Does Design Size Influence First Silicon Success?

In 2002 and 2004, Collett International Research, Inc. conducted its well-known ASIC/IC functional verification studies, which provided invaluable insight into the state of the electronic industry and its trends in design and verification at that point in time. However, after the 2004 study, no additional Collett studies were conducted, which left a void in identifying industry trends. To address this dearth of knowledge, over the years Mentor Graphics has commissioned multiple world-wide, double-blind, functional verification studies, covering all electronic industry market segments. In this article, we present a few highlights from our most recent study, and try to address the question: “Does design size influence the likelihood of achieving first silicon success?”