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IP Reuse, Design Data Management Case Studies: IC Manage

IC Manage Design and IP management users, including Broadcom, NVIDIA, AMD, and Biotronik, describe using IC Manage for a range of functions. Topics include:

  • GDP for Design Data Management, IP Central for IP reuse, bug dependency tracing & notification, security. Also, IC Manage Views™ for EDA tool acceleration, and Zero Time Sync™ workspaces.
  • IP reuse and Design Management Best Practices.
  • Comparisons to other Dassault DesignSync, ClioSoft commercial design data management tools, and Subversion and CVS open source tools.
  • 2 case studies cover a 3 day conversion time from Dassault DesignSync to IC Manage GDP.
  • User rankings for DAC 2011 and DAC 2012, as seen in John Cooley’s Deepchip.com reports.

Variation-Aware Custom IC Design Case Studies: Solido Design

Solido Variation analysis and design software users, including Huawei, and NVIDIA describe using Solido Variation designer.

  • PVT corner analysis
  • High Sigma Monte Carlo analysis
  • Reduction of simulations required for coverage
  • Memory Design, Low power design, analog design
  • TSMC qualification
  • User ranking put Solido in top 3 for DAC 2012, as seen in John Cooley’s Deepchip.com reports.

Variation-Aware Custom IC Design Case Studies: Solido Design

IC Manage Dean Drako on IP Reuse 2.0 -- Design AND Verification

IP Reuse, Design Management Case Studies: IC Manage