Synopsys-SMIC RTL-to-GDSII 90nm Design Flow
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) (NYSE: SMI)(SEHK: 0981.HK) recently released an enhanced 90 nanometer (nm) hierarchical, multi-voltage RTL-to-GDSII reference design flow that benefits from advanced synthesis, design-for-test (DFT) and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) capabilities. Key features of the reference flow include topographical synthesis in the Design Compiler(tm) Ultra product, scan compression in […]
Low Power Coalition's Common Power Format Roadmap
Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) recently published the Low Power Coalition's (LPC) roadmap for Common Power Format (CPF) extensions planned out through mid-2009. Si2 is an organization of industry-leading semiconductor, systems, EDA, and manufacturing companies focused on improving the way integrated circuits are designed and manufactured in order to speed time to market, reduce costs, and […]
Cadence ARM11, ARM1176JZF-S Reference Methodologies
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (NASDAQ: ARMHY) created implementation reference methodologies for the ARM11(TM) MPCore(TM) multicore processor and the ARM1176JZF-S(TM) processor. The Cadence reference methodologies for the two ARM processors provide enhanced design solutions for designing multicore, low-power devices.
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