CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
27 February 2008
Product News
Magma Volcano Supports TSMC 45-nm and 65-nm IC Implementation
Magma® Design Automation Inc. announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will make available Magma Volcano™ databases and Quartz™ RC tech files for download along with TSMC cell libraries beginning in March 2008.
With these files and a single command in the Talus® IC implementation system, designers can reduce the time and effort required to begin implementing 45-nanometer and 65-namometer (nm) ICs. Other flows still require multiple steps before design implementation can begin, including importing LEF/DEF files, manufacturing rules and RC extraction technology files into multiple tools.
The Volcano databases also provide a more efficient method of making design changes after implementation begins. Designers using point tools spend a significant amount of time importing databases into their respective point tools. If the designer decides to switch libraries or design rules during the implementation process, the importing process of all databases into several tools must be repeated. Since Magma software operates on a unified data model, only the new database must be imported. By delivering Volcano library views and Volcano design rules separately, TSMC increases download efficiency and reduces Volcano maintenance when, for example, TSMC updates cell libraries but not rules files or vice versa.
“Responding to increased demand for Magma IC implementation toolset and the advanced technology design infrastructure to support its unified data model, we implemented the support for Magma’s Volcano databases,” said S.T. Juang, Senior director of Design Infrastructure Marketing at TSMC. “The easy accessibility to the qualified databases will greatly increase design efficiency and prospects for first time silicon success.”
“The combination of TSMC’s robust process technologies and manufacturing ability and Magma’s integrated IC implementation software offers users significant performance, cost and turnaround time advantages,” said Kam Kittrell, general manager of Magma’s Design Implementation Business Unit. “We’re pleased to be working with TSMC to make it easier for designers to leverage our solutions.”
TSMC has developed a complete quality control process for qualifying tool databases and is implementing designs in 45-nm, 65-nm and 90-nm technology nodes for various applications. In March TSMC will host 45-nm and 65-nm Volcano views from the TSMC Online website.
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