Engineers from Intel explained how loops in a PCB design can cause switching noise from a buck converter to couple into high-speed signal lines (Ref. 1). Measurements showed how placement of ...

For chips designed at advanced technology nodes, interconnect is the dominant contributor towards delay, power consumption, and reliability. Major interconnects such as clock trees, power distribution ...

Have you ever had your silicon demonstrate unexpected behavior? Have you ever found unexplainable design failure or performance degradation? A number of issues could be the culprit – from overloaded ...