IP Management Solutions for SoCs

Driven by the need for faster time-to-market and the growing complexity of SoC designs, SoC semiconductor companies have increasingly relied on the use of IP from third parties and re-use of internal IP. The integration of IPs from multiple sources into a single SoC design flow introduces significant challenges in terms of validating IP access, usage, versioning within an SoC design flow, beyond the business and legal implications on protection and usage compliance. In decentralized organizations, the challenges are compounded.

The Silvaco IP management tool suite of IPAudit™ and IPVault™ address these challenges by providing a comprehensive and flexible solution for bringing together management and validation of third-party IPs, compatible with existing flows or as a standalone solution.

Enterprise Scale Solution for IP Management

The modular architecture of the IPAudit™ and IPVault™, affords flexibility in adapting to the challenges of IP management within existing design flows and business processes.

Often overlooked is the requirement to verify IP usage within an SoC design. IPAudit provides a unique capability to identify IP usage within any given design.

For a unified distribution and support, IPVault manages and traces access to IP, both internally and externally, to the organization.

A common server framework becomes the framework for a comprehensive IP management workflow, whether directly via the IPAudit and IPVault applications themselves, or through supporting a multitude of integration methodologies.

Key Features

• Unique soft IP identification feature, enables tracking IP usage within SoC design flows, automated real-time monitoring or on demand at any phase in design cycle thru tape-out
• Flexible integration features built on industry-standard interfaces facilitating seamless integration with existing design workflows and business processes
• Deploys as either as a standalone application or integrated within existing design flows and business processes
• Ticketing and tracking features supporting IP distribution and support, both inside and outside of your organization

Benefits

• Manage the increasing challenges IP re-use, for design teams and business stakeholders:
  • IP validation within design flows
  • IP usage and license compliance
• Compatible and unobtrusive with existing design flows and business processes.
• Fine-grained access control enables distribution and support, both within and outside your organization
• Scalability to grow with your organization
• Reporting
  • IPAudit and IPVault underlying data models are easily accessed so users can get the information they need quickly, extend and customize reporting.