The impact of variability on design methodology

Increased variability will have a profound impact on design methodologies for the 65 and 45 nm nodes. Statistical timing will obviously be a key ingredient. This presentation will examine the state-of-the-art in statistical timing, the diagnostics that timing can provide to improve design robustness and performance, the impact of variability on design styles, and the role of statistical timing in aiding synthesis, test and timing sign-off.