TSMC Certifies Synopsys' Digital and Custom Design Platforms on TSMC 5nm FinFET Process Technology
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TSMC Certifies Synopsys' Digital and Custom Design Platforms on TSMC 5nm FinFET Process Technology

Production-ready Flow Enables High-performance Compute and Mobile Applications

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.April 22, 2019 --  Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that TSMC has certified both the Synopsys digital and custom design platforms on TSMC's latest production-ready Design Rule Manual (DRM) for its industry-leading 5-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. With several test chips taped out and production designs currently under development by multiple customers, this certification enables a wide range of designs spanning high-performance compute to ultra-low-power, mobile applications. This certification is the result of an extensive, multi-year collaboration with rigorous validation to deliver a design solution for optimized power, performance, and area that speeds the path to next-generation designs.

Synopsys Design Compiler® Graphical synthesis and IC Compiler II place-and-route tools have been enhanced to enable designers to take full advantage of TSMC's 5nm FinFET process with extended support for advanced via-pillar implementation, multi-bit flip-flop (MBFF) banking/debanking, and leakage-power optimization. PrimeTime® timing analysis has also been advanced to support cross-cell placement constraints and timing-driven physically-aware static timing analysis (STA) engineering change orders (ECO). Through a close collaboration with TSMC, full-flow correlation was ensured from place-and-route to timing and physical signoff for all the 5nm EUV enablement features.

"Our ongoing collaboration with Synopsys and early customer engagements on TSMC's industry-leading 5nm FinFET process technology result in delivery of platform solutions that enable our mutual customers to quickly launch their new product innovations to market," said Suk Lee, senior director of the Design Infrastructure Management Division at TSMC. "Certification of the Synopsys design platforms enables our mutual customers' designs to be implemented on our production-ready, EUV-enabled 5nm process technology."

"Our collaboration with TSMC on their industry-leading 5nm FinFET process allows customers to confidently begin designing their increasingly large SoCs using Synopsys' highly-differentiated digital and custom design platforms," said Sassine Ghazi, co-general manager of Synopsys' Design Group. "The result of our collaboration enables designers to benefit from significant power, performance, and area improvements of an advanced EUV process, while accelerating time-to-market for their differentiated SoCs."

Synopsys technology files are available from TSMC for the 5nm technology process. Key products and features of the Synopsys design platforms certified by TSMC on its 5nm FinFET process with EUV Lithography include:

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. As the world's 15th largest software company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing its leadership in software security and quality solutions. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that require the highest security and quality, Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure products. Learn more at  www.synopsys.com.



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