Western Semiconductor provides an Electronic Design Automation platform that automates the design of RF and mixed-signal integrated circuits, enabling engineers to complete designs 20-50 times faster without the need for a dedicated CAD team. The platform supports SiGe and FinFET processes, allowing for rapid creation and shipping of high-performance chiplets and systems in a package within a month.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Designing RF and mixed-signal integrated circuits is a complex and time-consuming process, often requiring specialized expertise and dedicated CAD teams. Traditional Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools can be difficult to use and may not fully automate the design process, leading to lengthy development cycles and increased costs.
Solution
Western Semiconductor offers an EDA platform that streamlines the design of RF, analog, mixed-signal, and digital integrated circuits. Their "Analog/Digital on Rails" platform automates key aspects of the design process, including optimization, semi-automatic layout, and process migration, enabling engineers to complete designs significantly faster. The SaaS platform allows individual engineers to manage the entire design flow, from schematic capture to layout and verification, without needing a large CAD support team. The platform supports advanced processes like SiGe and FinFET, and facilitates the rapid creation of chiplets and systems in a package (SiP).
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes RF and mixed-signal IC designers, analog circuit designers, and system-in-package (SiP) developers seeking to accelerate their design cycles and reduce development costs.
Features
- Automates analog, RF (SiGe), and digital designs
- Supports SiGe and FinFET processes, including 40-22nm PDKs
- Includes optimizers, semi-automatic layout tools, and an automatic process migrator
- Parasitics-on-the-fly functionality for rapid block creation
- Native operation on OpenAccess (OA) database, compatible with Virtuoso (VXL)
- Migratable analog IP portfolio including stdcells, SerDes, Transceivers, LNAs, VCOs, DLLs, PLLs, ADCs, DACs
- Digital IP portfolio includes SRAM, configurable RISC-V CPUs, and a DSP generator
- Automated routing capabilities
- Simulation with parasitics at all times