Magma’s 40-nanometer process technology in TSMC reference flow

Bangalore: Magma Design Automation Inc., provider of chip design software, announced that Magma's Talus IC implementation, Quartz SSTA statistical analysis, Quartz DFM, Quartz LVS and SiliconSmart DFM can be accessed through TSMC Reference Flow 9.0. The tools support TSMC's Active Accuracy Assurance initiative, which defines standards of accuracy for all partners in TSMC's design ecosystem. With Magma software and TSMC's Reference Flow 9.0, designers have a path from specification to tapeout for 40-nanometer (nm) designs.

Kam Kittrell, general manager of Magma's design implementation business unit, said, "Magma is pleased to continue to work with TSMC to enable designers to address the growing complexity, power reduction requirements and time-to-market challenges of analog and digital ICs. With a focus on power, statistical timing analysis and design for manufacturability (DFM), Reference Flow 9.0 and Magma software provide an effective solution for 40 nm and below."

S.T. Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing at TSMC, stated, "Over the past year we have worked with Magma to improve manufacturability of nanometer design accuracy. Magma Talus and Quartz tool suites have qualified for Reference Flow 9.0 to support the Unified Power Format, DFM and half-node design requirements for TSMC's most advanced process node."

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