone of DevSecOps. I've watched it become the ...