Optimizing IC design flow through early-stage reliability checks

As integrated circuits advance toward sub-2 nm nodes to support AI applications in mobile devices, power optimization through multiple power domains has become essential yet increasingly complex. Traditional verification methods relying on schematic and layout extraction simulations are time-consuming and may miss critical reliability issues, particularly when dealing with compressed development cycles and sophisticated power management requirements.

Calibre Insight Analyzer addresses these challenges by providing comprehensive pre-simulation reliability checks that identify potential design issues early in the development process. Through features like gray boxing for interface verification and an intuitive GUI, the tool helps designers detect missing level shifters, domain leakages, floating gates and power connection problems that conventional simulations might overlook. This methodology significantly reduces verification time from months to hours while ensuring robust reliability across analog mixed-signal designs, CPUs, GPUs and memory architectures.

What you’ll learn:

• How pre-simulation checks identify reliability issues missed by traditional schematic simulations
• Gray boxing methodology for efficient interface verification between circuit blocks
• Practical applications for multi-power domain designs in CPUs, GPUs, and memory
• Time savings achieved through early-stage verification versus conventional approaches

Who should read this:

• IC design engineers working with multiple power domains
• Analog mixed-signal designers developing CIS, CPU and GPU high-speed architectures
• Digital designers focusing on memory (SRAM/DRAM) and multiprocessor systems
• Verification engineers seeking efficient reliability check methodologies
• Design managers looking to compress development cycles