News Release from: Pyxis Technology
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 July 2006
Collaboration searches out lithography hot spots
Aprio Technologies and Pyxis Technology have announced the integration of Aprio's newly announced Halo-Quest and associated DFM View into the advanced DFM-routing technology from Pyxis.
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Aprio Technologies and Pyxis Technology have announced the integration of Aprio's newly announced Halo-Quest and associated DFM View into the advanced DFM-routing technology from Pyxis. This collaboration allows for a dramatic reduction in performance robbing lithography hot spots, such as inadequate contact enclosure and line end shortening, thus improving overall yield. 'Pyxis is developing new-to-the-industry routing tools that are designed from the ground up with nanometre manufacturability in mind', said Naeem Zafar, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pyxis Technology.
'The ability to access Aprio's DFM View gives us the information we need to optimise timing, performance and yield during routing to meet the customer's target manufacturing process'.
'We are delighted to be working with Pyxis'.
'Their advanced DFM router is the perfect vehicle to validate Aprio's DFM View strategy', said Mike Gianfagna, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aprio Technologies.
'Pyxis' choice of OpenAccess has also made the integration of Halo-Quest substantially easier for both companies'.
'This standard holds great promise to accelerate the introduction of new EDA technology'.
The integration between the Pyxis DFM router and Halo-Quest is accomplished through OpenAccess, a Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2)-sponsored interoperability standard for EDA tool integration.
'The vision of OpenAccess is to facilitate the introduction of new tools for the EDA customer base', said Steve Schulz, President and CEO of Si2.
'The work being done by Aprio and Pyxis is a perfect example of how to leverage the standard to get products to market more rapidly'.
The combined solution from Pyxis and Aprio will allow SoC designers to improve the yield, predictability and performance of their designs without the need to learn complex lithography processing steps.
The details of these processing steps are embedded in the application - the designer interacts with the tool in familiar terms, such as routing completion and timing statistics.
An initial technology demonstration will be provided in Pyxis' booth (2323) at this year's Design Automation Conference in San Francisco (24th to 27th July 2006).
Through a series of announcements Aprio is also unveiling its roadmap for delivering a comprehensive DFM solution that spans both manufacturing and design applications.
Aprio's approach takes aim at the inadequate communication that exists today between integrated circuit design and manufacturing teams.
By partnering with key suppliers in the design-to-manufacturing chain, Aprio plans to enable improvements in chip predictability, performance and yield with minimal impact to current design and manufacturing work flows.
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