# DDR Compliance Simulation in Seconds, Not Days

- Show: [OnTrack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack)
- Published: 2026-07-29
- Length: 38m
- Episode: 349
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days
- Listen: https://podcast.altium.com/e/ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days/

## Summary

Ben Dannan, founder of Signal Edge Solutions, and Tyler Huddleston, an SI/PI engineer at the same company, discuss the challenges of high-speed DDR compliance simulation. They explain how traditional workflows using Keysight ADS Memory Designer can take days and produce false positives, then demonstrate their new tool, MEM Check Pro, which processes HDF5 waveform data to return compliance results in under a minute. The conversation also covers signal integrity issues in thick data center boards, managing loop inductance, and the importance of IBIS model quality.

## Chapters

- [0:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days#t=35) Introduction and Signal Edge Growth
- [4:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days#t=295) High-Speed Design Challenges: Crosstalk and Thick Boards
- [9:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days#t=578) Power Integrity: Backside Power and Capacitor Placement
- [16:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days#t=967) DDR Simulation Bottlenecks and False Positives
- [22:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days#t=1338) IBIS Model Quality and Corner Case Analysis
- [28:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-07-29-ddr-compliance-simulation-in-seconds-not-days#t=1730) MEM Check Pro Demo and Future Roadmap

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Signal Edge Solutions (company)
- MEM Check Pro (product)
- Keysight ADS (tool)
- Memory Designer (product)
- Infiniium Offline (tool)
- HDF5 (other)
- JEDEC (other)
- IBIS (other)
- Northrop Grumman (company)
- Micron (company)
- Samsung (company)
- Community Electronics (company)

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