Semicon panel: Design-for-manufacturability no longer a luxury, EE Times 7/23/07

SAN FRANCISCO — As the semiconductor industry tries to resolve design-for-manufacturability (DFM) issues, it can learn from the history of design-for-test, a panel of EDA gurus observed here at Semicon West.

EE Times updates list of emerging startups, EE Times 6/28/07

Blaze DFM, Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), founded in October 2004, provides software to support "electrical DFM" and parametric yield for sub-100-nm circuits. The company landed $10 million in series B venture capital funding in March 2007 while also disclosing completion of its previously announced merger with Aprio Technologies Inc.

Application of DFM during IP Development Pays Big Dividends, Chip Design 6/21/07

A complete design for manufacturability (DFM) solution is made up of elements affecting many different parts of the overall design process. One of the ways in which DFM techniques can have the greatest impact on today's large chip designs is to improve the manufacturability of intellectual property (IP) blocks such as standard cells, processor cores, memories and other hard blocks.

No GAPs left behind, Electronic Supply & Manufacturing 6/1/07

OEMs can eliminate potential product performance problems early by encouraging the use of rigorous design-for-manufacturability processes at semiconductor makers.

Blaze DFM at the 44th Design Automation Conference (DAC), 5/29/07

DAC & DFM – Once More, with Feeling, EDA Weekly 5/14/07

44th Design Automation Conference to Offer Six Hands-on-Tutorials on DFM, DAC 5/10/07

DFM: just what doctor ordered, EE Times 4/30/07

Design-for-manufacturing mantra: Simplify, simplify, EE Times 4/23/07

Analyst Gary Smith: Semiconductors need a parallel-processing language, EDN 4/12/07

DFM at DATE, Chip Design 4/10/07

Blaze DFM at Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE), 4/10/07

RDRs and Their Impact on DFM Needs, FSA Forum March 2007

Electrical DFM promises gains in parametric yield, EE Times Asia 3/16/07

Blaze DFM lève 10 millions de dollars supplémentaires, Electronique 3/16/07

Second round of funding for DFM pioneer, Electronicstalk (U.K.) 3/15/07

EDA startup Blaze DFM garners $10M in funding, EDN 3/12/07

Chip design software company Blaze DFM raises $10M, San Jose Business Journal 3/12/07

Blaze DFM wins $10M funding, EE Times 3/12/07

Blaze DFM Closes $10 Million Series B Funding, 3/12/07

Blaze DFM singled out for praise, EE Times 3/6/07

Design for manufacturability specialists to merge, Electronicstalk (U.K.) 3/6/07

Integrated DFM solutions still lacking, presenter says, EE Times 3/1/07

Blaze DFM and Aprio Announce Agreement to Merge, Electronics Components World (U.K.) 2/28/07

Impact Of Variability On VLSI Circuits, SPIE 2/27/07

Blaze DFM And Aprio Technologies Unite In DFM Merger , Electronic Design 2/27/07

Blaze lights DFM fire in merger with Aprio, EE Times 2/26/07

Blaze, Aprio combo claims electrical DFM crown, Solid State Technology 2/26/07

Outils de DFM : Blaze DFM rachète Aprio Technologies, Electronique (France) 2/26/07

Merger aims at standalone DFM, Institution of Engineering and Technology (U.K.) 2/22/07

Blaze DFM and Aprio merger confirmed, EDN 2/22/07

DFM consolidation accelerates, EE Times 2/21/07

Consolidation at design for manufacture startups, Semiconductor Fabtech 2/21/07

Blaze DFM, Aprio Technologies to merge, San Jose Business Journal 2/21/07

Blaze, Aprio tie up in DFM merger, Solid State Technology 2/21/07

DFM startups Blaze, Aprio to merge, Electronic News 2/21/07

Blaze DFM to buy fellow startup Aprio, EE Times 2/21/07

Blaze DFM and Aprio Technologies Announce Agreement to Merge, 2/21/07

Cadence vs. new Blaze DFM for dummy metal fill, Deep Chip 1/31/07

Blaze DFM Qualified by STARC for 65nm Leakage Power Optimization, 1/22/07

Dr. Steffen Rochel joins Blaze DFM as vice president of engineering, Semiconductor Fabtech 1/19/07

