Magma and Zyvex Instruments Enter OEM Partnership to Provide Faster, More Accurate Failure Analysis for Sub-100-nm ICs
(Technology News, 06 Aug 2008 )
Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software, has announced a new technology OEM partnership with Zyvex Instruments to provide faster, more accurate failure analysis for sub-100-nanometer (nm) ICs. Under the terms of the agreement, Zyvex will include Magma's Knights Camelot(tm) CAD navigation software as a standard option to its flagship nanoprobing system, the nProber(tm). Zyvex selected Camelot as its CAD navigation tool of choice because of its robust, feature-rich functionality and dominant market presence. The Zyvex nProber is designed and optimized to electrically probe sub-100-nm features on semiconductor devices with increased throughput and ease of use. Camelot works seamlessly with Zyvex's tool, creating layout views from GDSII or Oasis files, overlaying images on layouts and driving the tool to very accurate X, Y coordinates for device probing and debug. This joint Magma and Zyvex solution allows semiconductor lab and fab analysis teams to more quickly and easily locate potential defects and make corrections faster.
Camelot: Industry Standard for Failure Analysis
Magma's Camelot software system is the next-generation CAD navigation standard for failure analysis, design-debug and yield improvement analysis. Camelot optimizes the equipment and personnel resources of design and semiconductor failure analysis labs by providing computer interfaces and navigation capabilities for more than 50 different types of analysis and test equipment. Its application tools, features, options and networking capability provide a complete, integrated system for fast and efficient investigation and resolution of inspection, test and analysis jobs. Camelot also enables closer collaboration between product and design groups with failure analysis labs, thus dramatically improving time to yield and market.
