ASIC Design

Today's complex designs, especially those targeted to deep submicron technologies, demand a good methodology at all stages of the design cycle in order to meet the quick turnaround requirements of customers. SPLITZDESIGN ASIC Expertise Centers of Excellence offers all aspects of complex and custom ASIC design services and System-On-Chip design services from concept to silicon or on specific parts of design chain, including system design services and FPGA-to-ASIC conversion services.
The ASIC design services can be classified as:

• Specs to GDSII
• RTL to GDSII
• Front-End ASIC Design and Verification

Our comprehensive service spectrum available individually or as full turnkey solutions across various stages of ASIC design life cycle is listed below:

ASIC Product Definition
We follow a well-proven testing methodology, which covers the entire gamut of testing processes including assessment, strategy and planning, designing and development, test execution and evaluation of results which provides an excellent basis for the development of high-quality test specifications. Our processes are designed to deliver and add true business value to your organization.

• Specifications
• Technology evaluation
• Tool selection
• Foundry selection
• Architectural definitions

ASIC Design

• RTL Coding generation (VHDL, Verilog and System Verilog,)
• Interface design
• Multiple clock domain design
• Logic synthesis

ASIC Verification

• Functional
• Timing
• Physical

ASIC Pre-Layout

• Signal integrity analysis
• High-speed clock design
• Design for Test
• SPICE modeling
• Timing constraint development
• Static timing analysis

ASIC Layout

• Floorplanning
• Clock optimization
• Physical synthesis
• Placement and Routing
• Design closure
• LVS/DRC
• GDSII generation

ASIC Foundry Interface

• ASIC foundry release processing

Production

• Prototype validation
• Provide delivered chips

Tools Expertise
Tool used varies according to project and customer requirements. Tools used in used in the past include:

• Simulation tools:
• Cadence: NC Sim,
• Mentor Graphics: Modelsim, Questa Sim,
• Synopsys: VCS
• Synthesis tools :
• Magma: Magma Blast Create,
• Synopsys: Design Compiler,
• Timing Analysis :
• Synopsys: PrimeTime,
• Design For Test :
• Mentor Graphics: FastScan, DFT Advisor, MBistArchitect,
• Physical Design :
• Magma: : Blast Fusion,
• Cadence: SoCEncounter