Highlights:
- Dongbu provides iPDK support for Synopsys’ Custom Compiler™ solution
- iPDKs available now for 0.11-micron mixed-signal and 0.18-micron BCDMOS process
- Targets high growth handheld electronics, automotive and industrial systems markets
SEOUL, KOREA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 03, 2016 – Dongbu HiTek and Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability of interoperable Process Design Kits (iPDKs) that enable Dongbu HiTek foundry customers using Synopsys’ Custom Compiler™ solution to rapidly design specialized analog/power and mixed-signal chips that target high-growth markets. The new iPDKs initially support Dongbu HiTek’s mixed-signal process nodes at 0.11-micron as well as BCDMOS technology at 0.18-micron node operating at 1.8V/5V and up to 30V with LDMOS. The combination of the iPDKs and Custom Compiler’s ability to shorten analog layout tasks from days to hours will enable mutual customers to rapidly design specialized analog/power and mixed-signal chips that target high-growth markets.
“Our mixed-signal foundry processes support a host of applications ranging from home and handheld electronics to automotive and industrial systems,” noted G.T. Kwon, vice president of technology enabling at Dongbu HiTek. “By providing foundry-validated iPDKs for Synopsys’ Custom Compiler solution, we aim to make it easy for users to fully leverage the high performance and flexibility of our specialized foundry processes.”
Kwon confirmed that the two new iPDKs co-developed with Synopsys are available now. “The two new iPDKs support our 0.11-micron mixed-signal process, which is ideal for implementing audio codecs and DACs, and our 0.18-micron BCDMOS, which is best for designing PMICs, data converters, wireless chargers and LED drivers. The applications for such analog-intensive chips include smartphones, tablets, laptops and televisions.”
The Korean foundry reports that it intends continue to collaborate with Synopsys to develop additional iPDKs. Expected to be introduced later this year, forthcoming iPDKs will support 90-nanometer (nm) mixed-signal designs as well as 0.18-micron BCDMOS designs that deploy LDMOS to operate up to 45V/60V.
“These new iPDKs enable Dongbu HiTek customers to use Custom Compiler’s pioneering visually-assisted layout automation, which can shorten layout tasks from days to hours,” said Bijan Kiani, vice president of marketing for the Design Group at Synopsys. “Having Dongbu HiTek as an iPDK partner broadens our ability to reach a diverse set of market segments.”
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