Semiconductor Engineering

Automatic Layout Generator Targeting Region-based Layouts for Advanced FinFET-Based Full-Custom Circuits (UT Austin/NVIDIA)

A technical paper titled “AutoCRAFT: Layout Automation for Custom Circuits in Advanced FinFET Technologies” was published by researchers at UT Austin and NVIDIA. “This paper presents AutoCRAFT, an ...
Business Wire

Cadence Expands Virtuoso Platform with Enhanced System Design, Advanced Node Support Down to 5nm, and Simulation-Driven Layout

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today introduced major enhancements to its Cadence ® Virtuoso ® custom IC design platform that improve electronic system ...
Design-Reuse

GUC Tapes Out Complex 3D Stacked Die Design on Advanced FinFET Node Using Cadence Integrity 3D-IC Platform

January 10, 2024 -- Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), a leading global ASIC provider, has successfully taped out a complex 3D stacked die design on an advanced FinFET node process. The design, which ...
Design-Reuse

Synopsys' Custom Compiler Certified for TSMC 10-nm and 7-nm FinFET Process Nodes

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Mar. 30, 2016 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that the company's new Custom Compiler™ tool (see today's news release) has been certified by TSMC for 10-nanometer ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Stress-Related Local Layout Effects In FinFET Technology And Device Design Sensitivity

“Transistor characteristics in advanced technology nodes are strongly impacted by devices design and process integration choices. Variation in the layout and pattern configuration in close proximity ...
Seeking Alpha

Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys Accelerate RFIC Semiconductor Design with New Reference Flow for TSMC's Most Advanced 4nm RF FinFET Process

New reference flow offers open, efficient radio frequency design solution that supports streamlined migration from previous process nodes Industry-leading electromagnetic simulation tools boost 5G/6G ...
Electronic Design

FinFETs Herald A Seismic Shift In Semiconductor Technology

Since the inception of the integrated-circuit (IC) industry, design metrics such as performance, power, area, cost, and time-to-market have remained the same. In fact, Moore’s law is all about ...