Mentor & TSMC: Improving Circuit Verification at Advanced Nodes With iLVS

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Overview

DAC Luncheon Presentation

DACJoin Mentor Graphics and TSMC at this DAC luncheon presentation as we discuss, iLVS, our collaboration for improved circuit verification at advanced nodes.

Accurate, comprehensive device recognition, connectivity extraction, netlist generation and, ultimately, circuit comparison becomes more complex with each new process generation. The number of layers and layer derivations are increasing and the complexity for device models, especially Layout Dependent Effects (LDS) becomes harder and harder to model. In the past, customers could take a foundry rule deck and easily modify to include their own devices (transistors, resistor, capacitors, inductors, etc.) with their own models and even augment with their own checks for ERC, etc. At 40nm, 28nm, few customers are able to do this confidently.

iLVS is a syntax that is the outcome of collaboration with TSMC and Mentor Graphics to provide customers a more easily adaptable solution to their circuit verification needs. Users can more easily modify and augment foundry rule decks yet still adhere to the modeling and manufacturing intent captured in these decks.

Lunch will be served so please pre-register to secure your seat.

What You Will Learn

  • Evolution of Device Modeling and Parameter Extraction
  • How Mentor and TSMC are collaborating to solve difficult circuit verification problems at leading nodes
  • How iLVS addresses both usability and accuracy for end users
  • Mentor’s support plans for existing and new SVRF rule decks

About the Presenters

Presenter Image Willy Chen

TSMC Program Manager
Design Methodology & Service Marketing Program R&D

Mr. Willy Chen joined TSMC in 2000, and is currently responsible for the Design Methodology & Service Marketing Program at TSMC. The company’s award winning Reference Flow entering its 12th generation this year, interoperability drive including various interoperable techfils and design kits are examples of results from this program.

He brings 17 years of experiences in the semiconductor industry including IC design, flow development, design automation, technology management and marketing. Mr. Chen has a Master degree of electrical and computer engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara.

 

Presenter Image Carey Robertson

Director of Product Marketing, LVS and Extraction

Carey Robertson is a Director of Product Marketing at Mentor Graphics Corp., overseeing the marketing activities for LVS and extraction products. He has been with Mentor Graphics for eleven years in various product and technical marketing roles. Prior to Mentor Graphics, Carey was a design engineer at Digital Equipment Corp., working on microprocessor design. Carey holds a BS from Stanford University and an MS from UC Berkeley.

Who Should Attend

  • IC Designers
  • CAD Engineers/Managers

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