A KPMG study found that, in a sample of 22 spreadsheets, 91 percent contained errors. Is this a fluke? Nope. A similar study by S.G. Powell discovered that, in a ...

Spreadsheets have been an invaluable engineering tool for many aspects of semiconductor design and verification, but their inability to handle complexity is squeezing them out of an increasing number ...

My program of choice to flesh-out calculations is Microsoft Excel. Windows and the Office Suite are ubiquitous, so Excel is always available and everyone can use and read it. That said, with so many ...

• Engineering-calculation software such as Mathcad simultaneously performs and documents calculations using standard math notation. • Useful capabilities include support for matrices, differential ...

Building information modeling (BIM) is useful for its 3D coordination and ability to work within the same model as other disciplines, but the real power of BIM comes when the “I,” or information, is ...