X-FAB now supports Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA & ERFURT, GERMANY: Synopsys Inc. and X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analog/mixed-signal foundry, today announced that X-FAB has expanded its support to include Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer implementation solution.

X-FAB now fully supports Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation Platform across its wide range of advanced modular CMOS process technologies for analog/mixed-signal (AMS) applications.

Custom Designer is a modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution that delivers superior ease-of-use and leverages Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation Platform to provide a unified solution for custom and cell-based designs.

X-FAB has validated comprehensive support for Synopsys’ custom implementation solution, including Custom Designer, HSPICE circuit simulation, CustomSim verification, Hercules LVS/DRC and StarRC extraction tools.

The Custom Designer toolset, used in conjunction with X-FAB process technology, can help designers achieve higher productivity and reduce time to market with a comprehensive, verified custom implementation solution.

“We have a large, growing and diverse global customer base that depends on us to deliver competitive technology and cost-optimized solutions,” said Dr. Jens Kosch, chief technical officer at X-FAB. “Many of our customers also depend on Synopsys EDA tools, including Custom Designer. Synopsys and X-FAB have worked together to provide customers with both leading-edge CMOS technology and a productive, modern AMS implementation solution.”

X-FAB’s analog and mixed-signal technology is ideally suited for industrial, automotive and telecommunication applications. Based on a mixed-signal CMOS process, it features core and process modules such as low Vt, low leakage, embedded non-volatile memory and high-voltage options.

In addition, it offers a standard or thick top-metal layer, PIP (Polysilicon-Insulator-Polysilicon) and MIM (Metal-Insulator-Metal) capacitors, and high-resistance polysilicon. A variety of MOS and bipolar transistors also are available.

“Synopsys proactively works with leading foundries like X-FAB to deliver increased value to our mutual customers,” said Bijan Kiani, vice president of Product Marketing at Synopsys. “X-FAB’s adoption and support for Custom Designer as well as the entire Galaxy Implementation Platform gives our customers access to one of the industry’s largest dedicated analog and mixed-signal foundries.”