Cadence Design Systems has announced that Phison Electronics Corporation has used the Cadence Voltus-Fi Custom Power Integrity Solution to achieve silicon-proven accuracy on electromigration and IR-drop (EMIR) checks for its flash controller chips. Phison claims the tool reduced its tapeout schedule by eight weeks, improving time to market by 40% while also increasing overall product reliability.
The Voltus-Fi Custom Power Integrity Solution is a transistor-level EMIR tool that is said to deliver foundry-certified SPICE-level accuracy in power signoff.
The Phison design team says it delivered three proven silicon designs in 12 months by coupling the Voltus-Fi with the Virtuoso custom design platform. The Cadence tool suite provided the design team with circuit simulation and layout EMIR analysis, debugging and fixing to improve overall design productivity.
“Using a low-power design methodology and maintaining power-grid integrity have become critical design requirements for signoff, especially at lower process nodes,” said Aw Yong Chee Kong, president at Phison Electronics. “By incorporating the Cadence Voltus-Fi Custom Power Integrity Solution into our design flow, Phison engineers have been able to find design weaknesses such as potential voltage drop and electromigration failures, preventing costly silicon re-spins.”
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Tom Austin-Morgan
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk