The OpenPDK Coalition
was founded in mid-2010 with the goal of defining a set
of open standards to allow an OpenPDK to be created once
and then translated into specific EDA vendor tools and
specific foundry formats. This will allow an OpenPDK to
be as portable across foundries and as agnostic to EDA
tools as possible. The Si2 OpenPDK standard will enable
greater efficiency in PDK development, verification, and
delivery. It will provide equivalent support to all
stakeholders: foundries, EDA tool vendors, IP providers,
and end-users.
The goals of the OpenPDK Coalition for 2012 include the
first release of the Open Process Specification
standard, i.e., OPS v1.0. This will include a
symbol standard, a design parameter standard, and a
callback standard developed within this coalition, as
well as, include the OpenDFM and OPEX standards already
developed by the DFM Coalition. The Coalition will also
provide collateral to support adoption among member
companies.
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Major
Accomplishments - 2011
XSD/XML approved as the
representation for the OPS standard
Contributions made by
member companies to accelerate standards development
in the area of process parameters and symbols
Technical work completed as
a prerequisite to specifying the first 3 components of
the OPS v1.0 standard - symbols, callbacks and
parameters
