Magma Design Automation, a company manufacturing chip designs, declared that TSMC has added the QCP extractor to its EDA qualification report for 28-nm ICs.
This certification enables designers to make use of QCP to simplify the complicated implementation of ICs in 28-nm processes of TSMC.
Innovative tool structures and the increasing number of metal layers utilized at the 28-nm node are causing several added parasitic effects that can impact the IC’s performance. Designers require precise extraction abilities to generate simulation models that precisely determine the performance of circuits. The 28-nm process standards are satisfied by QCP through multi-dimensional etch tables, etch, additional via rules and contact biasing in order to ensure needed support. QCP also offers next-generation extraction abilities for ICs used in 40-nm and other large process technologies.
QCP was designed to deliver rapid extraction with high-level of precision. QCP delivers linear scalability on multi-processor equipment, thus lowering speed timing closures and runtimes. It also solves voltage, temperature and multi-corner process (PVT) issues that arise at 28 nm by allowing extra corners to be extracted with a low runtime increase. Magma products offer “Fastest Path to Silicon” and are equipped with software for analog implementation, digital design, physical verification, circuit simulation, mixed-signal design, yield management and characterization.
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