ASIC and IC Design : IC Physical Design Tools |
Vendor Name
Click for Profile | Product Name
Click for Datasheet | Product Description |
Advantest Technology Solutions Corp. | "Flexible Platform" T2000 | Innovation never stops. And, with SoC devices demonstrating increasingly shorter life spans, chipmakers now have a cost effective alternative to purchasing new ATE platforms every 2-3 years, or with each new generation of device.
The T2000 enables you quick access to high-volume markets with minimum investment. T2000 - "Innovative Solutions for Changing Needs" |
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AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) | AMIS-39100 Octal High Side Driver | The AMIS-39100 is a general purpose integrated circuit (IC) with eight integrated high side (HS) output drivers. The device is designed to control the power of virtually any type of load in a 12V automotive environment, such as transistor gates, relays, LEDs, etc. |
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Analog Bits | DLL Technology | Digital IC’s that interface to high speed memory interfaces such as DDR/QDR receive data and strobe clocks simultaneously. In order to ensure timing and guarantee data-capture, the incoming clocks need to be phase adjusted, typically by 90 degrees. In addition, the strobe clocks appear non-continuously as a method of reducing switching power and hence will require a clock system generation macro to rapidly generate clocks. Analog Bits DLL macro generates a 90 degree delayed clocks (optionally 180 or 360 degrees) from noncontinuous clock strobe. The macro also has a built-in stop capability that allows powering down the analog portions when the incoming clock is idling saving power. Additionally the macro has the ability to perform rapid re-start the clocks with the incoming clocks. The macro is also provided with programmable gate-delays which can be used to compensate for external data-path or clock-tree delays. The DLL uses our proprietary architecture proprietary ESD structure that uses core devices only, and resides inside the IO ring of two analog power supply pads, occupying no core area. The DLL macros fit into any standard IP pad pitch and can also be integrated to any custom IO rings.
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Analog Bits | Video Capture PLL | Analog Bits Video Capture PLL macro is designed for applications that require precise clock generation from a highly noisy and low frequency input pulses, such as video slave and HDTV SoC. The core operates at a maximum pixel clock rate of 160MHz and uses only core devices and hence can be easily integrated into a digital SoC. The core is fully self-contained integrating all the required circuitry for generating a high-quality phase-variable pixel stream from a mediocre quality Hsync. In addition all of the required isolation from the digital section is incorporated to maintain the highest level of noise immunity. The PLL uses a system reference clock (e.g. 14.318MHz crystal) as a high precision time reference. The PLL utilizes a high-precision 28-bit digital frequency synthesizer, with a programmable all-digital loop filter making it possible to generate an output clock with less jitter than the typical Hsync reference, enabling the production of pixel clocks superior to that of an external analog PLL. Typical power consumption of the core is150mW at 135MHz pixel rate. The core is also designed with programmable power adjustment to allow for power vs. performance tradeoffs. |
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Ansoft Corp. | HFSS | HFSS is the industry-standard software for S-parameter and full-wave SPICE extraction and for the electromagnetic simulation of high-frequency and high-speed components. HFSS is widely used for the design of on-chip embedded passives, PCB interconnects, antennas, RF/microwave components, and high-frequency IC packages. |
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Ansoft Corp. | Nexxim® | Nexxim® is an advanced, frequency- and time-domain circuit simulator for engineers designing the next generation of high- performance DigitalRF CMOS ICs, GaAs/SiGe RFICs, SIP/SOC packages, power delivery systems and gigabit computer and communication backplanes. Dynamic, parameterized co-simulation with HFSS™ and Ansoft Designer® enables Nexxim to combine transistor-level detail for complex and highly nonlinear circuits with full-wave S-parameter models of the interconnect to provide the most accurate simulation capability for signal-integrity analysis and RF design. |
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ARM Inc | Memory Generators | ARM offers IC designers a wide range of choices from its broad portfolio of Artisan memory products. The Artisan high-performance, high-density, low-power and ultra low-power memory generators are optimized for each silicon technology. ARM's Artisan Process-Perfect™ Design Methodology includes comprehensive QA and validation procedures that can enable accurate designs with high manufacturing yields. Each product is delivered with a complete set of views and models for leading EDA tools. |
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ARM Inc | Standard Cells | ARM's Artisan standard cell libraries are developed using its Artisan Process-Perfect™ Design Methodology and based on feedback from customers, EDA, IP, design services and foundry partners. The result is a widely-used set of libraries that offer a wide range of performance and density choices. The Artisan SAGE-X™ Library offers an optimal mix of density and speed that is well suited for mainstream applications. The SAGE-HS™ and SAGE-NHS High-Speed Libraries complement the SAGE-X Library by offering solutions for speed critical designs. Each product is delivered with a complete set of views and models for leading EDA tools. |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Cadence Chip Optimizer | Silicon-proven, full-chip physical design optimization system that improves manufacturability, yield, and performance, thus addressing the ever-important requirements for shorter time to convergence and shorter time to volume. It optimizes layout based on electrical constraints, manufacturing rules, and objectives.
