WILSONVILLE, Ore., Jan. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics
Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that TSMC has extended its
collaboration with Mentor Graphics on the Xpedition® Enterprise
platform in conjunction with the Calibre® platform for the design
and verification of TSMC's InFO (Integrated Fan-Out) packaging
technology for multi-chip and chip-DRAM integration applications.
Mentor developed new Xpedition functionality specifically to
support InFO and enable the IC package designer to complete design
tasks to TSMC specification. By leveraging the capabilities of both
the Calibre and HyperLynx® technologies, the new Xpedition
functionality minimizes the designer effort and design rule
checking (DRC) cycles required to achieve a DRC-clean InFO GDS
file.
"TSMC's InFO packaging supports diverse industry needs," said
Suk Lee, TSMC senior director,
Design Infrastructure Marketing Division. "An InFO solution based
upon package tools such as the Xpedition Enterprise and sign-off
Calibre platforms from Mentor Graphics helps our customers meet
their time-to-market goals."
The Mentor Graphics Xpedition Enterprise platform is a broadly
used design flow for PCB, IC package, and multi-board system-level
design, from architecture authoring through implementation to
manufacturing execution. The integration of the Xpedition
Enterprise platform for design with the HyperLynx tool suite and
industry-leading Calibre platform for analysis and verification
provides a wide range of advantages to designers implementing InFO
designs:
- Xpedition generates InFO layouts meeting TSMC design rule
requirements;
- Streamlined in-design InFO-specific manufacturing verification
using HyperLynx DRC expedites time to closure, reducing DRC
iterations during the design stage;
- Calibre DRC, LVS, and 3DSTACK solutions provide sign-off-level
die and InFO package DRC and layout vs. schematic (LVS) inter-die
connectivity verification to ensure TSMC-required accuracy and a
DRC-clean GDS to improve first-time success rates;
- Direct highlighting and cross-probing of Calibre tools into
packaging design cockpit results reduces time to foundry-ready
signoff;
- Integration to thermal analysis and thermally-aware post-layout
simulation flows provides early identification of potential heat
issues;
- System-level signal path tracing, extraction, simulation, and
netlist export ensures complete InFO package signal integrity.
"This collaboration builds on and expands Mentor's initial
support for TSMC's InFO packaging technology," said A.J. Incorvaia, vice-president and general
manager of the Mentor Graphics Board Systems Division. "The ongoing
collaboration between TSMC and Mentor Graphics ensures that new
variants of InFO technologies can be readily assimilated into
design portfolios, enabling design companies to expand their
product offerings with confidence in their design performance and
market schedules."
"Companies implementing TSMC's InFO designs are looking for an
integrated solution that supports the unique implementation and
verification needs of InFO package designs at a foundry sign-off
level," said Joe Sawicki, vice
president and general manager of the Mentor Graphics Design to
Silicon Division. "The combination of the Xpedition Enterprise
platform with Calibre toolsets provides our mutual customers with a
unified design and verification environment that produces foundry
sign-off-clean InFO designs."
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic
hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services, and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronic, semiconductor, and systems companies.
Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last
fiscal year of approximately $1.18
billion. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W.
Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon
97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, Xpedition, HyperLynx, and Calibre are
registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other
company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.)
For more information, please contact:
Suzanne Graham
Mentor Graphics
503.685.7789
suzanne_graham@mentor.com
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