CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
14 March 2007
Implementation Investments
Global Unichip Expands Use of Magma Software, Adopts Quartz Verification Products for Taiwan's First 65-nanometer Tapeout
Magma® Design Automation Inc . announced that Global Unichip Corp. used Magma's QuartzT DRC Litho physical verification product for the first 65-nanometer (nm) tapeout by a Taiwan-based design company. Already a user of Magma's IC implementation software, GUC used Quartz DRC Litho to quickly and automatically identify hotspots. This capability is critical to ensuring manufacturability in nanometer designs. GUC adopted the Magma software to support its growing focus on deep submicron design services.
Quartz DRC Litho is one of the industry's first fully scalable physical verification solutions. Leveraging a unique architecture and advanced modeling capabilities, these revolutionary products make massively distributed processing of DRC and LVS comparisons affordable, and they integrate lithography process checks into the physical verification process. Combining this technology with the appropriate processing capability enables verification of virtually any design in a matter of hours.
"Without a sophisticated design methodology and appropriate tools, ensuring manufacturability at 65 nm is a tough challenge," said Jim Lai, president and chief operating officer of GUC. "We've already implemented several 90-nm designs using Magma's IC implementation system and the Sign-off in the LoopT technology. This proven track record supports our commitment to improve yield and reduce turnaround time on advanced SoC designs, maximizing our added value to end customers."
"With ever-increasing design complexity and time-to-market pressures, designers need to be able to identify problems sooner and fix them faster," said John Lee, general manager of Magma's Physical Verification Business Unit. "We're pleased that the combination of Magma's IC implementation and physical verification solutions helped GUC with this achievement, and to add GUC to the growing list of Quartz DRC, Quartz DRC Litho and Quartz LVS users."
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