SAN JOSE, USA: Magma Design Automation Inc. announced availability of an advanced low-power IC implementation reference flow for the 65nm process and low-leakage-process intellectual property (IP) from Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC).
SMIC's 65-nm logic technology combines improved performance and reduced power consumption with the increased design possibilities and cost efficiencies that a smaller-node process offers.
Magma's Talus IC implementation system fully supports the SMIC 65-nm low-leakage process intellectual property (IP), including standard-cell libraries, power management kit (PMK) and memory compilers.
The Talus implementation flow coupled with Talus Power Pro applies various techniques throughout implementation and to minimize power consumption while maximizing quality of results.
Talus reduces turnaround time and the power consumption of ICs used in a wide range of consumer applications, such as mobile phones, PMPs, global positioning, digital TV, set-top boxes and mobile storage devices.
"Magma's development of an advanced low-power IC implementation reference flow for the SMIC 65-nm process technology demonstrates both companies' commitment to providing designers with tools and technology to improve performance and reduce power consumption of ICs," said Paul Ouyang, vice president of design services at SMIC.
"Talus is the only flow that enables designers to address power considerations throughout the flow and within a single environment," said Premal Buch, general manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "Using Talus, SMIC customers can get the best combination of performance, low power and fast turnaround times for complex designs."
The reference flow is available now at no cost to Magma customers.
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Magma's Talus-based RTL-to-GDSII low-power reference flow for UMC's 40nm process
SAN JOSE, USA: Magma Design Automation Inc. announced the availability of an integrated low-power IC implementation reference flow for UMC's advanced 40-nanometer (nm) process.
This reference flow supports the UMC 40-nm process and the UMC 40-nm low-leakage library. Based on the Magma Talus IC implementation system and fully compliant with the Unified Power Format (UPF), it allows designers to address low-power nanometer design considerations during implementation and within a single environment, maximizing quality of results (QoR) while reducing turnaround time. Similar low-power reference flows for 90- and 65-nm processes are already available from Magma.
"UMC and Magma's long-standing partnership has resulted in many productive design support solutions for our customers," said Stephen Fu, director of the IP Development and Design Support Division at UMC. "Our latest effort is an integrated low-power IC implementation reference flow that gives designers a means to address low-power issues during the implementation phase of 40-nm designs."
"Our goal in working with UMC was to give project teams a way to address low-power nanometer design considerations with an integrated low-power IC implementation reference flow," said Premal Buch, general manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "The Talus platform's unique integration accomplishes that goal while reducing overall turnaround time."
Magma-UMC low-power reference flow
The Magma-UMC RTL-to-GDSII low-power reference flow includes the required scripts and documentation for Magma users to move to UMC's advanced 40-nm low-power process technology and offers timing closure without iterations to enable quick silicon delivery.
A multiple-power domain is used to create different voltage domains with designated purposes, including reducing leakage current and reducing chip power consumption while meeting timing requirements. The reference flow provides MTCMOS power switch insertion and placement for implementing a switched domain.
It performs automatic checking and insertion of level shifters and isolation cells into the right locations in a domain, insertion of retention flip-flops in the domain that can be powered down, and always-on buffering for retention of the control signal in the switched domain.
In addition, Magma's placement engines complete all the standard-cell placement in the design using features such as comprehensive congestion analysis and timing-driven placement.
Magma's clock tree synthesis constructs a minimum-skew clock tree. With the GUI clock-tree browser, users can monitor the clock tree implementation during the flow and can select the correct clock tree structures for their design. After clock tree synthesis is completed, Magma's advanced routing engines complete the routing, including signal and power routing, based on UMC's 40-nm design rules.
Magma's integrated IC implementation solution and unified data structure as the basis for the reference flow ensures better quality results for timing, area, power, signal integrity and reliability while minimizing the design cycle.
The reference flow is available from Magma now at no cost to Magma customers.
This reference flow supports the UMC 40-nm process and the UMC 40-nm low-leakage library. Based on the Magma Talus IC implementation system and fully compliant with the Unified Power Format (UPF), it allows designers to address low-power nanometer design considerations during implementation and within a single environment, maximizing quality of results (QoR) while reducing turnaround time. Similar low-power reference flows for 90- and 65-nm processes are already available from Magma.
"UMC and Magma's long-standing partnership has resulted in many productive design support solutions for our customers," said Stephen Fu, director of the IP Development and Design Support Division at UMC. "Our latest effort is an integrated low-power IC implementation reference flow that gives designers a means to address low-power issues during the implementation phase of 40-nm designs."
"Our goal in working with UMC was to give project teams a way to address low-power nanometer design considerations with an integrated low-power IC implementation reference flow," said Premal Buch, general manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "The Talus platform's unique integration accomplishes that goal while reducing overall turnaround time."
Magma-UMC low-power reference flow
The Magma-UMC RTL-to-GDSII low-power reference flow includes the required scripts and documentation for Magma users to move to UMC's advanced 40-nm low-power process technology and offers timing closure without iterations to enable quick silicon delivery.
A multiple-power domain is used to create different voltage domains with designated purposes, including reducing leakage current and reducing chip power consumption while meeting timing requirements. The reference flow provides MTCMOS power switch insertion and placement for implementing a switched domain.
It performs automatic checking and insertion of level shifters and isolation cells into the right locations in a domain, insertion of retention flip-flops in the domain that can be powered down, and always-on buffering for retention of the control signal in the switched domain.
In addition, Magma's placement engines complete all the standard-cell placement in the design using features such as comprehensive congestion analysis and timing-driven placement.
Magma's clock tree synthesis constructs a minimum-skew clock tree. With the GUI clock-tree browser, users can monitor the clock tree implementation during the flow and can select the correct clock tree structures for their design. After clock tree synthesis is completed, Magma's advanced routing engines complete the routing, including signal and power routing, based on UMC's 40-nm design rules.
Magma's integrated IC implementation solution and unified data structure as the basis for the reference flow ensures better quality results for timing, area, power, signal integrity and reliability while minimizing the design cycle.
The reference flow is available from Magma now at no cost to Magma customers.
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