Second deal within a week in TCAD arena.
Synopsys has made another quiet acquisition, this time in the TCAD space.
Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) offers a suite of solutions for design technology co-optimization (DTCO), PDK development and exploration and screening of future technology options. Their tool chain integrates predictive Monte Carlo and statistical TCAD simulations, statistical compact model extraction and high sigma statistical circuit simulation using cluster-based technology.
The acquisition of GSS supports the Synopsys TCAD strategy to offer a comprehensive solution to reduce development time and cost for advanced node development by enabling the evaluation and selection of process, device and materials options in the pre-wafer research phases of development.
GSS was founded by Asen Asenov in 2010, based on his extensive research and industrial experience ranging from being the head of the Process and Device Modelling Group in the Institute of Microelectronics, Sofia, Bulgaria; visiting professor at the Physics Department of the Technical University of Munich, Germany and head of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Glasgow. At Glasgow, Asenov leads the Device Modelling Group that undertakes the development of 2D and 3D quantum mechanical, Monte Carlo and classical device simulators and their application in the design of advanced, novel CMOS devices.
The terms of the deal, which is not material to Synopsys financials, are not being disclosed.
Related Story
Synopsys Buys Simpleware
New interconnects and processes will be required to reach the next process nodes.
Servers today feature one or two x86 chips, or maybe an Arm processor. In 5 or 10 years they will feature many more.
After failing in the fab race, the country has started focusing on less capital-intensive segments.
Rowhammer attack on memory could create significant issues for systems; possible solution emerges.
Gate-all-around FETs will replace finFETs, but the transition will be costly and difficult.
An upbeat industry at the start of the year met one of its biggest challenges, but instead of being a headwind, it quickly turned into a tailwind.
The backbone of computing architecture for 75 years is being supplanted by more efficient, less general compute architectures.
Rising costs, complexity, and fuzzy delivery schedules are casting a cloud over next-gen lithography.
New interconnects and processes will be required to reach the next process nodes.
New approaches to preventing counterfeiting across the supply chain.
Servers today feature one or two x86 chips, or maybe an Arm processor. In 5 or 10 years they will feature many more.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
Interesting, I still remember their simulation of Intel’s trigate current density.