Date: 18/11/2010

Synopsys’ custom design solution qualified for TowerJazz’s reference flow

Synopsys, Inc. and TowerJazz have collaborated to qualify Synopsys’ custom design solution with TowerJazz’s 180-nanometer (nm) power management (PM) interoperable process design kit (iPDK) and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) PM reference flow. Synopsys's design solution include the Galaxy Custom Designer implementation, HSPICE circuit simulation, CustomSim FastSPICE simulation, and StarRC parasitic extraction tools.

“TowerJazz and Synopsys have been working together to create and promote iPDKs as an open standard for the custom design community so engineering teams only need to develop a single PDK for each process node, reducing development costs and design cycle times,” said Ori Galzur, vice president of design center and design enablement at TowerJazz. “Synopsys’ world-class team provided TowerJazz with on-site iPDK training as well as expertise in iPDK interoperability and validation methodologies. This collaboration further expands our relationship to offer a comprehensive, open analog/mixed-signal design solution.”

The TowerJazz AMS PM Reference Flow includes a reference design that is based on the TowerJazz 180-nm iPDK and a set of documentation that covers the overall flow as well as the detailed reference flow steps. It also highlights the important productivity features to help designers complete their designs on time and help ensure first pass silicon success.

“We welcome TowerJazz’s leadership in adopting the iPDK standard and applying it to their advanced power management process and reference flow,” said Bijan Kiani, vice president of product marketing at Synopsys. “Through this partnership, we can ensure that our mutual customers achieve fast turnaround time from design specification to production.”