MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
June 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it has
broadened its ongoing academic collaboration by entering into an
agreement to license novel digital synthesis technologies from
EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Over the past two years, Synopsys has been working in
partnership with the University of
Rochester and Yokohama National
University developing a complete digital circuit design flow
for Superconducting Electronics (SCE). This work is being conducted
under IARPA's SuperTools project, a multi-year research effort that
aims to create a SCE circuit design flow by developing a
comprehensive set of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and
Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) tools to enable the
analysis and design of SCE circuits with Very-Large-Scale
Integration (VLSI).
EPFL's Integrated Systems Laboratory (LSI) has developed a
method that may reduce the power requirement of electronic chips by
mapping out their logic flows in a novel way. By deploying a
different set of logic functions for the gates on the potentially
billions of transistors found in modern electronic circuits, this
system may shorten the circuits' calculation steps. This shortening
may enable chip designers to make their chips faster or more energy
efficient. EPFL's LSI is applying these methods in ongoing research
on SCE conducted under NSF's SuperCool project.
Traditionally, four basic logic functions (and-or-not-mux) have
been used to realize electronic circuits. But, EPFL's LSI group set
out to produce optimized digital circuits by radically changing the
software that generates logic diagrams involving majority
functions. Initial studies indicated that the new approach could
reduce the number of logic steps needed to execute a given task.
Later experiments confirmed that these optimizations were able to
reduce the number of logic levels by 18% on average. Engineers
can exploit the reduction in logic levels to create faster or less
power-hungry chips.
The SCE tools will allow engineers to design complex, high-speed
digital circuits with much lower power requirements than available
in today's semiconductor technologies. Advanced EDA and TCAD tools
have been at the center of the semiconductor revolution and made
possible the design and manufacture of today's highly sophisticated
electronic systems. The SuperTools project endeavors to apply the
experiences and learnings from semiconductors to superconducting
electronics, offering the possibility of faster circuits with
substantially lower power requirements.
About EPFL
EPFL is one of the
world's leading research universities. It offers excellent
facilities for students and faculty alike and an environment
designed to foster innovation. Through the high-quality work done
in the 350 laboratories and research groups, it contributes to the
technological, scientific and social advances being made in a wide
range of fields, addressing issues such as climate change,
digitalization and personalized medicine. It also supports
startups, turning the technologies developed by its laboratories
into marketable applications.
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 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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