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Si2 is a leading research and development consortium providing standard interoperability solutions for integrated circuit design tools…
Higher operating frequencies, more mixed-signal content and lower device tolerances are spurring demand for compact model simulation…
A standard API and reference implementation, OpenAccess is the world’s most-used IC design database, providing design tool interoperability…
Si2’s newest initiative, OpenStandards is charged with the development of new standards for industry-wide use in integrated circuit design…
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Jeff Brubaker of Synopsys Joins Si2 OpenAccess Change TeamApril 27, 2020 - 9:36 AM
Si2 Launches Survey on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in EDAApril 15, 2020 - 8:37 AM
Support for OpenAccess 22.50 Ends in JuneApril 2, 2020 - 12:04 PM
Si2 Compact Model Coalition to Support CEA-Leti SPICE Simulation ModelMarch 10, 2020 - 9:13 AM
Si2 Elects Board Members for 2018-19
/0 Comments/in Board, Frontpage, Uncategorized /by Terry Berke– Si2 Elects Board Members for 2018-19 For Immediate Release AUSTIN, Texas–Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2), a global research and development joint venture focused on developing and maintaining design software tool interoperability standards, announced today the election of the 2018-19 board of directors. Board members will be introduced at the Si2 Member Meeting and Reception during […]
Si2 to Demonstrate System-Level Unified Power Model and Power Tool at DAC 2018
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, OpenStandards /by Terry Berke– Si2 to Demonstrate System-Level Unified Power Model and Power Tool at DAC 2018 New Standard and Prototype Tool Estimate and Control IC Power Consumption – AUSTIN, Texas —Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2), an Austin-based integrated circuit research and development joint venture, will demonstrate its Unified Power Model (UPM), a newly developed system-level power modeling standard, […]
Take the OpenAccess Voice of Customer Survey
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, OpenAccess /by Terry BerkeHelp us find ways to improve Si2 OpenAccess, the world’s most widely used, open reference database for IC design, with a supporting standard API. This three-minute survey provide insights members of the OpenAccess Coalition will use to bolster design-tool interoperability in the coming years.
Si2 Open Model Interface Provides Industry-Wide Standard for Advanced SPICE Capabilities
/0 Comments/in Compact Model, Frontpage, Open Model Interface /by Terry BerkeAUSTIN, Texas–The Silicon Integration Initiative Compact Model Coalition has released the Open Model Interface, an Si2 standard, C-language application programming interface that supports SPICE compact model extensions.OMI allows circuit designers to simulate and analyze such important physical effects as self-heating and aging, and perform extended design optimizations. It is based on TMI2, the TSMC Model Interface, which […]
We Need Your Insights on How to Improve the IC Design Ecosystem
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, Special Interest Group /by Terry BerkeSilicon Integration Initiative (Si2) has launched a comprehensive, international survey to identify and address ways to streamline and improve the IC design ecosystem. Survey results will be announced in a DAC 2018 white paper, whose contents will present an industry consensus on specific ways the industry can manage the rising costs of more complex designs and […]
What is Open about Si2 OpenAccess?
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, OpenAccess /by Terry BerkeBy Marshall Tiner Director of Production Standards Si2 What is open about Si2 OpenAccess? It seems these days everything is “open,” and the terms get confusing. Here is a short history of a few key areas to help clarify things. The label “open source” is credited to the free software movement of 1998. […]
Si2 Launches Effort to Standardize New IC Design Language
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, OpenStandards, Si2, Silicon Integration Initiative /by Terry BerkeSilicon Integration Initiative Inc. (Si2), a research and development joint venture providing standard interoperability solutions for IC design tools, has launched a working group to standardize a new, formal declarative language that greatly simplifies finding and correcting design flaws in complex, leading-edge chip designs early in a design flow. Named OPAL (Open Pattern Analysis for Layout), […]
Si2 Approves IC Design Simulation Standards for Gallium Nitride Devices
/0 Comments/in Compact Model, Frontpage /by Terry BerkeSi2 Approves Two IC Design Simulation Standards for Fast-Growing Gallium Nitride Market Compact Model Coalition Models Expected to Reduce Costs, Speed Time-to-Market For Immediate Release AUSTIN–The Silicon Integration Initiative’s (Si2) Compact Model Coalition (CMC) has approved two integrated circuit design simulation standards that target the fast-growing global market for gallium nitride semiconductors. The […]
Jushan Xie New Vice-Chair of Si2 Compact Model Coalition
/0 Comments/in Compact Model, Frontpage /by Terry BerkeDr. Jushan Xie, senior software architect at Cadence Design Systems, is the new vice-chair of the Si2 Compact Model Coalition. He joined Cadence in January 1999, working with SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) model extraction tools and later SPICE modeling for circuit simulation. He is currently in charge of Spectre SPICE modeling and […]
Empyrean Software, Qorvo Join Si2 Compact Model Coalition
/0 Comments/in Compact Model, Frontpage, Uncategorized /by Terry BerkeEmpyrean Software, Qorvo Join Si2 Compact Model Coalition For Immediate Release AUSTIN, Texas—Empyrean Software and Qorvo have joined the Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) Compact Model Coalition (CMC), a collaborative group that funds the standardization of cost-saving SPICE models for integrated circuit designs. They join 30 other companies that increasingly rely on the […]
Si2 Recruiting Engineering Students for IC Design Program
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, Si2 University Partner Network /by Terry BerkeSilicon Integration Initiative (Si2) is recruiting engineering students for its University Partner Network, a program that offers real-world, electronic design automation job experience. Si2 is the industry’s most experienced, federally registered research and development joint venture for the collaborative development of standard, interoperable EDA software. Marshall Tiner, director of Production Standards, who oversees the […]
New Si2 Working Group to Develop Unified Power Model for System-Level IC Design
/0 Comments/in Frontpage, Low Power, OpenStandards /by Terry BerkeAUSTIN—Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2), a research and development joint venture focused on integrated circuit design tool interoperability standards, has launched a System Level Power working group to create the Si2 Unified Power Model (UPM), a standard which will strengthen power management in system-level IC design. Jerry Frenkil, director of the OpenStandards Coalition, which incubates […]