Siemens Digital Industries Software has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, cloud-ready design and verification tool aimed at reducing and meeting power, performance, reliability and yield requirements.
Called Solido Design Environment, the goal of the software is to adapt to higher design complexity across different industries such as wireless, automotive, high-performance computing (HPC) and internet of things (IoT).
The software provides a single, cockpit that handles nominal and variation-aware analysis like:
- SPICE-level circuit simulation setup
- Measurements and regressions
- Waveforms and statistical results analysis
The AI technology helps engineers identify the best paths to improve circuit power, performance and area. It also helps perform production-accurate statistical yield analysis at a fraction of runtime compared to brute-force methods. Using the software, engineers can help achieve verification accuracy up to 6 sigma and higher yield at speeds orders of magnitude faster than brute-force Monte Carlo.
SK Hynix is using Solido to reduce the time it takes to go from initial design to production of advanced memory and sensor technologies.
“Verification accuracy and turnaround time are key factors in our design flow, as we create the next generation of memory technology,” said Do Chang-Ho, head of computer aided engineering at SK Hynix. “Siemens’ Solido Design Environment software has delivered brute force-accurate variation analysis coupled with powerful and easy-to-use design optimization, which has significantly reduced the time it takes for us to go from initial design to production.”
