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Unleash PDK with Open Standards

Unleash PDK with Open Standards. Synopsys 18th EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum Hau-Yung Chen Nov. 9, 2006. Open PDKs: Primarily a Business Issue. - Process name - SPICE Models - Schematic Symbol - Layout TF - Parameterized Devices  - DRC rule file  - LVS rule file

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Unleash PDK with Open Standards

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  1. Unleash PDK with Open Standards Synopsys 18th EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum Hau-Yung Chen Nov. 9, 2006

  2. Open PDKs: Primarily a Business Issue - Process name - SPICE Models - Schematic Symbol - Layout TF - Parameterized Devices  - DRC rule file  - LVS rule file - RC extraction rule file Open Platform PDK A_X Foundry A Defined PDK PDK Open PDK FoundryA Tool X PDK A_Y PDK A_Z PDK B_X Foundry B Defined PDK Foundry B Tool Y PDK B_Y PDK B_Z PDK C_X Foundry/IDM C Defined PDK Foundry/IDMC Tool Z PDK C_Y PDK C_Z

  3. Truly Open PDKs: Everybody Wins IF: • Every involved party clearly sees the potential benefit and is willing to participate, play by the rules, and support truly open standards • Pure Play Foundry & IDM • EDA Vendor & User • Coordinated by independent bodies • Rename PDK to OPDK, UPDK, or TDK, or OK (OpenKit) • The name PDK carries too much of a single-company image • Signify a clean start and clear separation of Open Formats from old Proprietary Formats • Avoid the name confusion and conflict or even legal issues with the existing one. • Ban any proprietary languages • Enough freely available scripting languages, Tcl, Python, Perl, etc. • Why do we have to support a proprietary language in an Open system? • Ban any vendors who want to hijack the Open system with proprietary stuff. • Start with a baseline OPDK set including Schematics Symbols, Layout TF, and PCells Allow us to compete on Technology and Implementation: not on Scripting language, format, spec.

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