Synopsys launches on-chip analytics IP

Author: EIS Release Date: Oct 26, 2020


Synopsys has introduced its Silicon Lifecycle Management (SLM) platform – a data-analytics-driven approach to optimizing SoCs from the design phase through to end-user deployment.

The SLM platform, which is coupled with Synopsys’  Fusion Design Platform, will provide visibility into critical performance, reliability and security issues for the entirety of a chip’s lifespan.

It will enable insights for both SoC teams and their customers and provide the ability to optimize operational activities at each stage of the device and system lifecycles.

The quality, security, reliability and potential performance degradation of ICs can cost datacentre operators billions.

Managing each phase of a chip’s and system’s lifecycle from development through deployment can ensure optimised results throughout.

The Synopsys SLM platform is based on two underlying principles: gather as much useful data about each chip as possible and analyze that data throughout its entire lifecycle to gain actionable insights into improving chip and system related activities.

The first principle is achieved by expanding upon the data already available from test and product engineering with deep visibility into each chip’s operation through monitors and sensors that are embedded throughout each chip and measure targeted activities across a wide set of contexts and conditions.

The principle is to apply targeted analytics engines that operate on available chip data to enable optimizations at each stage of the semiconductor lifecycle, starting with design implementation, and progressing through manufacturing, production test, bring-up and culminating with in-field operation.