Synopsys To Play A Key Role In Enabling Intel Foundry Services For US DOD Chip Program

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forbes.com, Nov. 17, 2022 – 

Late last year, the US Department of Defense (DOD) put in motion a program called RAMP-C (Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes – Commercial). The goal of this program is to help create state-of-the-art commercial semiconductor design, foundry and fabrication services with access for critical DOD systems and infrastructure. In the process, the US DOD awarded Intel an agreement to provide commercial chip foundry services in the first phase of this program. In-turn Intel Foundry Services (IFS) will be working with key partners such as Synopsys, to provide quantifiably assured design tools, IP and design services that will assure the DOD the security it needs to manufacture on Intel's leading-edge commercial manufacturing nodes.

As part of Intel's USMAG (US Military Aerospace and Government) Alliance, which was formed to enable a trusted US chip design ecosystem for IFS, Synopsys will supply the DOD and other US government branches with a comprehensive set of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, proven IP blocks and quantifiably-assured secure design services that are required. This is no small feat since historically US military, aerospace and government entities have trailed the silicon fab process curve, due to these strict security assurance requirements and their relatively low volume demand precluding them from being able to take advantage of high volume, cutting-edge commercial chip fab processes.

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