A lithographic (litho) hotspot is a defect on a wafer that is created during manufacturing by a combination of systematic process variation and resolution enhancement technology (RET) limitations.

"Z-pattern advertising" constructs advertisements based on the theory that people will scan images from left to right and, to a lesser extent, top to bottom. Ads with a narrative flow may benefit most ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. IC physical verification (i.e., design rule checking or “DRC”) used to be easy. In the good old days, you could run some ...