Design for manufacturability (DFM) has thus far been the focus of extensive study in the semiconductor industry. Although deep-submicron processes enable the manufacture of area-efficient, high-performance chips, navigating the nanometer landscape presents enormous manufacturability challenges.
Index Terms:
Design for manufacturability, DFM
Citation:
Juan-Antonio Carballo, Yervant Zorian, Raul Camposano, Andrzej J. Strojwas, John K. Kibarian, Dennis Wassung, Alex Alexanian, Steve Wigley, Neil Kelly, "Guest Editors' Introduction: DFM Drives Changes in Design Flow," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 200-205, May/June 2005, doi:10.1109/MDT.2005.61