Foundries and process developers will use Paramos to better characterize global variability for a given process, but the data that Paramos generates will help fabs provide global variability data for ...

DFM-Fix corrects design rules as well, but unlike SiFix, it also targets model-based lithography errors. “DFM-Fix is the only tool I've seen that addresses the fixing of hot spots in the design,” said ...

Relying on a design’s power and timing requirements to influence manufacturing, a DFM tool provides tailored guidance to the design-to-mask-creation flow.

DFM companies provide and use models for their tools and flows. What's really needed is accurate model-based and DFM-aware design. Due to the sub-wavelength problem, designers must have their ...