Altair Engineering

As powerful new technologies have emerged, the transformation in chip design has accelerated in recent years. Jim Cantele explores five key trends shaping chip design today. The first trend is reproducible flows. They offer several significant advantages and enhance efficiency, reliability and success in the design and manufacturing processes. These flows ensure the same design process yields consistent outcomes every ...

At DAC 2024, Altair showcased its 3D-IC design and SimLab multi-physics modelling and simulation tool. Today, the company has announced the acquisition of Metrics Design Automation, a Canadian company led by Joe Costello , former CEO of Cadence Design Systems (1988-1997). The company described DSim as a full feature System Verilog and VHDL RTL simulator. It enables designers to simulate ...