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.