For over 15 years, I've been a big proponent of hierarchical test. Hierarchical test is the commonly used term for creating DFT (design-for-test) features and test patterns at lower level circuit ...

Hierarchical test methodologies are being broadly adopted for large designs. They provide roughly an order of magnitude better ATPG (automatic test program generation) run time, reduce workstation ...

Design patterns have evolved to solve problems often encountered in software applications. The factory method design pattern and the abstract factory design pattern are both creational patterns.

Design patterns are solutions to recurring problems and complexities in software design. The Builder design pattern falls under the creational pattern category and can be used to build a complex ...