Synopsys and Samsung Foundry Allow 3nm Course of Know-how for Energy- and Efficiency-Demanding Cell, HPC and AI Designs

A number of Profitable Tapeouts Validate Product Readiness of Synopsys’ Digital and Customized Design Flows, Licensed by Samsung Foundry

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — To drive adoption of Samsung’s 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) expertise for designs requiring optimum energy, efficiency and space (PPA), Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) at present introduced that its longstanding collaboration with Samsung Foundry has produced a number of profitable take a look at chip tapeouts on Synopsys digital and customized design instruments and flows, licensed for Samsung Foundry’s most superior course of. Mutual prospects utilizing Samsung Foundry’s SF3 expertise can profit from the roughly 50% lowered energy, 30% improved efficiency and 30% smaller space that the expertise node has demonstrated versus the Samsung SF5E course of.

“Immediately’s demanding cellular, high-performance computing and AI functions require energy and efficiency ranges that stretch the boundaries of small geometries,” mentioned Sangyun Kim, company vice chairman of the Foundry Design Know-how Crew at Samsung Electronics. “Our longstanding collaboration with Synopsys on EDA design move certifications supplies mutual prospects with substantial energy, efficiency and space benefits.”

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Collaborating for Continued Silicon Developments 
Synopsys and Samsung Foundry have continued innovating to drive the silicon enhancements that our good, linked world calls for. Samsung Foundry streamlined its 3nm course of growth prices and timeline, effectively evaluating its course of choices primarily based on PPA design metrics. The foundry continues to incorporate Synopsys DSO.ai™ expertise in its move, using the machine studying capabilities to massively scale the exploration of decisions in chip design workflows and expedite growth of its course of.

“Synopsys’ strategic collaboration with Samsung Foundry has enabled us to stay in lockstep by way of each era of their course of expertise developments,” mentioned Shankar Krishnamoorthy, GM of the EDA Group at Synopsys. “By offering main EDA design flows licensed on probably the most superior Samsung 3nm expertise, our mutual prospects can maximize the capabilities of their superior SoC designs and obtain a sooner path to silicon success.”

About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software program™ companion for modern firms growing the digital merchandise and software program functions we depend on daily. As an S&P 500 firm, Synopsys has a protracted historical past of being a worldwide chief in digital design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and gives the trade’s broadest portfolio of utility safety testing instruments and companies. Whether or not you are a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating superior semiconductors, or a software program developer writing safer, high-quality code, Synopsys has the options wanted to ship modern merchandise. Be taught extra at www.synopsys.com. 

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