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Revealing the hidden cost of performance for physical verification

The increasingly onerous nature of physical verification at today’s nanometer process geometries requires the regular benchmarking of appropriate tools, if designs are to be realized in a cost-effective manner. However, the criteria for such benchmarking are all too often limited to relatively simplistic notions of ‘performance’.

The article explains that the real cost of physical verification tools can only be fully analyzed by also considering a number of other factors that also have a significant impact on the final price-tag. Foremost among these are four areas beyond performance.

  1. How the tool licenses are structured.
  2. The implications for hardware that accompany the choice of tool.
  3. The breadth and nature of tool support and the number of sources from which it is available.
  4. The costs involved in training, adoption and migration for the EDA software.

The foundations for addressing these criteria is considered in detail to help project managers make a more fundamental assessment of what will be the most appropriate choice for a design project.

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