This unique book outlines a brand new approach how to timing the signoff of complex microchips with the minimum number of corners. It is the first book in my planned series of books on global and local on-chip variations (OCV) and statistical, Monte-Carlo-based methods of timing signoff.
I have spent more than 7 years developing those new methods and now will share my results with the electronic design community. Each book will have a short version as a Kindle e-book that will be followed by a paperback/cover full version book with all important details.
The books are mainly targeting microchip designers and software engineers in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies as well as companies that design and/or manufacture microchips.
The number of timing signoff corners exponentially grows and makes microchip design very complex, time-consuming, or even impossible to close timing. Additionally, there is a toll on microchip performance due to conservatism, which increases with the corner number.
All delay, dimension, and other absolute values are scaled (or normalized) and do not represent real values/parameters of any particular technology node or design.
Initially, I focus on factors impacting the corner number and how to find the minimum number of traditional Power, Voltage, Temperature (PVT), and Resistance, Capacitance (RC) corners. Then, I describe a break-through method with the absolute minimum of the corner number where instead of PVT/RC corners I introduce 4 min/max timing delay corners (so-called slack corners).
Then, I discuss a new approach on how to design for the maximum profit by setting a proper target for the timing yield Y during timing signoff.
Finally, I discuss possible enhancements in signoff paradigms, methods, and statistical STA tools. The importance of these pseudo- and fully statistical Monte Carlo-based post-STA methods is to study OCV variations in detail and justify all OCV derates for STA tools no matter whether the PVT/RC corners signoff is or the 4-slack corners is used.
Tetelbaum, Alexander: -
Dr. Alexander Tetelbaum (born 1948 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is an educator, inventor, scientist, academician, and entrepreneur. He has been a pioneer in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industries since the 1960s. He has been selected and has held high-level positions in academia and industry. He is a Fellow and Honorary Doctor of several universities, academies, and societies. He holds more than 40 US patents and is the author and co-author of 250 publications, including 18 books.
He holds Doctor of Engineering Science (PhD+) degree in Computer Science and Engineering as well as PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Tetelbaum was Professor of Design Automation and a Distinguished Scientist at the National Technical University of Ukraine. In 1991, he founded and presided over the International Solomon University. He has served as a reviewer for the American Mathematical Society since 1994. Dr. Tetelbaum led design methodology and automation teams in LSI Corporation, Silicon Graphics (SGI), and Zycad Corporations. Currently, he is President and CEO of Abelite Design Automation, Inc. Dr. Tetelbaum worked on several intelligence projects for the Soviet Union military-industrial complex, including the development of sophisticated data mining software for preventing espionage. He also was a member of an elite team dedicated to the development of submarines, aircrafts, and advanced technologies.
Prof Tetelbaum was selected for inclusion in Who's Who in the World, Men of Achievement, Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in American Education, 5000 Personalities of the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Longman Reference on Research Directories. WorldAtlas.com has included Dr. Tetelbaum as a Ukrainian famous native as an inventor and scientist who "has made a significant contribution to the country in his personal endeavors". His hobbies include oil painting, table tennis, chess, solving and developing puzzles in non-standard thinking, and critical problem solving (3 books).
