Synopsys Digital and Custom Design Platforms Achieve Certification for TSMC N3 Process
October 20, 2021 at 09:10 am EDT
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Synopsys, Inc. announced that TSMC has certified the Synopsys digital and custom design platforms for TSMC's 3nm technology. The certification with rigorous validation, based on TSMC's latest version of the design rule manual (DRM) and process design kits (PDKs), is the result of a multi-year collaboration between the two companies. In addition to this certification, Synopsys' digital and custom design platforms have also been certified for TSMC's N4 process. The digital design flow, anchored by the tightly integrated Synopsys Fusion Design Platform?, features new technologies to ensure faster timing closure, full-flow correlation from synthesis to place-and-route to timing, as well as physical signoff. The platform has been enhanced to deliver improved synthesis and global placer engines that optimize library cell selection and placement results. To support TSMC's ultra-low-voltage design closure, the Synopsys optimization engine has been improved to use new footprint optimization algorithms. These new technologies, which result from the strategic partnership between the companies, will help provide a PPA boost for designs on TSMC's N3 process. The Custom Compiler? design and layout solution, part of the Synopsys Custom Design Platform, delivers improved productivity to designers using TSMC advanced process technologies. Numerous enhancements to Custom Compiler, validated by early 3nm users including the Synopsys DesignWare? IP team, reduce the effort to meet 3nm technology requirements. The Synopsys PrimeSim? HSPICE?, PrimeSim SPICE, PrimeSim Pro and PrimeSim XA simulators, as part of the PrimeSim Continuum solution, deliver improved turnaround time for TSMC 3nm designs and provide signoff coverage for circuit simulation and reliability requirements. The following key products in the Synopsys design platforms have been enhanced to meet process requirements: Digital Design Solutions: Fusion Compiler? RTL-to-GDSII solution. Design Compiler? NXT synthesis solution. IC Compiler II? place-and-route solution. Signoff: PrimeTime? timing signoff solution. PrimePower power analysis. StarRC? parasitic extraction signoff. IC Validator? physical verification solution. Tweaker? ECO closure solution. NanoTime custom timing signoff. ESP-CV custom functional verification. QuickCap? NX parasitic extraction 3D field solver. SPICE Simulation and Custom Design. PrimeSim HSPICE, PrimeSim SPICE and PrimeSim Pro simulation solutions. PrimeSim XA reliability analysis. Custom Compiler custom design.
Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of software and hardware (82.4%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.;
- provision of services (17.6%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).