Is your Compression Technique Unified? Wanna Explore?

26 Jan 2022 • 1 minute read

Scan compression is critical for addressing the rapid rise of test costs without sacrificing coverage requirements. Although it has been widely adopted, it has its limitations. In today's era demand is not just high coverage but also the ability to verify that the design is working in the field.

A unified compression is an approach that unifies scan compression and logic built-in self-test (LBIST). It leverages physically-aware design for test (DFT) to solve routing congestion and area issues from traditional discrete approaches and delivers a confident path to high-quality test.

Now, you must be thinking:

What is Unified Compression?
What is the compression architecture?
What is elastic decompression and elasticity ratio?
How to set compression parameters?
What is the full flow in Genus Synthesis Solution?
How to enable Unified Test Compression flow in Genus Synthesis Solution?
How to insert Test Compression Logic in Genus Synthesis Solution?
What is the script?

Before you wonder if it's a complicated process, take a pause! Don't worry! We can help you sail through this.

To explore more about these common questions that might arise for Unified Compression Flow, refer to the latest videos on https://support.cadence.com (Cadence login required). These videos explore the concept of Unified Compression flow, features, scripts, etc.

Video Links:

What Is Unified Compression? (Video)

What is 2D Compression Architecture? (Video)
What Is Elastic Decompression? (Video)

What Is Elasticity Ratio? (Video)

Unified Compression Features (Video)

Setting Compression Parameters (Video)

How to Enable Unified Test Compression Flow in Genus Synthesis Solution? (Video)

How to Insert Test Compression Logic in Genus Synthesis Solution? (Video)

Unified Compression Example Script (Video)

Unified Compression Insertion Flow (Video)

How to Run Unified Test Compression Flow in Genus Synthesis Solution? (Video)