The ML-enhanced Cadence Litho Physical Analyzer, optimized for GF's 12LP and 12LP+ solutions, provides customers with in-design automated DFM hotspot detection and fixing capabilities to speed implementation and time to market. The ML-based enhancement delivers up to 33% greater detection efficiency versus traditional pattern-matching checks with less than 10% runtime impact.
GF has released a corresponding ML-enhanced DFM kit as an update to 12LP process design kits (PDKs), with the 12LP+ version scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2021, providing customers with a simple path to speed design and production of chips optimized for the artificial intelligence (AI), data center, internet of things (IoT) and other markets.
GF's most advanced FinFET solution, 12LP+ is optimized for AI training and inference applications and offers chip designers an efficient development experience and a fast time-to-market. 12LP+ builds upon GF's established 14nm/12LP platform, of which GF has shipped more than one million wafers. 12LP and 12LP+ deliver a superior combination of AI power, performance and area (PPA) benefits without the need to migrate to smaller and much costlier geometries.
'By incorporating ML capabilities into the Cadence Litho Physical Analyzer, customers using GF's 12LP platform and 12LP+ solution can verify signoff quality during implementation, thereby achieving better silicon quality,' said
The Cadence Litho Physical Analyzer enhanced with ML seamlessly integrates with the Cadence Innovus Implementation System and
'Not only does our Litho Physical Analyzer tool include ML capabilities, but the entire Cadence implementation platform has ML capabilities as well, which let us provide customers with a highly sophisticated solution,' said
The Cadence Litho Physical Analyzer supports Cadence's broader Intelligent System Design Strategy, enabling SoC design excellence. For more information on the Cadence advanced-node solutions, visit www.cadence.com/go/advnodesols.
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