A silicon-proven interoperable PDK In 2009, TSMC announced the availability of the industry's first interoperable process design kit (iPDK). An iPDK benefits the entire TSMC design chain. TSMC customers will be able to use one unified iPDK to provide advanced functionality across multiple EDA vendor tools, improve design accuracy, shorten design cycle times, and promote design reuse.
Startup seeks to merge IC floorplanning, IP sourcing Serial entrepreneur George Janac had formed EDA company Parallel Engines Corp. with the claimed intention of merging semiconductor IP and EDA into a single set of tools. The company said it would deliver tools with bundled IP models.
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