Achieving efficiency in integrated circuit (IC) design while maintaining design quality is not just a goal, but a necessity. Designers constantly strive to strike a balance between ever-tightening ...

Most advanced node system-on-chip (SoC) designs are very large, and very complex. They typically contain many blocks and intellectual property (IP) that perform specialized functions, such as ...

Several important series of balanced incomplete block designs can be derived from orthogonal factorial designs. One is the series on balanced lattice of Yates (1936); refer to page 396 of Cochran and ...

Since the efficiency factors compare the designs to a (hypothetical) orthogonal design, values of 100% are not possible in this case. The OPTEX procedure includes facilities for examining the ...

IP core providers are increasingly aware of the need to protect their investment from either unintended or unlicensed usage of their IP core blocks. This would require identification of IP core blocks ...