TSMC Validates Cadence 3D-IC Technology for Its CoWoS Reference Flow
Cadence Design Flow and Memory Interface Technology Enable Next Generation of High-Performance Mobile Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif., 15 Oct 2012 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today that TSMC has validated Cadence® 3D-IC technology for its CoWoS™ (chip-on-wafer-on-substrate) Reference Flow with the development of a CoWoS™ test vehicle that includes an SoC with Cadence Wide I/O memory controller and PHY IP. This is the foundry segment’s first silicon-validated reference flow enabling multiple die integration, and features TSMC CoWoS™ and Cadence 3D-IC technologies to make 3D-IC design a viable option for electronics companies.
The validated technologies in the 3D-IC solution span the Cadence Encounter® RTL-to-signoff and Virtuoso® custom/analog platforms. Also included are the Cadence system-in-package products, and recently acquired Sigrity power-aware chip/package/board signal integrity solution that helps engineers overcome die-stacking and silicon carriers’ challenges from planning through implementation, test, analysis and verification. TSMC’s unique CoWoS™ combo bump cells, which simplify bump assignment, are now supported automatically in the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System, QRC Extraction, and Cadence Physical Verification System. The CoWoS™ Reference Flow is supported with a CoWoS™ design kit and silicon validation results from a TSMC test vehicle.
TSMC chose Cadence’s high bandwidth, low power Wide I/O controller and PHY Design IP solution to connect the SoC to Wide I/O DRAM using CoWoS™ technology featuring a peak data rate of over 100Gbit/sec for memory interface.
3D-IC technology offers several key benefits for engineers developing today’s complex designs, including higher performance, reduced power consumption and smaller form factor. TSMC’s CoWoS™ is an integrated process technology that bonds multiple chips in a single device to reduce power and form factor while improving system performance. Cadence 3D-IC technology enables multi-chip co-design between digital, custom and package environments incorporating through-silicon vias (TSVs) on both chips and silicon carriers, and supports micro-bump alignment, placement, routing, design for test, as well as analysis and verification from a system perspective. The Wide I/O controller and PHY demonstrate the advantages of implementing memory subsystems on 3D-IC technology for increased memory bandwidth with significant reduction in operating power.
“The Cadence 3D-IC technology enables the next generation of high-performance mobile devices, and offers significant benefits in system performance and power efficiency,” said Chi-ping Hsu, senior vice president, research and development, Silicon Realization Group at Cadence. “Our continued work with TSMC on the CoWoS™ process ensures that the infrastructure is in place to support this important emerging technology.”
“TSMC continues to work closely with Cadence to bring 3D-IC to the industry,” said Suk Lee, TSMC senior director, Design Infrastructure Marketing Division. “We have invested three years with OIP ecosystem partners to prepare the CoWoS™ design flow for production, and now we’re ready to enable customers’ 3D-IC designs with TSMC CoWoS™ technology.”
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