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Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing one of the dedicated semiconductor foundries has partnered with the Mentor Graphics Corporation to offer a series of new mixed-signal Technology Design Kits (TDKs), which supports 65-and 90-nanometer process technology available from Chartered. Now, validated kits are available to use with Mentor Graphics IC studio design platform. These open source design kits enable IC design companies to set up their design environments and immediately focus on mixed signal design and productivity gains on leading edge technology from Chartered. The new TDKs will deliver the entire analog mixed-signal IC design flow to customers using the Common Platform technology processes. These kits will provide all the foundry data files and models for use with front-end and back-end IC design tools from Mentor Graphics. It allows designers to work within unified design cockpit of Mentor’s ICstudio design environment to easily move between designs in front-end logical and back-end physical domains. Chartered and Mentor Graphics are planning to broaden the TDK offerings to encompass 65 and 90 nm process variants and also extend the development to 45nm. These TDKs are tuned with the Common Platform technology processes to enable chip designers to immediately begin creating, simulating and verifying mixed-signal or analog transistor-level designs targeted for manufacturing at Chartered. The design kits includes following: 1) Pre-configured symbols and netlist configuration files for schematic capture 2) Eldo analog simulation models for functional verification 3) Process definition files and device generators for schematic-driven physical layout 4) Pre-validated Calibre DRC 5) Calibre LVS and Calibre xRC extraction rule files for final physical verification and parasitic extraction prior to chip manufacturing Image Credit: ITAC & Math Works Via: Tech On