custom design

Synopsys is updating its custom design tools to make working with finFET based processes easier.

Cadence Design Systems has worked with Lumerical Solutions and PhoeniX Software to develop a flow for designing photonic ICs based on the Virtuoso custom-design platform.

Cadence Design Systems has built into its latest Virtuoso update features designed to tackle the problems of working with the 20nm generation of processes with finer control over layout-dependent effects, double patterning and new types of local interconnect.