{"id":35916,"date":"2019-05-28T21:02:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T21:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/%e6%9c%aa%e5%88%86%e7%b1%bb\/silvaco-announces-viola-10x-an-order-of-magnitude-faster-characterization-for-nanometer-silicon\/"},"modified":"2019-05-28T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T21:02:15","slug":"silvaco-announces-viola-10x-an-order-of-magnitude-faster-characterization-for-nanometer-silicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/zh-hans\/library-zh-hans\/library-news-zh-hans\/silvaco-announces-viola-10x-an-order-of-magnitude-faster-characterization-for-nanometer-silicon\/","title":{"rendered":"Silvaco Announces Viola 10X \u2013 An Order of Magnitude Faster Characterization for Nanometer Silicon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Silvaco Announces Viola 10X \u2013 An Order of Magnitude Faster Characterization for Nanometer Silicon<\/h1>\n

Timing and Power Characterization of Standard Cell Libraries, I\/O Pads and Memories Accelerated by 10X through Intelligent Optimization Technology<\/h4>\n

SANTA CLARA – May 28, 2019<\/strong>\u00a0– Silvaco Inc., a leading global provider of software, IP and services for designing chips and electronic systems for semiconductor companies, today announced Viola 10X, a scalable semiconductor intellectual property (IP) characterization and modeling tool which is the latest addition to the Silvaco Foundation IP product line.<\/p>\n

By leveraging new Intelligent Optimization delivering 10X faster performance and embedding Silvaco’s SmartSpice simulator and Jivaro-A reduction technology, the fully automated Viola 10X flow delivers accurate modeling and characterization of standard cell libraries, input\/output (I\/O) pad circuitry and digital memories for designs targeted at nanometer process nodes.<\/p>\n

Viola 10X is an advanced characterization system that automatically performs static structural analysis on transistor-level netlists of standard cells and complex custom cells or macros. It uses the results of this analysis to set up complete characterization constraints and then leverages the foundry-certified, highly accurate and accelerated SmartSpice simulator to increase the overall throughput of timing, power, noise and statistical static timing analysis (SSTA) model generation. Viola 10X not only offers faster characterization capabilities, it supports all industry-standard model formats and includes a closed-loop model validation flow that allows users to seamlessly launch third-party tools to verify the generated models.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertus provides the most advanced solutions for optimizing area, power, Electro-Static-Discharge (ESD) protection, features and performance of I\/O circuits,\u201d said Stephen Fairbanks, Director at Certus Semiconductor. \u201cWith Viola 10X, we met the tight development and characterization schedule for our client, a leading provider of IoT sensors. Its 10X-faster throughput makes no compromises in accuracy and enables optimization of the area, power, and performance of I\/O pad circuitry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Viola 10X developers no longer need in-depth knowledge of a circuit’s electrical operation to properly set up a characterization run. Manual modeling efforts are eliminated which leads to reduced delay in model development and excludes human errors,\u201d said Ole Christian Andersen, General Manager of the EDA Division at Silvaco. \u201cThe technology in Viola 10X extracts functionality, identifies all electrical arcs, and optimizes the complete characterization methodology for efficiency and accuracy, significantly reducing the time and effort to create models and delivers 10X faster characterization through the use of Silvaco\u2019s Intelligent Optimization technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viola 10X: Faster, More Reliable Model Sign-off<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the heart of Viola 10X are Silvaco’s proprietary circuit-function recognition, vector generation, SmartSpice simulation and Jivaro-A reduction technologies. Each contributes to the ease of setup, accelerated characterization throughput and quality of model sign-off in Silvaco’s characterization solution:<\/p>\n