MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Collaboration delivers signoff accuracy and optimized
performance for 22FDX platform
- Signoff-certified 22FDX DRC runsets are now available
- Comprehensive support for design tape-outs using IC Validator
and 22FDX for DRC, LVS and fill capabilities
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that
GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®) has qualified
Synopsys' IC Validator for its 22FDX® platform. With IC
Validator physical verification, customers striving to take
advantage of the low-power and performance benefits of GF's
22-nanometer FD-SOI technology can now quickly verify that their
designs meet signoff requirements for manufacturability compliance
and maximum yield. Signoff design rule check (DRC), design for
manufacturability (DFM), layout vs schematic (LVS) and metal fill
runsets and tech files are available today from GF.
"With its best-in-class performance, power consumption, and
integration capability, our differentiated 22FDX platform continues
to be the solution of choice for designers and innovators working
in 5G mmWave, Edge AI, IoT, and automotive applications," said
Richard Trihy, vice president of
design enablement at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. "We were pleased to partner
with Synopsys on this qualification, which signifies to designers
they can now confidently signoff designs using IC Validator, while
maximizing the high-performance and power efficiency benefits of
22FDX."
IC Validator, a key component of Synopsys' Fusion Design
Platform™, is a comprehensive and highly scalable
physical verification solution including DRC, LVS, programmable
electrical rule checks (PERC), dummy metal fill, and
design-for-manufacturability (DFM) enhancement capabilities. IC
Validator is architected for high performance and scalability that
maximizes utilization of mainstream hardware, using smart
memory-aware load scheduling and balancing technologies. It uses
both multi-threading and distributed processing over multiple
machines to provide scalability benefits that extend to more than a
thousand CPUs.
"Physical verification closure within schedule is a key
challenge for our customers because of the increasing manufacturing
complexity," said Raja Tabet, senior
vice president of engineering, Design Group at Synopsys. "Synopsys
and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have a deep collaboration that ensures
designers have timely access to performance-optimized runsets. The
runsets, in parallel with the scalability of IC Validator's
massively parallel architecture, provide designers with a fast and
accurate path to physical signoff closure."
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to
Software™ partner for innovative companies developing
the electronic products and software applications we rely on every
day. As the world's 15th largest software company, Synopsys has a
long history of being a global leader in electronic design
automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing its
leadership in software security and quality solutions. Whether
you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced
semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that
require the highest security and quality, Synopsys has the
solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure
products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.
Editorial Contact:
Simone
Souza
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-6454
simone@synopsys.com
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