CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
6 January 2006
Implementation Investments
SMIC Adopts Mentor Graphics Eldo Simulator for Analog Circuits for its 0.13-micron and Below Process Nodes
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and Mentor Graphics Corporation jointly announced that SMIC has adopted Mentor's Eldo® simulation tool as an internal SPICE simulator for analog circuits. SMIC fully supports Mentor's Eldo based on its proven performance and convergence capabilities. In addition to 0.18-micron, SMIC will now provide Eldo device models on SMIC's 0.13-micron and smaller process technologies aimed at satisfying the design needs of Mentor's and SMIC's mutual customers.
"SMIC conducted comprehensive evaluations of Mentor's Eldo capabilities, and the extensive results demonstrated that it is an ideal simulation tool for our technologies," said Paul OuYang, vice president of Design Services at SMIC. "Eldo now forms part of our sign-off tools for designs targeting 0.13-micron and below processes."
"We are extremely pleased to be working closely with SMIC and providing them with a complete simulation solution through Eldo," said Jue-Hisen Chern, vice president and general manager, Deep Submicron Division, Mentor Graphics. "With their proven analog design simulation capability, SMIC will continue to be at the forefront of chip designs, while Mentor's Eldo strives to be the simulator of choice for IC silicon vendors and fabless design centers."
AMS Simulation Technology from Mentor Graphics
The Mentor Graphics ADVance MST (ADMS) tool is a single-kernel, language-neutral functional verification environment for digital, analog, mixed-signal and RF circuits. This platform is built upon four high-performance, customer-proven simulation technologies: the Eldo tool for analog, ModelSim® for digital, Mach for transistor-level, and the Eldo RF for radio frequency simulations. The ADMS supports most of the design languages, including VHDL, VHDL-AMS, Verilog, Verilog-AMS, SystemC, SystemVerilog, Spice, and C, for the design and verification of mixed-signal system, and SoC. ADMS has gained wide acceptance since its introduction, and is currently used in hundreds of customer sites.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, is one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, providing integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing at 0.35um to 90nm and finer line technologies to customers worldwide. For additional information, please visit http://www.smics.com .
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