GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung support New Cadence Virtuoso advanced node for 20 and 14 nm processes

Article Type: Industry news From: Microelectronics International, Volume 30, Issue 3

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. have announced that two of its major foundry partners – Samsung Foundry and GLOBALFOUNDRIES – are supporting new Cadence^® custom/analog technology targeting designs at the advanced nodes of 20 and 14 nanometers. The two foundries are providing SKILL-based process design kits (PDKs) for the newly introduced Cadence Virtuoso^®advanced node.

Cadence have also announced that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has certified essential Cadence^®technologies for custom/analog, digital and mixed-signal design, implementation,and verification for its 20-nanometer LPM technology. The certification covers the Virtuoso and Encounter platforms, including the industry-standard SKILL PDK.