Operating Systems: Sun, AIX, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso Layout Migrate | The physical layout migration tool that supports fast process and design rule migration of hard IP, custom digital designs, mixed-signal blocks, memories, and standard cell libraries.
Operating Systems: Sun, HP, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso NeoCell Analog Physical Synthesis | Translates analog cell schematics into a full-custom optimized layout and capture the subtle electrical and geometrical constraints to enable analog layout reuse.
Operating System: Sun, HP, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso NeoCircuit Circuit Sizing & Optimization | Performs automatic circuit sizing and optimization for custom digital, RF, and mixed-signal circuits -- employs the designer's simulator of choice to size, bias, and verify circuits interactively.
Operating Systems: Sun, HP, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso® Chip Assembly Router | A constraint- and design-rule driven interactive and fully automatic shape-based router. It supports block authoring and chip authoring solutions for designs at any level of the hierarchy.
Operating System: Sun, HP, AIX, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso® Chip Editor | The center piece of the full-chip integration function, it provides high-performance editing for full-chip finishing tasks and the capacity to handle your largest designs.
Operating Systems: Sun, HP, AIX, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso® Layout Editor | The industry-standard base-level custom physical layout tool, it supports the physical implementation of custom digital, mixed-signal, and analog designs at the device, cell, and block levels.
Operating Systems: Sun, HP, AIX, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso® Layout Editor Turbo | The mid-range custom block authoring physical layout tool, it supports the physical implementation of custom digital, mixed-signal, and analog designs at the device, cell, and block levels.
Operating Systems: Sun, HP, AIX, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso® Schematic Editor | The design composition environment that delivers an extensive set of tools for custom IC design entry, from architectural definition to final structural implementations at the transistor level.
Operating System: Sun, HP, AIX, Linux |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Virtuoso® XL Layout Editor | The high-end custom block authoring physical layout tool that supports the physical implementation of custom digital, mixed-signal, and analog designs at the device, cell, and block levels.
Operating System: Sun, HP, AIX, Linux |
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CebaTech Inc. | IP Technology | The communications (networking and storage) industry is migrating to 10Gbps rates for servers and routers, transport offload engines to address latency and software overhead, iSCSI based network attached storage, security based on IPSec/IKE and mandatory packet filtering for firewalling. Over the past decade, communications developers have implemented these protocols in software, relying on a combination of embedded processors, highly optimized code, and massive memory to handle performance limitations. Although processor performance continues to improve, developers must increasingly look to hardware-based implementations to achieve continuous gigabit and especially 10Gbps throughput. |
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Cubic Wafer | Hybrid IC | Hybrid integrated circuits are devices that apply standard semiconductor processing technology to individual ICs, and fuses the ICs together to simultaneously form an electrical, mechanical, and thermal bond. By applying semiconductor processing techniques to the packaging world, hybrid ICs realize the advantages of semiconductor processing. Advantages, such as extremely small and high density interconnects, lower cost, lower power, and scalability are all realized with Cubic Wafer’s patented hybridization process. |
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Denali Software, Inc. | Blueprint | Blueprint is used by chip design teams to automate the creation and management of control registers, and all related models, design views and documentation. From a register description language (RDL) input, Blueprint generates views for hardware and software development, verification, and documentation. Supported output formats include Verilog, C, C++, OpenVera, e, OVL, Frame, HTML/XML, Word and more |
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Design Workshop, Inc. | DW 2000 | Custom IC Layout Tool for Digital, Analog and Deep-Submicron designs that includes a powerful scripting language
Max. Metal Layers: 256
IC Types: Full Custom
Special Routing Abilities: none
Output File Formats: JEOL-52, Mebes, JEOL-01, Gerber, Cambridge SPD, GDS II
Design Checking: HLE, DRC, LVS
Operating System: HP-UX, MacOS, Solaris, Windows 98, Windows NT |
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Dini Group | Phar Lap TNT DOS Extender | A DOS Extender is a software tool that enables developers to access extended memory beyond the 640K DOS limit. The DOS extender functions as a layer between DOS in real mode and an application in protected mode. It is embedded into the program and is invisible to the end-user. Phar Lap's DOS extenders support all the major industry standards-DPMI, XMS and VCPI-so that Extended-DOS applications can run under DESQview™ and all modes of Windows™, as well as DOS. |