Block: Representing a level of hierarchy below the top level of a chip, blocks comprise silicon cores and groups of abutted standard cells (a macro block) that constitute some function. EDA tools ...

Detailed and precise hierarchical design planning is essential to achieving closure on large designs. In this article we describe a new hierarchical design flow and its usage on a 3 million-gate chip.

The use of hierarchical DFT methods is growing as design size and complexity stresses memory requirements and design schedules. Hierarchical DFT divides the design into smaller pieces, creates test ...

September 11, 2013. Synopsys Inc. has announced the availability of its DesignWare STAR Hierarchical System, an automated hierarchical test solution for efficiently testing SoCs, including ...

The heterogeneous integration of multiple chiplets in a single packaging platform is critical for many high-performance market segments, such as AI, hyperscalers, high-performance computing, cloud ...