Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., and Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., announce that they are collaborating to support Intel’s 14nm Tri-Gate process technology for customers of Intel Custom Foundry. Intel has developed an extensive design platform for its 22nm and 14nm Tri-Gate technology. The 14nm platform is the second generation to use 3-D Tri-Gate transistors that enable chips to operate at lower voltage with lower leakage.
Cadence and Intel have together enabled the custom/analog flow, including Spectre APS, Virtuoso Schematic Editor, Virtuoso Layout Suite, and Virtuoso Analog Design Environment for the process. The companies are also collaborating on the development of the Cadence digital flow, featuring Encounter Digital Implementation System, QRC Extraction Solution, and Tempus Timing Signoff Solution. Using these design flows, customers can leverage the power, performance, and area benefits of Intel’s 14nm process technology.
Cadence is also delivering the LPDDR4-3200 PHY for Intel Custom Foundry’s 14nm Low Power design platform. With data rates of up to 3200Mbps and a 1.6 GHz memory clock, this latest and most advanced memory PHY IP realizes the full capabilities of LPDDR4 technology. Cadence LPDDR4-3200 PHY IP is backward-compatible with LPDDR3 memories and supports package on package (POP) and memory on PCB systems. This makes it ideal for the mobile market, which demands high memory performance, low power, low cost, and compact systems.
