Siemens Leverages Aprisa IC Place-and-Route Software

Aprisa, now Siemens EDA, addresses top-level hierarchical design- and block-level implementation for complex digital ICs. The detail-route-centric architecture and hierarchical database enable fast design closure and optimal quality.

Alix Paultre

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Electronic Design

July 28, 2022

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With the detail-route-centric architecture, efficient and frequent communication can occur between placement optimization, CTS optimization, and detail routing for improved quality-of-results, reduced iterations, and 2X faster design convergence than other solutions. We talk to Henry Y. Chang, now Sr. Director of Product Management at Siemens EDA, about this and his take on the industry.

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About the Author

Alix Paultre

Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.