Description: Discusses different aspects of VLSI testing and formal verification of designs. Design and manufacturing defect models are introduced along with test generation and fault simulation ...

BENGALURU, India — ARM has set up a VLSI test lab at its design center here to analyze intellectual-property libraries and ARM physical IP, so as to correlate design to silicon behavior. Such activity ...

Imagine a world where the chips powering your smartphones, computers, and even cars are designed and tested with unparalleled precision and speed. Welcome to the realm of Very Large Scale Integration ...

Weakness in the semiconductor industry pushed sales of IC wafer testing probe cards down to half of the five-year historic average, or 13.9%, in 2007 according to Santa Clara, Calif.-based market ...

During standardized chip fabrication, integrate circuit (IC) testing is conducted repeatedly to inspect the chips once they are manufactured. IC testing begins with wafer penetration before etched ...