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Silvaco, Inc. is a leading EDA provider of software tools used for process and device development and for analog/mixed-signal, power IC and memory design. The portfolio also includes tools for power integrity sign off, reduction of extracted netlist, variation analysis and also production-proven intellectual property (IP) cores. Silvaco delivers a full TCAD-to-Signoff flow for vertical markets including: displays, power electronics, optical devices, radiation & soft error reliability, analog and HSIO design, library and memory design, advanced CMOS process and IP development. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has a global presence with offices located in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. For over 30 years, Silvaco has enabled its customers to bring superior products to market in the shortest time with reduced cost. Semiconductor fabs and design houses from around the globe have relied on Silvaco’s expertise to help develop the “technology behind the chip”. Silvaco’s mission is to help our customers accelerate the pace of technological innovation and their time to market while reducing their costs in developing the next-generation chips. We strive to understand our customers’ challenges so as to tailor the innovative products, services and support they need to succeed in their technology development and productivity goals.

For over 30 years since the company’s founding in 1984 by Dr. Ivan Pesic, semiconductor fabs and design houses from around the globe have relied on Silvaco’s expertise to help develop the “technology behind the chip”. Silvaco’s mission is to help our customers accelerate the pace of technological innovation and their time to market while reducing their costs in developing the next-generation chips. We strive to understand our customers’ challenges so as to tailor the innovative products, services and support they need to succeed in their technology development and productivity goals.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

TCAD

• Overview
• Process Simulation
• Device Simulation
• Interactive Tools
• Virtual Wafer Fab

PARASITIC EXTRACTION

• Overview
• RC Extractor for Realistic 3D Structures
• Full Chip LPE Rule File Generator
• 3D RF Passive Device Modeling

SPICE SIMULATION

• Overview
• Parallel SPICE Simulator
• Analog/Mixed-Signal Simulator
• RF Circuit Simulator
• Waveform Viewer
• Verlilog-A Environment
• Fast Circuit Simulator

SPICE MODEL EXTRACTION

• Device Characterization and SPICE Modeling
• Statistical Parameter and Yield Analysis
• Device Modeling for New Technologies

LIBRARY/MEMORY CHARACTERIZATION

• Cello
• Viola
• Liberty Analyzer

ANALOG/CUSTOM DESIGN

• Overview
• Schematic Editor
• Layout Editor
• DRC/LVS/NET Physical Verification
• Full-Chip Parasitic Extraction

EXTRACTED NETLIST ANALYSIS & REDUCTION

• Overview

DIGITAL DESIGN

• Overview
• Verilog Simulator
• Mixed-Level Fault Simulator
• SPICE Netlist to Verilog Gates Converter
• Verilog Netlist to SPICE Netlist Converter
• Place and Route Design Flow

POWER INTEGRITY SIGNOFF

• Power-EM/IR-Thermal

VARIATION-AWARE DESIGN

• Overview

About Silvaco, Inc.
Silvaco Inc. is a leading EDA tools and semiconductor IP provider used for process and device development for advanced semiconductors, power IC, display and memory design. For over 30 years, Silvaco has enabled its customers to develop next generation semiconductor products in the shortest time with reduced cost. We are a technology company outpacing the EDA industry by delivering innovative smart silicon solutions to meet the world’s ever-growing demand for mobile intelligent computing. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and has a global presence with offices located in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia.

Company Website

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