Collaboration on AI-Driven Design Flows for
Optimization and Productivity, Advancements in Photonic IC
Integration, Plus Broad IP Development on TSMC 2nm
Technology
Highlights:
- Production-ready digital and analog design flows, powered
by Synopsys.ai™ EDA suite, on TSMC N3/N3P and N2 drive
successful results and accelerate analog design migration
- Certified Synopsys physical verification solution on TSMC
N3P and N2 nodes accelerates full-chip physical signoff
- Collaboration on silicon photonics leveraging Synopsys
3DIC Compiler and Photonics IC solution and TSMC's COUPE technology
to further enhance system performance for AI and multi-die
designs
- Broad portfolio of Synopsys Foundation and Interface IP,
in development for TSMC N2/N2P, and silicon-proven IP on N3P,
shorten design time and reduce integration risk
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS)
today announced broad EDA and IP collaborations with TSMC for
advanced node designs and have been deployed across a range of AI,
high-performance computing, and mobile designs. Among the newest
collaborations is a co-optimized Photonic IC flow, addressing
the application of silicon photonics technology in the quest for
better power, performance, and transistor density. Synopsys also
noted the industry's confidence in its digital and analog design
flows, production-ready for TSMC N3/N3P and N2 process
technologies. The two companies are collaborating on
next-generation AI-driven flows, including Synopsys DSO.ai™, for
design productivity and optimization. In addition, Synopsys
is developing a broad portfolio of Foundation and
Interface IP on TSMC N2/N2P. In a related
announcement today, Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys introduced a new
integrated radio frequency (RF) design migration flow from TSMC's
N16 process to its N6RF+ technology.
"The advancements in Synopsys' production-ready EDA flows and
photonics integration with our 3DIC Compiler, which supports the
3Dblox standard, combined with a broad IP portfolio enable Synopsys
and TSMC to help designers achieve the next level of innovation for
their chip designs on TSMC's advanced processes," said Sanjay Bali, vice president of strategy and
product management for the EDA Group at Synopsys. "The deep trust
we've built over decades of collaboration with TSMC has provided
the industry with mission-critical EDA and IP solutions that
deliver compelling quality-of-results and productivity gains with
faster migration from node to node."
"Our close collaboration with Open Innovation Platform
(OIP)® ecosystem partners like Synopsys has enabled
customers to address the most challenging design requirements, all
at the leading edge of innovation from angstrom-scale devices to
complex multi-die systems across a range of high-performance
computing designs," said Dan Kochpatcharin, head of Design
Infrastructure Management Division at TSMC. "Together, TSMC and
Synopsys will help engineering teams create the next generation of
differentiated designs on TSMC's most advanced process nodes with
faster time to results."
Certified Digital and Analog Flows on Advanced
Nodes
Synopsys' production-ready digital and analog
design flows for TSMC N3P and N2 process technologies have been
deployed across a range of AI, high-performance computing, and
mobile designs. The AI-driven analog design migration flow enables
rapid migration from one process node to another. A new flow is
available for TSMC N5 to N3E migration, adding to Synopsys'
established flows for TSMC N4P to N3E and N3E to N2 processes.
In addition, interoperable process design kits
(iPDKs) and Synopsys IC Validator™ physical
verification runsets are available for design teams to efficiently
transition designs to TSMC advanced process technologies. Synopsys
IC Validator enables full-chip physical signoff to handle the
increasing complexity of physical verification rules. Synopsys IC
Validator is now certified on TSMC N2 and N3P process
technologies.
Faster Data Transmission for Multi-Die Designs with Photonic
ICs
The high volume of data processing for AI training
requires low-latency, power-efficient, and high-bandwidth
interconnects, driving the adoption of optical transceivers and
near-/co-packaged optics using silicon photonics technology.
Synopsys and TSMC are developing end-to-end multi-die electronic
and photonic flow solutions for TSMC's Compact Universal Photonic
Engine (COUPE) technology to enhance system performance and
function. This flow spans photonic IC design with Synopsys
OptoCompiler™ and integration with electrical ICs utilizing
Synopsys 3DIC Compiler and Ansys multiphysics analysis
technologies.
Speed Time-to-Market with Broad IP Portfolio N2
and N2P
Synopsys is developing a broad portfolio of
Foundation and Interface IP for the TSMC N2 and N2P process
technologies to enable faster silicon success for complex AI,
high-performance computing, and mobile SoCs. High-quality
PHY IP on N2 and N2P, including
UCIe, HBM4/3e, 3DIO, PCIe 7.x/6.x, MIPI C/D-PHY and M-PHY, USB,
DDR5 MR-DIMM, and LPDDR6/5x, allows designers to benefit from the
PPA improvements of TSMC's most advanced process nodes. In
addition, Synopsys provides a silicon-proven Foundation and
Interface IP portfolio for TSMC N3P, including 224G Ethernet, UCIe,
MIPI C/D-PHY and M-PHY, USB/DisplayPort and eUSB2, LPDDR5x, DDR5,
and PCIe 6.x, with DDR5 MR-DIMM in development. Synopsys IP for
advanced TSMC processes has been adopted by dozens of leading
companies to accelerate their development time.
Availability and Additional Resources
Visit these
pages to learn more:
- Synopsys Digital Design Family:
https://www.synopsys.com/implementation-and-signoff/fusion-design-platform.html
- Synopsys Analog Design Family:
https://www.synopsys.com/implementation-and-signoff/custom-design-platform.html
- Synopsys Multi-Die Solution:
https://www.synopsys.com/multi-die-system.html
- Synopsys Photonic IC Solutions:
https://www.synopsys.com/photonic-solutions.html
- Synopsys IP Portfolio:
https://www.synopsys.com/designware-ip.html
About Synopsys
Catalyzing the era of pervasive
intelligence, Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) delivers trusted and
comprehensive silicon to systems design solutions, from electronic
design automation to silicon IP and system verification and
validation. We partner closely with semiconductor and systems
customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their
R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that
ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Learn more
at www.synopsys.com.
Editorial Contact:
Kelli Wheeler
Synopsys, Inc.
(650) 584-5000
Kelliw@synopsys.com
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