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Design with Calibre
Calibre xACT takes a hybrid approach to parasitic extraction
By Mark Tawfik Parasitic extraction plays a pivotal role in the design and optimization of integrated circuits (ICs). Extraction involves…
Smart strategies for metal fill extraction
By Shehab Ashraf As semiconductor technology continues to scale, the impact of parasitic effects from metal fill structures has become…
Solving inter-domain leakage challenges: Enhancing IC design with Insight Analyzer
By Charlie Olson Design reliability remains a top priority for engineers in the world of semiconductor technology. One critical challenge…
Smarter DRC for complex designs: Accelerating verification with Calibre nmDRC Recon
By John Ferguson The challenge: Traditional DRC can’t keep up… Increasing complexity and automation in IC design have made traditional…
Easily manage multiple verification jobs with Calibre
Calibre Multiple Job Submission GUI helps you optimize your IC design verification As the complexity of integrated circuits (ICs) continues…
Siemens shines at the 2025 SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning symposium
The SPIE Advanced Lithography + Pattering symposiums were held 23-27 February this year with the usual enthusiastic and sizable attendance…
Solving IR drop and layout bottlenecks: How Calibre DesignEnhancer streamlines IC design
By Jeff Wilson As an IC designer, you know that achieving an optimal layout is about more than just meeting…
Transforming pre-layout IC reliability analysis with Siemens Insight Analyzer
By Matthew Hogan As the industry continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in IC design, the need for…
Chalk Talks Featuring Siemens Digital Industries Software
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Accelerating Time to Fault Campaign Success with Siemens EDA
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Ann Keffer and Robert Serphillips from Siemens and Amelia Dalton explore how the Siemens EDA functional safety platform can guide your team through the complete ISO 26262 lifecycle. They also examine the benefits that the Veloce Fault App brings to automotive IC designs and how you can take advantage of the full suite of functional tools from Siemens EDA for your next automotive IC design.
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SIRIUS Modular System
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Siemens Digital Industries Software
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Sarah Alqaysi from Siemens and Amelia Dalton investigate the Siemens SIRIUS Modular System. They explore how this system of motor starters, contactors, overload relays, and load feeders can help switch, control and protect the motors in your next design.
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FPGA-based Prototyping with the Latest High-Capacity FPGA Enables New Use Modes
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
FPGA-based prototyping is an essential tool for any SoC and digital chip design and verification. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Juergen Jaeger from Siemens and Amelia Dalton explore the multitude of benefits of the Veloce proFPGA CS platform from Siemens. They also investigate the debug capabilities, software prototyping and scalable hardware of this solution, and how you can use the Veloce proFPGA CS solution for your next design.
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Calibre DesignEnhancer: Layout Modifications that Improve your Design
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Jeff Wilson from Siemens and Amelia Dalton investigate the variety of benefits that the Calibre DesignEnhancer brings to IC design and how this tool suite can be used to find and fix critical design stage issues. They also explore how the Calibre DesignEnhancer can Identify and resolve issues early in design flow with sign-off quality solutions and how you can utilize Calibre DesignEnhancer for your next design.
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Introducing the Next Generation in Electronic Systems Design
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In this episode of Chalk Talk, David Wiens from Siemens and Amelia Dalton explore the role that AI, cloud connectivity and security will play for the future of electronic system design and how Siemens is furthering innovation in this area with its integrated suite of design tools.
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Shift Left Block/Chip Design with Calibre
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and David Abercrombie from Siemens EDA explore the multitude of benefits that shifting left with Calibre can bring to chip and block design. They investigate how Calibre can impact DRC verification, early design error debug, and optimize the configuration and management of multiple jobs for run time improvement.
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Shift Left with Calibre
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and David Abercrombie from Siemens investigate the details of Calibre’s shift-left strategy. They take a closer look at how the tools and techniques in this design tool suite can help reduce signoff iterations and time to tapeout while also increasing design quality.
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Solutions for Heterogeneous Multicore
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
Multicore processing is more popular than ever before but how do we take advantage of this new kind of processing? In this episode of Chalk Talk, Jeff Hancock from Siemens and Amelia Dalton investigate the challenges inherent in multicore processing, the benefits of hypervisors and multicore frameworks, and what you need to consider when choosing your next multicore processing solution.
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Software and Automotive Safety
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In the realm of automotive designs, safety must reign above all else. But the question remains: How can we innovate within the constraints of today’s safety standards? In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Rob Bates from Siemens about the role ISO 26262 plays when it comes to COTS and open source software, what certified software components are all about, and how heterogeneous multiprocessing can be helpful in your next automotive design.
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Medical Device Security
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
In the new era of connected medical devices, securing embedded systems has become more important than ever. But, there is a lot medical device designers can borrow from current best-practices for embedded security in general. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Robert Bates from Mentor about strategies and challenges for securing modern medical devices and systems.
Keeping Your Linux Device Secure
Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
Embedded security is an ongoing process, not a one-time effort. Even after your design is shipped, security vulnerabilities are certain to be discovered - even in things like the operating system. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Kathy Tufto from Mentor - a Siemens business, about how to make a plan to keep your Linux-based embedded design secure, and how to respond quickly when new vulnerabilities are discovered.