High-quality passive devices are becoming increasingly important for the development of mobile devices and telecommunications, but obtaining such devices through simulation and analysis of electromagnetic (EM) behavior is time-consuming. To address this ...

Transistor aging leads to the deterioration of analog circuit performance over time. The worst aging degradation is used to evaluate the circuit reliability. It is extremely expensive to obtain it since several circuit stimuli need to be simulated. The ...

• Addressing the problem that the certificateless signature algorithm has linearization loopholes and is vulnerable to forgery attacks, an improved certificateless signature scheme with elliptic curve cryptography is proposed, which is not ...

Device management in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is complex, especially in a cross-domain context. Trust identity authentication between cross-domain devices is required when devices work together. Existing identity authentication ...

To achieve higher system energy efficiency, SRAM in SoCs is often customized. The parasitic effects cause notable discrepancies between pre-layout and post-layout circuit simulations, leading to difficulty in converging design parameters and excessive ...

In this article, we focus on chip floorplanning, which aims to determine the location and orientation of circuit macros simultaneously, so the chip area and wirelength are minimized. As the highest level of abstraction in hierarchical physical design, ...

In the digital era, the prevalence of low-quality images contrasts with the widespread use of high-definition displays, primarily due to low-resolution cameras and compression technologies. Image super-resolution (SR) techniques, particularly those ...

As the transistor technology nodes shrink into the nano-scales, timing guardbands caused by aging effects and process variations continue to increase. Approximate computing can eliminate aging-and-variation-induced timing guardbands without sacrificing ...

Optical proximity correction (OPC) is a widely used technique to enhance the printability of designs in various foundaries. Recently, there has been a growing interest in using rigorous numerical optimization and machine learning to improve the robustness ...

In this paper, we explore the burgeoning intersection of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA). We critically assess whether LLMs represent a transformative future for EDA or merely a fleeting mirage. By analyzing current ...

Face-to-face (F2F) stacked 3D IC is a promising alternative for scaling beyond Moore's Law. In F2F 3D ICs, dies are connected through bonding terminals whose positions can significantly impact routing performance. Further, there exists resource ...

This paper proposes IncreMacro, a novel approach for macro placement refinement in the context of integrated circuit (IC) design. The suggested approach iteratively and incrementally optimizes the placement of macros in order to enhance IC layout ...

A circuit design incorporating non-integer multi-height (NIMH) cells, such as a combination of 8-track and 12-track cells, offers increased flexibility in optimizing area, timing, and power simultaneously. The conventional approach for placing NIMH cells ...

Mask optimization in lithography is becoming increasingly impor- tant as the technology node size shrinks down. Inverse Lithography Technology (ILT) is one of the most performant and robust solutions widely used in the industry, yet it still suffers from ...

In the era of 5G, billions of terminal devices achieve global interconnection and intercommunication, which leads to the generation of massive data. However, the existing cloud‐based data‐sharing mechanism faces challenges such as sensitive ...

(1) A blockchain‐based efficient data‐sharing scheme is proposed, which employs the ciphertext policy attribute‐based encryption algorithm to enable fine‐grained sharing of data resources.

(2) An anonymous identity authentication method based on ring ...

Industrial big data has experienced from data silos due to its high potential value and strong security requirements, making it difficult to share securely across domains. Blockchain-based solutions allow nodes to establish access control to trusted data ...

Source mask optimization (SMO) is vital for mitigating lithography imaging distortions caused by shrinking critical dimensions in integrated circuit fabrication. However, the computational intensity of SMO, involving multiple integrals in Abbe’s ...

By leveraging the power of open-source software, the EDA tool offers a cost-effective and flexible solution for designers, researchers, and hobbyists alike. Open-source EDA promotes collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing within the EDA ...

In VLSI, a large number of vias may reduce manufacturability, degrade circuit performance, and increase layout area required for interconnection. In this paper, we propose a 3D global router V-GR, which considers minimizing the number of vias. V-GR uses ...

Open-source electronic design automation (EDA) shows promising potential in unleashing EDA innovation and lowering the cost of chip design. The open-source EDA toolchain is a comprehensive set of software tools designed to facilitate the design, analysis,...

The ever-growing complexity of modern VLSI circuits brings about a substantial increase in the design cycle. As for logic synthesis, how to efficiently obtain physical characteristics of a design for subsequent design space exploration emerges as a ...