Caesarea Labs
Caesarea Labs provides the first EDA platform dedicated to post-silicon validation, starting with automated Circuit Edit design. The platform translates a designer's electrical schematic-level solution hypothesis into a precise, layout-level Circuit Edit design in minutes, replacing manual back-and-forth that can take weeks or months. It enhances IP security by redacting only the necessary layout subset and using segmented multi-path transmission.
- Semiconductor
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Post-silicon validation has become a major cost center in chip development, yet it lacks dedicated EDA software support. Circuit Edit — the process of physically modifying a chip to test fixes — remains manual, iterative, and error-prone, with shrinking process nodes and emerging backside power delivery (BPD/BSPDN) designs cutting success rates from ~70% toward 10-30%.
Solution
Caesarea Labs provides the first EDA platform dedicated to post-silicon validation, starting with automated Circuit Edit design. The platform lets design engineers submit a solution hypothesis and layout, then automatically generates a precise, layout-level Circuit Edit design specifying the connection points and metal layers a FIB operator needs. This replaces the manual back-and-forth between chip designer and lab — which can take weeks or months — with an asynchronous, automated exchange completed in minutes. The platform also enhances IP security by redacting only the necessary layout subset and using segmented multi-path transmission.
Target Audience
Primary customers are semiconductor IDMs with internal post-silicon validation labs, independent PSV labs offering Circuit Edit as a service, FABs using FIB-based technology for prototyping and automated mask repair, and academic research institutions with Circuit Edit-capable tools.
Features
- Automated translation of electrical schematic-level solution hypotheses into precise, layout-level Circuit Edit designs
- On-prem or private cloud deployment that keeps full-chip layout data within the customer's own infrastructure
- Minimally scoped exports that share only the redacted layout subset needed for a specific edit
- Proprietary multi-path routing mechanism that prevents reconstruction of the original layout from transmitted data
- Asynchronous workflow that enables chip designers and labs to collaborate without synchronous manual iteration
- Integration with existing FIB lab workflows, supporting execution of the generated edit designs on real silicon