Synopsys, ST Micro and Samsung collaborate on 28-nm FD-SOI

Synopsys has extended its VLSI design tool Galaxy design flow to Samsung in support of their strategic agreement with ST Microelectronics to offer dual sourcing of ST's 28-nm FD-SOI technology. Developed over a multiyear collaboration with ST, the design 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." The Synopsys design flow for ST's 28-nm FD-SOI is compatible with the Lynx Design System, a full-chip design environment from Synopsys. A technology plug-in using ST's 28-nm FD-SOI Process Design Kit (PDK), standard cells and memories, adapts the production-proven Galaxy Design Platform-based RTL-to-GDSII flow for 28-nm FD-SOI SoC designs, accelerating project setup and execution. Lynx automation simplifies and accelerates many critical implementat...