Semiconductors
Continual advances in semiconductor technology enable transformational products for artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G, automotive, networking, cloud and edge compute applications. Ubiquitous connectivity, low latency and faster data rates enable billions of smart devices. These devices rely on advanced, low-power FinFET designs and state-of-the-art 2.5D/3D integrated circuit (IC) packaging technologies to deliver the required power, performance, area and reliability goals.
As designers adopt advanced process technologies and very dense 2.5D/3D packaging techniques, the impacts of an ever-growing set of physical effects need to be considered when verifying the performance and reliability of chips. Ansys has developed a broad and deep set of multiphysics products to accurately analyze power integrity, thermal, variability, electromagnetic, mechanical and other physics in a way that captures their complex interdependencies across the spectrum of chip, package and system to promote first-time silicon and system success.
System-aware IC power efficiency, power integrity and reliability
At the core of every electronics system is a chip that must meet multiple conflicting requirements, such as high performance, increased functionality, power efficiency, reliability and low cost. Ensuring the chip meets power efficiency, power integrity and reliability requirements as both a stand-alone component and within the electronics system calls for a system-aware chip design methodology. Ansys uniquely offers a suite of multiscale, multiphysics solutions to support a chip-package-system (CPS) design flow.
Ansys simulation and modeling tools offer you early power budgeting analysis for high-impact design decisions and foundry-certified accuracy needed for IC signoff. The Ansys semiconductor portfolio of power efficiency, power integrity and reliability solutions achieves ISO 26262 “Tool Confidence Level 1” (TCL1) certification. This certification enables automotive IC designers to meet rigorous safety requirements for ADAS and autonomous applications. Auto chip makers can leverage the Ansys PowerArtist, Ansys Totem and Ansys RedHawk family of multiphysics simulations for all ISO 26262 safety-related development projects at any Automotive Safety Integrity Level.
Elastic compute with distributed big data infrastructure
Chip complexity continues to increase to one billion instances and beyond, while the advanced silicon technology at 7nm/5nm and below demand ever finer accuracy with more detailed modeling. Ansys has responded by developing the Ansys SeaScape elastic compute infrastructure for use by RedHawk-SC and the other principal tools in the semiconductor portfolio. The SeaScape infrastructure is based on the big data approach to computation used in machine learning applications, in this case optimized for electronic design. It offers unlimited elastic compute and parallel processing for extremely high capacity and throughput. The flexible Python interface makes it easy to unify and analyze data from multiple physics in a single view.
Foundry-certified accuracy
Designing chips with advanced silicon processes has become hugely expensive, and first-time working silicon is a must. IC designers require the most accurate simulation solution and consider foundry certification the ultimate proof of accuracy. Ansys semiconductor solutions have been certified by all leading foundries since 2006.
Production-proven solutions
Our software has enabled thousands of successful tape-outs across multiple technology nodes, design styles and packaging technologies.
Big Data Elastic Compute Infrastructure for Ultrahigh Capacity and Throughput
Analyzing complex chips at high accuracy across multiple physics (IR-drop, thermal, EM, mechanical, etc.) is not practically feasible with traditional EDA data structures. By adopting the distributed and elastic compute infrastructure similar to that found in leading big data applications like Google Maps™, Ansys RedHawk-SC and other tools deliver a scalable methodology for the future.