Blaze DFM Adds Engineering VP to Seasoned Executive Team, 1/19/07

Blaze DFM Opens San Diego Development and Support Center, 1/19/07

Dummy Fill Needs To Wise Up, Chip Design 1/15/07

DFM Remains The Elephant In The Room, Electronic Design 1/11/07

Down Come The Walls Between Software And Hardware Design, Electronic Design 1/11/07

Metal Fill Crosses The Threshold From Manufacturing To Design, Electronic Design 1/8/07

Dummy Fill Simplified, Semiconductor International 1/1/07

EDA 2006: Year of Confusion, EDN 12/18/06

The Hot 100 products of 2006, EDN 12/15/06

Blaze DFM’s dummy-fill-synthesis tool has smarts, EDN 12/14/06

Blaze DFM Allows 'Smart" Dummy Fill, EE Times 12/11/06

Blaze DFM Adds to Electrical DFM Lineup With Intelligent Fill Solution, 12/11/06

Leakage Power Optimization for a Wireless Comms SoC, EDA Tech Forum 12/06

Using Fill Synthesis for Enhanced Planarization - Part 1, EE Times 11/27/06

Using Fill Synthesis for Enhanced Planarization - Part 2, EE Times 11/30/06

On the road to 45nm designs, EE Times 11/20/06

How to Make Sense of the DFM/DFY Maelstrom, IC Test and Yield Learning Report 10/23/06

DFM: Where's the Proof of Value?, EDA Confidential 10/16/06

What's Driving DFM?, Electronic News 10/13/06

Leakage reduction in SOCs using gate-length biasing, Solid State Technology September 2006

Electrical DFM - is it for real?, Electronic Business 9/12/06

Making Money in DFM, EDA DesignLine 9/7/06

DFM: As much hype as promise, Electronic Business 9/1/06

Sifting the DFM players, EDN 8/17/06

The ROI of DFM?, Chip Design 8/14/06

Blaze DFM Strengthens Ties with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, 7/24/06

Blaze DFM Announces Blaze MO Release 1.1, 7/24/06

Leakage Power and Variability Reduction in a Mobile Baseband Processor, Chip Design 7/17/06

Blaze DFM Solution Proven in Silicon on Mobile Baseband Processor, 7/17/06

Blaze, TSMC Team to Reduce Leakage, Manufacturing Variability, Electronic News 7/25/06

Blaze DFM "could be the real DFM" - Gary Smith, Gartner/Dataquest, EE Times 7/24/06

Blaze DFM strengthens ties with TSMC, EE Times 7/24/06

Blaze Enhances Electrical DFM, Electronic News 7/21/06

Blaze DFM says new MO release up to 5X faster, EE Times 7/21/06

The Business of DFM, EDA Weekly 6/26/06

DFM Optimization Tool Drives Design Requirements To The Fab, Electronic Design 6/22/06

Electrical DFM – Focusing on What Matters to Chip Designers, Chip Design 6/15/06

An IC DFM vendor sampler, Test & Measurement World 6/6/06

Parametric DFM Addresses Gate Leakage, Semiconductor International 6/1/06

Max's Chips and Dips: A New DFM Company Blazes Into View, Chip Design 5/31/06

美国Blaze DFM发布用于改善电气特性而非形状的DFM工具, China IRN 5/25/06

La jeune pousse américaine Blaze DFM lance un outil de DFM « électrique », Electronique International 5/22/06

DFM tool targets parametric yield, EE Times 5/15/06

DFM-tool start-up claims big power and yield gains, EDN 5/15/2006

DFM Startup Launches with Silicon Test Results, Electronic News 5/15/06

Blaze DFM Bursts onto the Scene with Product, Customers, and Silicon Success, 5/15/06

Blaze DFM Announces Blaze MO – the First “Electrical DFM” Solution, 5/15/06

Blaze DFM Announces Jacob Jacobsson as CEO, 5/15/06

Startup blazing a path to 'electrical DFM', EE Times 4/24/06

Blazing a trail for chip designers, Pulse: UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering

What is DFM?, ACM/SIGDA

Pursuing Excellence in DFM ..., EDA Confidential

Design for Manufacturing: Where Are We Now?, EDA Confidential

Design for Manufacturing: The Foundry's Point of View, EDA Confidential