Ansys-Apache Tools gets TSMC Certification

ANSYS and its subsidiary Apache Design has announced that their RedHawk and Totem products have achieved version 0.1 of design reference manual (DRM) and SPICE model tool certification for TSMC 16-nanometer (nm) FinFET technology.

TSMC has certified these tools for accuracy-related resistance correlation and expanded electromigration (EM) rule handling to enable advanced power, signal and reliability verification for 16nm FinFET technology used in integrated circuit designs.

Andrew Yang, President of Apache, a subsidiary of ANSYS, said, "For the industry's most advanced process nodes and emerging design technologies, Apache delivers innovative solutions that address complex power, and reliability challenges. By collaborating with TSMC, we are able to provide optimized tools and methodologies for our leading customers."

RedHawk provides current direction-aware, metal topology-aware and temperature-aware checks, as well as expanded capabilities to support TSMC’s 16 and 20nm EM rules and Totem provides full-chip, layout-based power and reliability analysis for analog and mixed-signal designs. Both these tools deliver power and reliability sign-off for system-on-chip and mixed-signal designs at advanced technology nodes.