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Synopsys, STMicroelectronics and Samsung Extend Collaboration [Professional Services Close - Up]
[June 17, 2014]

Synopsys, STMicroelectronics and Samsung Extend Collaboration [Professional Services Close - Up]


(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Synopsys said it has extended its collaboration with STMicroelectronics to include Samsung Electronics, enabling broader market adoption of ST's 28-nm FD-SOI technology for SoC design.



According to a release from the company, this collaboration extends the Galaxy design flow to Samsung in support of their strategic agreement to offer dual sourcing of ST's 28-nm FD-SOI technology.

Synopsys reported that this design, developed over a multiyear collaboration with ST, flow enables concurrent area, power and timing optimizations to enable engineers to optimize their designs for the ST 28-nm FD-SOI process.


"The close collaboration between ST design teams and Synopsys led to advanced silicon-proven design enablement solutions that fully leverage the performance and power promise of FD-SOI technology and provide the foundation needed to meet tight time to market windows," said Philippe Magarshack, executive vice president, Design Enablement and Services, STMicroelectronics. "Our close collaboration with Synopsys has already enabled many successful tapeouts with mutual customers using Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform and Lynx Design System." A technology plug-in using ST's 28-nm FD-SOI Process Design Kit (PDK), standard cells and memories, adapts the Galaxy Design Platform-based RTL-to-GDSII flow for 28-nm FD-SOI SoC designs, accelerating project setup and execution.

"28-nm FD-SOI is an ideal solution for customers looking for extra performance and power efficiency at the 28-nm node without having to migrate to 20-nm," said Dr. Shawn Han, vice president of foundry marketing, Samsung Electronics. "Our close collaboration with Synopsys and ST will enable designers to reduce risk, accelerate time-to-market, minimize power and maximize performance to expand 28-nm FD-SOI adoption." "Because the Galaxy Design Platform is silicon-proven on ST's 28- nm FD-SOI process with multiple tapeouts of low power designs running in the gigahertz frequency range, customers can adopt this technology with confidence," said Antun Domic, executive vice president and general manager, Design Group at Synopsys. "Combined with the Lynx Design System and DesignWare IP, the Galaxy Design Platform enables engineers to derive maximum benefit from the FD- SOI process and our continued collaboration with ST and Samsung will ensure ease of adoption of FD-SOI for SoC design." The Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform and Lynx Design System with support for ST and Samsung 28-nm FD-SOI process technology are available now from Synopsys.

The 28-nm FD-SOI-enabled PDK, standard cells and memories for early design are available now from Samsung.

Synopsys is a provider of software, IP and services to help engineers address their design, verification, system and manufacturing challenges.

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