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TSMC 28nm Analog and Mixed-Signal Reference Flow Includes Silicon Frontline’s F3D Parasitic Extraction Software

Nanometer designs require 3D field-solver accuracy

Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. (SFT), the silicon-proven, full-chip, field-solver company, announced today that its F3D (Fast 3D) parasitic extraction software for post-layout verification, has been selected as part of TSMC’s 28 nanometer (nm) Analog and MixedSignal (AMS) Reference Flow 1.0. F3D was chosen because it offers parasitic extraction with guaranteed accuracy along with the capacity and performance to handle large nm designs.

“We are pleased to have the world’s leading foundry, TSMC, select our 3D extraction software for their 28nm AMS Reference Flow,” remarked Yuri Feinberg, CEO. “With F3D, TSMC’s customers can achieve guaranteed accuracy and take advantage of our full-chip capacity and exceptional performance.”

“TSMC collaborates with select EDA suppliers like Silicon Frontline to get design tools ready for our most advanced semiconductor processes,” added Tom Quan, deputy director, design methodology and service marketing at TSMC. “Silicon Frontline’s 3D extraction software has been one of the first EDA tools to be included in our 28nm AMS Reference Flow.”

Last year, TSMC validated Silicon Frontline’s F3D product for 40- and 65-nanometer design technologies for its iRCX support.

The Importance of Guaranteed Accuracy, Performance

The demand for higher performance and reliability for designs targeting nanometer process nodes drives the need for parasitic extraction accuracy. Analog, AMS, and embedded memory designs require extraction software that delivers 3D field-solver accuracy, since small coupling capacitances can very often be the cause of failure.

Silicon Frontline’s post-layout verification software offers accuracy and high performance based on its proprietary and rigorous 3D technology to extract parasitics. Users specify the level of accuracy desired, net by net, at the block level or with regular expressions. In this way, the resulting parasitics are guaranteed correct within the specified accuracy.

Silicon-Proven Technology

Since Silicon Frontline’s introduction last year, the company’s 3D technology has been endorsed by the world’s leading foundries, its customers include eight of the world’s top 25 semiconductor companies and its software has been used to verify over 200 designs.

About Silicon Frontline

Silicon Frontline Technology provides the only electrical layout verification solution that addresses the most critical yet difficult to solve performance and reliability challenges in today’s electronic designs. Our products enable engineers to improve efficiency and ensure robustness of their designs.

Over 70 electronic companies rely on Silicon Frontline products and services for their silicon success. Silicon Frontline products are widely adopted by IDMs and foundries, including 12 of the top 25 semiconductor companies and have been used in thousands of designs.

Silicon Frontline was founded in 2007 by former members of Nassda, Epic Design, and Quad Design. Our team brings 300+ years of computational geometry, complex numerical methods, and semiconductor material expertise. We are primarily funded by angel investors and iD Ventures.

Silicon Frontline

4030 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 249
San Jose, CA 95117
Tel: 408-963-6916
[email protected]

© 2022, Silicon Frontline Technology.

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