MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Cloud-optimized IC Validator scales physical verification
across approximately 4,000 AMD EPYC™ cores to deliver
overnight full-chip DRC runtime
- Unique elastic CPU management enabled optimal use of compute
resources
- Reference setup enables users to get started with IC Validator
on Microsoft Azure cloud
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that its IC
Validator physical verification solution running on Microsoft Azure
completed a verification run of the AMD Radeon™ Pro VII GPU, which
includes more than 13 billion transistors, in less than nine hours.
The collaboration was powered by Azure HBv2 virtual machines, using
the 2nd Generation AMD EPYC™ processors.
IC Validator utilized unique elastic CPU management technology
to realize up to 40 percent savings in compute resources, achieving
lower cost of ownership on cloud and ensuring resource availability
for other critical jobs during tapeout.
"At AMD, on-time execution of our products is critical to
supporting our goal of providing leadership products in
high-performance computing," said Mydung
Pham, corporate vice president, Silicon Design Engineering,
AMD. "The AMD EPYC processor-based Azure HBv2 virtual machines are
a great fit for high-performance workloads, and we are excited to
see Synopsys use them to power its IC Validator solution, helping
customers validate hardware and chip design in a short
timeframe."
"Increasing design sizes and complexity in silicon design is
driving the industry to think about the compute infrastructure
differently," said Mujtaba Hamid,
head of product, Silicon, Electronics and Gaming, at Microsoft
Azure. "Taping out chips with exponentially growing transistor
counts, on schedule, remains an imperative for the industry. Azure
enables silicon design teams to do so in a secure and
cost-effective manner through an EDA-optimized, scalable cloud
infrastructure."
IC Validator is a comprehensive and highly scalable physical
verification solution, that includes DRC, LVS, programmable
electrical rule checks (PERC), dummy metal fill, and
design-for-manufacturability (DFM) enhancement capabilities. IC
Validator is architected for high performance and scalability,
which maximizes utilization of mainstream hardware, using smart
memory-aware load scheduling and balancing technologies. It uses
both multi-threading and distributed processing across multiple
machines to provide scalability benefits that extend to thousands
of CPUs.
"Our focus is to provide our customers the fastest path to
physical signoff closure, both in on-premise and in cloud
environments," said Raja Tabet,
senior vice president of engineering, Design Group at Synopsys.
"With IC Validator, the industry's fastest physical verification
solution, our customers can leverage Microsoft Azure cloud using
AMD EPYC processors to signoff their chips with fast
turnaround-time while ensuring optimal use of compute
resources."
Customers can learn more about the benefits AMD sees in using
Synopsys' IC Validator on Microsoft Azure cloud by attending the
upcoming TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum event on August 25, 2020 to listen to the Synopsys session
on "Scaling Physical Verification Workloads on the Cloud."
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.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, EPYC, and combinations thereof are
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Editorial Contact:
Simone
Souza
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-6454
simone@synopsys.com
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