The efficiency of modern SoC timing closure critically depends upon the effectiveness of the timing fixes and their implementation. As we scale down to deep submicron technology, the complexity of ...

This article proposes few methods to speed the timing closure—that is, cleaning all the setup and hold violations—of a chip by reducing the pessimism in the timing constraints for the design.

Handling timing exception paths in ATPG tools while creating at-speed patterns has always been a tough and tricky task. It is well understood that at-speed testing is a requirement for modern ...