When it comes to taking advantage of new silicon technology, design enablement teams must deliver accurate process design kits (PDKs) to mitigate the complexity of evolving semiconductor processes.

Once upon a time, integrated circuits (ICs) were built by the same companies that designed them. The design of an IC was tightly integrated with the manufacturing processes available within each ...

In design support for the fabless or foundry-based semiconductor-design model, the main mechanism for circuit-design information is the PDK (process-design kit). The PDK describes the electrical, ...

This paper discusses the importance of accurate laser compact models in photonic process design kits, describes different laser models available in Ansys Lumerical INTERCONNECT, and explains optimal ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As two new standards initiatives take aim at making process design kits easier to use, questions are arising about the usefulness of the design rules embedded in PDKs and the design ...