This validation saves time and effort of setting up an interoperable flow across the companies' tools and ensures consistent results.

The companies demonstrated full interoperability between the SpringSoft Laker Custom Layout Automation System and Magma Titan Mixed-signal Design Platform running in the OpenAccess environment.

Both SpringSoft and Magma are members of the Interoperable PDK Libraries Alliance (IPL) and validation collaborators on the TSMC 65nm iPDK. This latest initiative between the two companies is driven by their mutual commitment to interoperability and an open design community, enabling innovation in the custom chip market through greater manufacturing flexibility, more technology choice, and improved design productivity.

The SpringSoft-Magma cross-tool validation builds on previous interoperability testing between TSMC and its iPDK development and validation partners, Ciranova, Magma, SpringSoft, and Synopsys.

Using TSMC 65nm iPDK test suite data, SpringSoft and Magma generated separate layout and design data, exchanged and modified the data, then verified that their respective results were identical.

The testing covered key iPDK functionality areas to ensure that common features operate properly in both the Laker custom layout and Titan full-chip/mixed-signal design tools.

About the Titan Mixed-signal Design Platform

About the Laker Custom Layout Automation System