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TSMC joins the IPL

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World’s largest foundry brings expertise to IPL Alliance efforts
The Interoperable PDK Libraries (IPL) Alliance announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has joined the Alliance as the first foundry member. The IPL Alliance is an industry wide collaborative effort to create and promote interoperable process design kit (PDK) standards. A PDK is a comprehensive set of foundry verified data files including parameterised cells (Pcells) used in a complete analogue and mixed signal design flow. The standardisation of PDKs and design flows benefit analogue and custom IC designers by removing bottlenecks in multiple vendor flows. Currently, each foundry is creating specialised PDKs for different EDA vendors and tools. Standardisation can reduce PDK development cost and schedule, providing designers quicker access to new advanced process technologies.

“TSMC is committed to an interoperable PDK format that maintains design accuracy throughout the custom design cycle,” said S.T. Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing, TSMC. “An interoperable standard promotes reuse and reduces PDK development cost. It also promotes open innovation, enables customisation and improves productivity and efficiency. As an IPL Alliance member, we look forward to participating in the advancement of PDK standards.”

“Developing effective PDK interoperability standards requires the collaboration of both EDA tools suppliers and PDK suppliers,” said Rich Goldman, vice president of corporate marketing and strategic market development at Synopsys, one of the IPL Alliance founding members. “The addition of TSMC, one of the industry’s largest suppliers of high quality PDKs, to the IPL Alliance will help accelerate the development and implementation of standards.”

The IPL Alliance will present its latest update at the 45th Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Anaheim California from June 8 to June 13.
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