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PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS - CIRCUIT SIMULATION & DESIGN FOR YIELD SOLUTIONS
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Design-for-Yield (DFY) Toolset - NanoYield™
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NanoYield™ is a design-for-yield toolset that incorporates innovative algorithms and parallel technologies to speed up the
statistical simulation performance. Based on the high-accuracy and high-performance NanoSpice™ engine, NanoYield™ with
its Monte Carlo Advanced (MCA) technology and Monte Carlo Pro (MCP) technology can deliver 10 to over 100 times
speed-up over traditional Monte Carlo, and therefore greatly shortens statistical simulation time. With the High Sigma Pro
(HSP) technology licensed and validated by IBM , NanoYield™ boosts high-σ statistical simulation performance by orders of
magnitude, making it possible to predict the yield of repetitive structure circuits, such as memory, in which extremely small
cell failure rate is necessary however can not be predicted by practical Monte Carlo runs. NanoYield™ can be easily
integrated into an existing design flow, and predict yield in early design stages enabling designers to evaluate and optimize
the designs targeting to the optimum yield and performance tradeoff for competitive IC designs.
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Features
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Innovative parallel statistical simulation engine for yield prediction and design optimization*
--- MCA technology with full sampling delivers 6-10X speedup over traditional Monte Carlo
--- MCP technology adopts advanced sampling methods and boosts statistical simulation performance by additional 3-10X
--- Unique MCFastCell technology can further improve the statistical simulation performance for small-size cells
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HSP technology for the DFY design of circuits with repetitive structures
--- Accurate prediction of an extremely low failure rate of cell blocks, e.g.,5-6σ
--- Validated for memory, sensitive digital/ASIC circuits, etc.
--- Sensitivity analysis, dependence analysis, High Sigma analysis, etc.
--- Significant speed-up over traditional methods by hundreds to millions of times
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Industry standard input/output
--- Fully compatible with HSPICE/Spectre format inputs
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Rich circuit analysis functions
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Supporting industry standard device models
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Integration with Cadence Virtuoso Analog Design Environment
--- Supporting Cadence IC 5141 and IC 61x
--- Rich statistical analysis functions
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Supporting 64bit multi-core system : RedHat RHEL 4.x, 5.x
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Application Examples
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NanoYield™ can deliver significant speedup over traditional Monte Carlo
for different types of circuits with different sizes.
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