Parasitic extraction solution verified for TSMC

TSMC has verified Star-RCXT - a key product in Synopsys' Galaxy design platform and standard in the TSMC Reference Flow.

TSMC has verified Star-RCXT - a key product in Synopsys' Galaxy design platform and standard in the TSMC Reference Flow.

The package is now supported for all TSMC processes, including the latest 0.11um and Nexsys 90nm technology.

Mutual TSMC-Synopsys customers such as Altera Corp are now standardising on Star-RCXT for parasitic extraction and modelling of 90nm effects with accurate correlation to silicon.

"Altera has used Star-RCXT on its Stratix devices and its HardCopy structured ASIC devices, and has now standardised on the tool for parasitic extraction on its Stratix II device family, a 90nm optimised FPGA", said Bahram Ahanin, Vice President of Design Automation at Altera.

"Star-RCXT was selected on the merits of its TSMC verification, its proven ability to model 90nm effects with subfemtofarad accuracy, and its seamless integration with Altera's standard physical verification solution, Synopsys' Hercules".

Star-RCXT is the market-leading parasitic extraction solution, offering the highest performance, capacity and accuracy for cell-based, custom digital and analogue/mixed signal designs.

Star-RCXT supports key 90nm process capabilities including in-die process variation solutions - such as selective process biasing (spacing and width dependent metal bias), local density effects (LDE), length of diffusion (LOD) - and metal fill.

In modelling such advanced silicon process features, Star-RCXT extracts highly accurate RC parasitics for PrimeTime to ensure rapid timing signoff.

"Since the inception of our reference flow, TSMC and Synopsys have partnered to produce design tools and flows for current and next-generation process nodes", said Genda Hu, Vice President of Marketing at TSMC.

"As a result of this validation of Synopsys' Star-RCXT, mutual customers can now take full advantage of our leading-edge Nexsys foundry process for accurate modelling of 90nm technology effects".

"Through our long-standing collaboration, TSMC and Synopsys continue to deliver proven design flows that enable mutual customers to produce accurate designs using the most advanced silicon capabilities", said Antun Domic, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Synopsys' Implementation Group.

"With this proven foundry flow, Altera is now able to deliver its next- generation devices to market with high predictability and yield".

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