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5. Computer-aided design (CAD) float
The increasing complexity of digital circuits over time has been made possible by the development of CAD (Computer Aided Design) tools that automate the tasks of design, implementation and verification. From the first INTEL 4004 processor in 1971, with 2,300 transistors, designed and verified entirely by hand, to NVIDIA's latest graphics processor, the Tesla V100, with 21 billion transistors, we've come a long way. Thanks to the productivity brought about by design flows, a single designer can now manage partitions containing several million instances (an instance here being an instantiated element, such as a logic gate or a macro).
CAD tools are essentially sold by three main players: Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys. CAD represents a huge market, with sales for the members of this trio reaching or exceeding one billion dollars each. It should be noted that,...
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Bibliography
- (1) - HIPEAC - . – Hipeac Vision (2017).
- (2) - GARGINI (P.) - The Roadmap to Success : ITRS Update. - http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/eds/slides/2014-Mar-11-Paolo.pdf...
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Design and verification tools
IP blocks
Design services
Events
Main conferences dedicated to semiconductor technology (there are many):
IEDM: International Electron Devices Meeting
VLSI Technology: Very Large Scale Integration Technology
IRPS: International Reliability Physics Symposium
ESSDERC: European Solid-State Device Conference
Standards and norms
All semiconductor industry standards are managed by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). This is the largest professional association dedicated to the technology. The standards in question are highly varied and cover a wide spectrum, with the best-known among them :
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IEEE 1076: VHDL – VHSIC Hardware Description...
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