CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
15 March 2006
Implementation Investments
ATI Deploys Synopsys' Star-RCXT for Silicon-Accurate Parasitic Extraction
Synopsys, Inc. announced that ATI Technologies, Inc. has deployed Synopsys' Star-RCXTT extraction tool for its digital design flows. Star-RCXT delivers silicon- accurate parasitic extraction for advanced process nodes.
"Our design methodology requires high-performance, high-capacity, silicon- accurate parasitic extraction," said Adrian Hartog, senior vice president and CTO of ATI Technologies. "Star-RCXT handles our biggest, most advanced designs and is supported within all major foundries."
Star-RCXT is the market-leading parasitic extraction solution in Synopsys' GalaxyT Design Platform, and the only extraction tool to cover cell-based, custom digital, and analog/mixed-signal designs. Star-RCXT supports 90- nanometer (nm) and 65-nm process capabilities including in-die process variation solutions such as selective process biasing (spacing- and width- dependent metal bias), local density effects, length of diffusion density and width-dependent thickness variation, width-dependent temperature variation, and metal fill. In modeling such advanced silicon process features, Star-RCXT extracts silicon-accurate resistance capacitance (RC) parasitics for use with PrimeTime SI to ensure rapid timing and signal integrity sign-off.
"Synopsys has a track record of being the first to deliver production- proven extraction and timing analysis capabilities for each new technology node with products such as Star-RCXT and PrimeTime," said Antun Domic, senior vice president and general manager, of Synopsys' Implementation Group. "We look forward to working closely with ATI to deploy the benefits of Star-RCXT in their design projects."
Within Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform, Star-RCXT provides the parasitic extraction backbone used for implementation and sign-off of full-chip, cell- based and transistor-level applications.
About ATI
The ATI Technologies, Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. ATI is the world's foremost graphics processor unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated to deliver leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set- top and digital television, game console and handheld device markets. For more information on ATI, visit http://www.ati.com .
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