Power Planning in VLSI Design: Balancing Efficiency and Performance
VLSI chips are the tiny brains behind modern technology, that house billions of transistors. But just like any complex system, they need a steady and efficient flow of power to function. This is where power planning in VLSI comes in – it’s the invisible architect ensuring every part of the chip receives the electricity it […]
What is Static Timing Analysis in VLSI?
Static timing analysis (STA) is a way of evaluating a design’s timing performance by testing for timing violations along all conceivable paths. Dynamic simulation, which determines the whole behaviour of the circuit for a given set of input stimulus vectors, is another technique to do timing analysis. One of the tools for verifying design in […]
Statistical Static Timing Analysis: Accuracy in Circuit Performance
Statistical Static Timing Analysis: Enhancing Accuracy in Circuit Performance Evaluation As contemporary nanometer silicon technologies continue to shrink device and interconnect sizes, managing process and environmental variations has become increasingly challenging. This variability plays a critical role in developing complex system-on-chip (SoC) circuits. To address this, Statistical Static Timing Analysis (SSTA) emerges as a viable […]