Computer-Aided Design Assumes Greater Burden in Chip Maturation

摘要

Semiconductor designers are increasing their dependence on computer-aided design and testing to advance microcircuitry beyond the current state of the art. Demand for more and more complex chips has necessitated taking design out of the hands of engineers and into the realm of cyberspace. The same processor advances that have fueled the information revolution also have enabled substantial software advances in computer-aided design. The two disciplines have fed each other, as more powerful processors enable complex design software that in turn spawns the next generation of computer chips.