At Intel Foundry Direct Connect 2025 event, Synopsys, Inc. announced broad EDA and IP collaborations with Intel Foundry, including availability of its certified AI-driven digital and analog design flows for the Intel 18A process node and production-ready EDAflows for the Intel 18A-P process node with RibbonFET Gate-all-around transistor architecture and the industry's first commercial foundry implementation of PowerVia backside power delivery. To drive multi-die design innovation forward, Synopsys and Intel Foundry are collaborating to enable Intel's new Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge-T (EMIB-T) advanced packaging technology with an EDA reference flow powered by Synopsys 3DIC Compiler. With its EDA flows, multi-die solution, and broad portfolio of Synopsys' foundation and interface IP on Intel 18A and Intel 18A-P, Synopsys is helping designers accelerate the development of highly optimized AI and HPC chip designs from silicon to systems. In a keynote presentation at today's event, John Koeter, Senior Vice President, for the Synopsys IP Group, emphasized: "The successful collaboration between Synopsys and Intel foundry is advancing the semiconductor industry with silicon to system design solutions to meet the evolving needs for AI and high-performance computing applications.
Synopsys 3DICCompiler allows feasibility and partitioning, prototyping and floorplanning, and multiphysics signoff in a single environment, allowing efficient design creation, implementation, optimization, and closure. Synopsys Expands IP Portfolio for Advanced Angstrom-Level Designs: The introduction of angstrom-level processes will be crucial for next-generation AI and HPC chips, delivering optimized performance, power, area, and latency. To accelerate time-to-market for these designs, Synopsys is developing the industry's broadest IP portfolio for Interface, Foundation, and SLM (Silicon Lifecycle Management) IP on Intel 18A process node, including 224G Ethernet, PCIe 7.0, UCIe, USB4, embedded memories, logic libraries, IOs, and PVT sensors.
Utilizing Intel's PowerVia backside power delivery technology, Synopsys IP will enhance power distribution and performance, enabling advanced and differentiated chip designs with Intel Foundry technologies. Further Strengthening Intel Foundry Ecosystem to Accelerate Adoption and Innovation: Synopsys is further expanding its collaboration with Intel Foundry and the ecosystem by joining the Intel Foundry Accelerator Design Services Alliance and the new Intel Foundry Accelerator Chiplet Alliance. As a member of the latest Intel Foundry Alliance, Synopsys commits to offering its design services, in addition to optimized EDA tools and IP, to help customers accelerate their advanced chip designs.
As a founding member of the new Intel Foundry Chiplet Alliance, Synopsys will further enable interoperability, manufacturability and design solutions supporting multi-die chips on Intel 18A.
