“TSMC is the first commercial foundry to offer a 40nm manufacturing technology process. Along with it, we provide library support as chip and power performance requirements are increasingly stringent,” said Cliff Hou, Director of TSMC Design Service Division. “Altos’ characterization tool suite enhances our ability to accurately and quickly create all necessary views necessary to implement high-speed, low-power 40nm designs.”
“We see TSMC’s adoption of our cell characterization products for their internal use as a testimonial to Altos’ technology. Rapid cell characterization plays a crucial role in enabling adoption of TSMC latest 40nm process technology,” said Jim McCanny, CEO of Altos. “We look forward to assisting TSMC with their future library requirements and to enabling TSMC’s customers to enjoy the same advantages of using our ultra-fast characterization products.”
About Liberate
Liberate is an ultra fast library creator that generates electrical models in Liberty® format. Liberate supports all the latest models for timing, noise and power such as CCS (Composite Current Source) and ECSM (Effective Current Source Models). Liberate also supports low power design styles that include power gating cells, state retention registers and level shifters.
About Variety
Variety creates statistical timing cell models that represent the non-linear impact of any number of systematic and random parameter variations. All library timing data is characterized for variation including delays, transitions, timing constraints and pin capacitances. Variety generates SSTA models for a number of commercial SSTA products from a single characterization run.
About Altos
Altos Design Automation provides ultra-fast, fully automated characterization technology for the creation of library views for timing, signal integrity and power analysis and optimization. Altos advanced modeling solutions are used by both corner-based and statistical-based design implementation flows to reduce time to market and improve yield.
Privately held, Altos was founded in 2005 in Santa Clara, CA. Its corporate headquarters is at 4020 Moorpark Ave., Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95117. Telephone: (408) 980-8056. On the Web at: http://www.altos-da.com
Variety and Liberate are trademarks of Altos Design Automation, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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