- Articles
- Elastic Compute and Big Data Analytics Tackle Physical Chip Verification Complexity - Ansys Advantage - V14 I1 - Article
- Early Simulation Avoids Chip Burn - ANSYS Advantage - V13 I2 - Article
- Speeding 5G Network Infrastructure Design - ANSYS Advantage - V13 I1 - Article
- Safe Travels – Automotive Electronics
- White Papers
- Ansys Multiphysics Simulations for Power Management ICs
- Chip-Package Co-analysis Using Ansys RedHawk-CPA - White Paper
- Early Power Closure Using a Design for Power Methodology - White Paper
- System-Aware SoC Power, Noise and Reliability Sign-off - White Paper
- Multiphysics Simulations for AI Silicon to System Success
- Multiphysics Simulations for RFICs and SoCs for 5G Applications
- Multiphysics Reliability Signoff for Next-Generation Automotive Electronics Systems
- Empowering Customers Beyond Signoff
- Timing Is of the Essence: Variability-aware and SPICE-accurate Timing Closure
- A Comprehensive Approach to System-Level ESD
- ESD Analysis in High Performance Designs has to be Dynamic
- Thermal Coupling of On-chip Hot Interconnect for Thermal-aware EM Evaluation
- Challenges and Trends in SoC Electromagnetic (EM) Crosstalk
- Webinars
- Differential Energy Analysis for Improved Performance/Watt in Mobile GPU
- Elastic Compute Scalable Design Methodologies for Next-Generation FPGAs
- High Coverage, Multivariable Build Quality Metrics in Power Integrity Signoff
- Addressing Multiphysics Challenges in 7nm FinFET Designs
- Multiphysics Reliability Signoff for Next-Generation Automotive Electronics Systems - TSMC
- High Capacity Power Signoff Using Big Data - Nvidia
- Thermal, EM and ESD Reliability Signoff for Next Generation FinFET Designs
- Leveraging Chip Power Models for System-Level EMC Simulation of Automotive ICs
- Thermal-Induced Reliability Challenges and Solutions for Advanced IC Design
- Addressing Signal and Power Integrity Challenges of DDR5 Memory for Enabling High Speed 5G Applications
- Thermal Issues and Solutions for 3D ICs: Latest Updates and Future Prospects
- Multiphysics Signoff Solutions for ADAS and Autonomous Electronics Systems
- Video
- Enabling the Next Wave of Mobile Data: A Perspective on RF EDA Technologies for 5G - Video
- ANSYS RedHawk-SC Introduction
- Enabling Silicon-to-System Success with ANSYS Multiphysics Simulations
- Design-For-Reliability Flow in 7nm Products with Data Center and Automotive Applications
- Achieving Electronics System Reliability for 5G Designs
Flagship Products
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RedHawk-SC
Ansys RedHawk-SC is the gold standard for semiconductor power integrity and reliability solutions. It accurately predicts chip power and noise using voltage drop simulation analysis for the entire power delivery network, from chip to package to board.
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Totem
Totem is a transistor-level power noise and reliability simulation platform for analog, mixed-signal and custom digital designs.
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PowerArtist
PowerArtist is the industry-leading comprehensive register-transfer-level (RTL) design-for-power platform to analyze, debug and reduce power early in the RTL stage for maximizing power savings.
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RaptorX
RaptorX is a novel pre-LVS electromagnetic modeling software with limitless capacity of its engine in combination with highly accurate results and blazing fast modeling times.
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RaptorH
Ansys RaptorH is the key to a comprehensive set of electromagnetic (EM) field solver modeling capabilities while maintaining the speed and capacity of the Ansys RaptorX engine for high-speed analog modules, advanced SoC designs and chip/package co-simulation.
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Pharos
Electromagnetic (EM) crosstalk identification software that enables IC designers to quickly and accurately uncover nets that are susceptible to EM crosstalk in their design.
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Exalto
Exalto is a powerful post-LVS RLCk extraction software that enables IC design engineers to accurately predict electromagnetic coupling effects during the sign-off phase.
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Featured Products
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RedHawk
RedHawk is the standard for power integrity and reliability solutions. It accurately predicts chip power and noise using voltage drop simulation analysis for the entire power delivery network (PDN), from chip to package to board.
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Path FX
SPICE accurate path-based timing tool to evaluate hundreds of thousands of timing paths in an SoC for delay and variance. It compliments existing STA signoff tools.
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VeloceRF
An inductive device compiler and modeling tool for IC designers. It integrates with leading EDA platforms and provides accurate SPICE models, silicon-verified up to 110 GHz.
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