Cadence and TSMC Collaborate on N16 79GHz mmWave Design Reference Flow to Accelerate Radar, 5G and Wireless Innovation

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Cadence's RF solution is integrated and optimized for TSMC's N16 technology, and joint customers are actively designing with the corresponding PDKs

www.cadence.com/en_US/home.html, Apr. 25, 2023 – 

SAN JOSE, Calif.– Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that it has collaborated with TSMC to optimize the Cadence® Virtuoso® platform for the 79GHz mmWave design reference flow on TSMC's N16 process. With this latest development in Cadence and TSMC's long history of collaboration, joint customers now have access to a complete 79GHz mmWave design reference flow on the N16 process for developing optimized, highly reliable, next-generation RFIC designs for use in radar, 5G and other wireless applications for the mobile, automotive, healthcare and aerospace markets. Customers have already started using the corresponding TSMC PDKs for RFIC design work.

The Cadence RFIC solution that supports TSMC's N16 process technology features automation capabilities to help customers spend less time integrating critical RF functionality into their designs. The solution supports all aspects of RF design, including passive device modeling, assisted layout automation, block-level optimization and EM signoff simulations.

The TSMC N16 79GHz mmWave design reference flow incorporates an efficient methodology that lets engineers achieve their performance, power efficiency and reliability design goals. Customers can benefit from Cadence's tightly integrated Virtuoso ADE Suite and Spectre® X Simulator with RF Option for managing corner simulations, design centering and identifying true worst-case corners. Furthermore, the Virtuoso Layout Suite for RF layout automation includes expedited placement and routing with in-design design rule check (DRC) capabilities.

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