Offering best-in-class performance, power consumption, and broad feature integration capability, the 22FDX platform is being used by designers and innovators working in 5G mmWave, edge AI, Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, satellite communications, security, and other applications.
The open-standard based iPDK offers the same level of functionality and performance as PDKs designed for specific vendor tools, while helping enable interoperability and compatibility among different design tool suites.
Tools including: the Custom Compiler solution from Synopsys; Tanner software solutions from Mentor, a Siemens business; PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) from Keysight Technologies; and any other tool supporting OpenAccess will now be able to use GF iPDK libraries for its 22FDX platform.
GF’s iPDK will consist of OpenAccess technology files, symbols, component description format (CDF), TCL callbacks, netlisting information, and PyCells.
The 22FDX iPDK is released and available alongside other EDA-specific 22FDX PDK bundles.
“Process design kits are critical for enabling our clients to ensure their designs are of high quality and optimised for manufacturing on GF’s differentiated platforms,” said Richard Trihy, vice president of design enablement at GF. “Expanding our support to iPDK provides our clients greater flexibility to use the design suite tools of their choice. The collaborative nature of iPDK ultimately leads to reduced design costs and greater value creation for our clients and our industry.”
