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News Release from: PolarFab | Subject: Process design kits
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2002
Process design kits speed analogue
foundry
Cadence Design Systems and PolarFab have confirmed final acceptance of the Cadence-developed process design kits (PDKs) for PolarFab's proven ABC/RFBC analogue BiCMOS processes.
Cadence Design Systems and PolarFab have confirmed final acceptance of the Cadence-developed process design kits (PDKs) for PolarFab's proven ABC/RFBC analogue BiCMOS processes PolarFab's ABC and RFBC process families support chips running in excess of 1.5GHz and can safely handle 10V supplies
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ratifying the new PDK, mutual Cadence-PolarFab customer Sipex confirmed its satisfaction with the foundry kit.
A high-performance analogue chip manufacturer, Sipex confirmed the importance of using the new PDK in reducing time-to-market for its newest consumer product IC.
"With the Cadence-based PDK, we were able to take advantage of the full-featured front-to-back chip design solution", said Bruce Diamond, president and COO of Sipex.
"To us, front-to-back means schematics and simulation to layout and physical verification.
The Cadence PDK advantage cut our time to production down to less than half the time traditional methods would have taken".
Dennis Gaetano, vice president of sales and marketing at PolarFab added, "As a provider of foundry services for analogue high-performance ICs, it is imperative that we offer leading edge tools to expedite products into the marketplace.
The Cadence PDK solution provides first-pass foundry success and significantly improves our customers' time-to-product".
The advantage of Cadence design tools means PolarFab is able to provide its customers with the appropriate PDK for a specified process.
This allows the customer to begin designing immediately.
Being inherently coupled to a specific process, PDKs also allow more accurate simulations and post-layout (parasitic extraction) resimulation.
"Cadence offers intelligent PDKs that provide schematic-driven layouts resulting not only in huge savings, but, just as importantly, address the analog/full custom layout bottleneck", said Leif Rosqvist, vice president of services at Cadence.
"There is no doubt that when using Cadence tools instead of PC-based design solutions, the customer can realise a significant time savings, and an increase in first pass success".
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