A newly drafted IEEE standard will bring more consistency to defect metrics in analog/mixed (AMS) designs, a long-overdue step that has become too difficult to ignore in the costly heterogeneous ...

Intel this week revealed defect density metrics for its 18A (1.8nm-class) process technology and said that it was healthy at the Deutsche Bank's 2024 Technology Conference. The company also said that ...

What if manufacturing companies could pinpoint the exact cause of a defect the moment it occurs, preventing costly production delays and ensuring top-notch quality? Generative artificial intelligence ...

Today's systematic and more subtle random defects are not only decreasing yields, but are also increasing the number of test escapes, or defective parts per million (DPPM) shipped out. One of the ...

Your dashboard is green. The suite has passed, coverage looks healthy and leadership assumes the release is safe. But a passing test suite may be misleading. Even with a green dashboard, it's unclear ...