MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC";
NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981), one of the leading semiconductor foundries
in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in mainland
China, and Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SNPS) today jointly announced that SMIC has adopted Synopsys'
StarRC™ product as the standard solution for signoff
parasitic extraction for its 28-nanometer (nm) process technology.
This standardization is a result of a growing collaboration between
SMIC and Synopsys to provide best-in-class solutions to mutual
customers to meet their increasing needs for accuracy, performance
and efficiency at advanced nodes. The StarRC solution delivered
silicon-accurate extraction and productivity validated by SMIC for
its 28-nm process. The qualified StarRC technology files are
available as the default in SMIC's 28-nm process design kits (PDKs)
for both digital and custom designs.
The StarRC product, an integral part of the Synopsys
Galaxy™ Design Platform signoff solution, is the market
leader and industry gold standard for gate-level and
transistor-level parasitic extraction. It achieves superior
performance and efficiency with its ultra-scalable multi-core
architecture, simultaneous multi-corner (SMC) extraction and fast
ECO capabilities, while maintaining industry-standard golden
accuracy. The StarRC product provides extraction capabilities
across a wide range of applications, from 100+ million instance
digital system-on-chip (SoC) designs to custom memory, IP, standard
cell and analog designs. Integration with Synopsys IC
Compiler™ II place and route and PrimeTime®
static timing analysis allows designers to achieve even faster ECO
design closure, while reducing disk space and processor core
resources. In custom design environments, designers can cross-probe
between parasitic and schematic views, annotate schematics with
parasitics and perform visual debug. Significantly faster
simulation runtimes and reduced disk space resources are realized
through highly optimized extraction tuned for performance. The
result of the collaboration between SMIC and Synopsys delivers
qualified StarRC technology files in SMIC's 28-nm PDK that enable
mutual customers to use a silicon-accurate and efficient extraction
solution for their designs targeting SMIC's 28-nm node.
"Continuing to build on the momentum of our 28-nm process
technology, a favorite node for semiconductor companies, is a
priority for us, and the availability of qualified design tools is
critical to support our expanding global customer base," said
Anderson Huang, senior director of
technology development at SMIC. "The partnership with Synopsys
represents an enduring commitment to providing customers with the
high-quality technologies and standards for use with our
world-class manufacturing process. The deployment of StarRC in our
28-nm PDKs bolsters the resources available to our mutual customers
through StarRC's proven silicon accuracy and comprehensive
capabilities for both digital and custom designs, allowing
them to develop advanced designs with increased confidence and
productivity."
"Meeting customers' increasing needs to address complexity and
accelerate design and analysis cycles are critical to propel them
to silicon success at advanced process technologies," said
Bijan Kiani, vice president of
marketing for the Design Group at Synopsys. "SMIC's standardization
on StarRC for parasitic extraction for its 28-nm process technology
highlights the strong trust in our industry-leading technology to
deliver on these important requirements and supports the
innovations being driven by our mutual customers."
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC";
NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries
in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in mainland
China. SMIC provides integrated
circuit (IC) foundry and technology services on process nodes from
0.35 micron to 28 nanometer. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has an international
manufacturing and service base. In China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication
facility (fab) and a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai; a 300mm mega-fab and a
majority-owned 300mm fab for advanced nodes in Beijing; 200mm fabs in Tianjin and Shenzhen; and a majority-owned joint-venture
300mm bumping facility in Jiangyin; additionally, in Italy SMIC has a majority-owned 200mm fab.
SMIC also has marketing and customer service offices in the U.S.,
Europe, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in
Hong Kong. For more information,
please visit www.smics.com.
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timely introduction of new technologies, SMIC's ability to ramp new
products into volume, supply and demand for semiconductor foundry
services, industry overcapacity, shortages in equipment, components
and raw materials, availability of manufacturing capacity,
financial stability in end markets and intensive intellectual
property litigation in high tech industry.
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with the SEC, including our annual report on Form 20-F filed with
the SEC on April 25, 2016, especially
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adverse effects on our future results, performance or achievements.
In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors,
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About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to
Software™ partner for innovative companies developing
the electronic products and software applications we rely on every
day. As the world's 15th largest software company, Synopsys has a
long history of being a global leader in electronic design
automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP, and is also a leader in
software quality and security testing with its Coverity®
solutions. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating
advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing
applications that require the highest quality and security,
Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver innovative,
high-quality, secure products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.
SMIC Media Contact
Terry Ding
+86-21-3861-0000 x16812
Terry_Ding@smics.com
Synopsys Media Contact
Carole Murchison
Synopsys, Inc.
+1-650-584-4632
carolem@synopsys.com
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