IC PHYSICAL DESIGN

IC PHYSICAL DESIGN

  • Successful tape-out using 5nm to 180nm TSMC, GF and other processes.

  • Taped out AI, CPU, and Networking processors up to 10Ghz speed.

  • RTL2GDSII implementation for both hierarchical chip and block level.

  • Met stringent PPA (power, performance, area requirement), on time, within budget.

  • Developed and automated floor planning, placement, routing, verification, and sign off flows and methodologies for Synopsys and Cadence tools up to latest nodes.

Process Technology: Up to 5 nm process technologies.

Foundries Used: TSMC, GF, Samsung, and other leading foundries.

EDA Vendor Tools: Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Ansys.

Key PnR Capabilities:

  • Flat, virtually flat, Hierarchical, and Chip-assembly flow

  • Floor planning, Placement Clock insertion, and Routing

  • Low power (UPF development) Design

  • Complex clocking scheme: clock mesh, multisource

  • Many clock domains (up to 5Ghz clock speed)

  • Advanced STA (MMMC, AOCV, POCV)

  • Multi-voltage design

  • Physical verification with IR/EM

  • Power Verification

  • Chip and block level Sign-off

  • ESD and Reliability analysis

Recent Accomplishment:

  • PNR with DFT verification of a highly complex Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor core at 6 Ghz using 7 nm process technology. Massive number of cores in a single chip.

  • Implementation of a Complex image processing, and networking processor chips.

IC PHYSICAL DESIGN