The desert junkyard can be found in grid reference I9 on the map. When you arrive here, you want to head onto its east side, and on the northeast corner, you’ll find the pattern match puzzle that you ...

Pattern matching (PM) was first introduced as the semiconductor industry began to shift from simple one-dimensional rule checks to the two-dimensional checks required by sub-resolution lithography.

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 ...