MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Increasing chip and system complexity, coupled with growing
performance and reliability requirements, are driving the need for
ongoing post-silicon analysis, maintenance and optimization
- The Synopsys SLM platform closes the silicon loop through the
analysis of on-chip monitor and sensor data to optimize all phases
of the silicon lifecycle
- Potential financial benefits from improvements in performance,
reliability and functional safety in industries such as data
centers and automotive are measured in the billions of dollars
- New expanded TAM opportunity builds on Synopsys' leadership in
chip and system design, verification, test, design IP and
long-standing links to manufacturing
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today, in a move
that expands its industry leadership throughout the design
lifecycle, unveiled its Silicon Lifecycle Management (SLM)
platform, the industry's first data-analytics-driven approach to
optimizing SoCs from the design phase through to end-user
deployment. The SLM platform, which is tightly coupled with
Synopsys' market-leading Fusion Design Platform, will provide
visibility into critical performance, reliability and security
issues for the entirety of a chip's lifespan. It will enable new
levels of insights for both SoC teams and their customers and
provide the ability to optimize operational activities at each
stage of the device and system lifecycles.
"Like so many other business domains today, the semiconductor
industry now has the opportunity to further leverage empirical data
about its products and technologies in order to achieve
efficiencies across the electronics value chain, including at the
system-level deployment stage," said Sassine Ghazi, chief operating officer of
Synopsys. "Building on our core expertise in IC design, our SLM
platform provides a game-changing set of optimization capabilities
that extend throughout the entire lifecycle of IC design,
production and deployment."
The growing complexity of today's electronics systems is making
quality and reliability increasingly difficult to achieve. This,
coupled with little tolerance for performance degradation of any
kind and the need to meet functional safety and security
requirements, means that a new approach is needed to address how
silicon-based systems are developed, operated and maintained. The
potential gains and cost savings in key applications like data
centers and networking from improvements in performance and power
could be measured in the billions of dollars. These savings can be
achieved by properly managing each phase of a chip's and system's
lifecycle from development through deployment to ensure optimized
results throughout.
"Addressing critical chip performance and reliability issues is
a multi-billion dollar issue that doesn't stop at tape out. It
requires a new way of looking at the entirety of how an IC is
designed, built and used. Providing access to device data
throughout the entire chip life span, and enabling on-going 'in
life' feedback and optimization through specialized analytics will
allow a more efficient and effective way to address the
semiconductor-related quality and security challenges system
companies face in all industries," said Richard Wawrzyniak, Principal Market Analyst:
ASIC & SoC, Semico Research Corp.
The Synopsys SLM platform, launched today and with a full
roadmap of innovation over the next two years, is based on two
underlying principles: gather as much useful data about each chip
as possible and analyze that data throughout its entire lifecycle
to gain actionable insights into improving chip and system related
activities. The first principle is achieved by expanding upon the
data already available from test and product engineering with deep
visibility into each chip's operation through monitors and sensors
that are embedded throughout each chip and measure targeted
activities across a wide set of contexts and conditions. The second
SLM platform principle is to apply targeted analytics engines that
operate on available chip data to enable optimizations at each
stage of the semiconductor lifecycle, starting with design
implementation, and progressing through manufacturing, production
test, bring-up and culminating with in-field operation.
To hear more about the Synopsys SLM platform, attend the Silicon
Lifecycle Management track at the Digital Design Technology
Symposium to be held virtually on Wednesday,
Oct. 14. More details about the Synopsys SLM platform can
also be found here.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Softwareâ„¢
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 growing its leadership in software
security and quality solutions. Whether you're a system-on-chip
(SoC) designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software
developer writing applications that require the highest security
and quality, Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver
innovative, high-quality, secure products. Learn more at
www.synopsys.com.
Editorial Contact:
Simone
Souza
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-6454
simone@synopsys.com
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