Synopsys PrimeTime ADV Wins HiSilicon Technologies approval

10th October 2014

Synopsys Inc

Mick Elliott

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HiSilicon Technologies, an end-to-end chipset solution provider for telecom network, wireless terminal and digital media, has chosen Synopsys' PrimeTime ADV product for timing closure. The innovations in PrimeTime ADV, including signoff-driven, physically-aware engineering change order (ECO) and power recovery, were essential to accelerating design closure on key HiSilicon projects.

HiSilicon has deployed new PrimeTime technologies to ensure signoff-accurate and rapid design closure with Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform, including:

Advanced waveform propagation for signoff-accurate results on FinFET designs, including impact of increased Miller effect and resistance
Placement density-aware ECO to achieve a 99.7 percent single-pass fix rate and excellent convergence with IC Compiler minimal physical impact (MPI) technology, resulting in 0.1 micrometer average cell movement
Route-based ECO insertion to provide best QoR and minimize route change during IC Compiler ECO implementation
Leakage recovery to reduce leakage power up to 10 percent in addition to IC Compiler final-stage leakage recovery with no signoff timing impact

"At HiSilicon, time-to-market is a critical factor of our success in the competitive communications market," said Bruce Bin, sr. director, HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd. "Deploying a design flow that delivers fast, high-quality results can accelerate our design cycle by valuable weeks. As a result, we have chosen PrimeTime ADV for our design closure flow for all projects at various technology nodes. On a recent 16-nm FinFET tapeout, PrimeTime ADV provided fast, accurate and predictable design closure that helped us reach aggressive performance and power targets on time."