Design Services

A successful design, beginning with optimal choice of architecture and technology selections
Decades of design experience to leverage, and a wide selection of silicon-proven IP in many semiconductor processes
Project scope including power, area, performance and yield estimates
Project cost, schedule and risk assessment

Behavioral modeling both in the analog and digital domains (e.g. Verilog, Verilog-A, Matlab, IBIS)
Circuit block design that leverages Forza’s vast array of silicon-proven architectures and IP blocks
Digital design flow including custom place and route/timing closure
Chip layout assembly and top-level AMS (Analog Mixed Signal) simulation
Complete suite of simulation capability: PVT (process, voltage, temperature), Monte Carlo, Post-layout PEX (parasitic extraction)
Industry standard support for both Cadence and Mentor Graphics verification tools for support of chosen foundry’s ‘golden’ rule decks
Product-focused design including: BIST (built-in self test), DFT (design for testability), ESD/LU (electro-static discharge, latch-up) compliance

Package selection and partners for package design
Choice of existing test/characterization system re-use or specification and design of new test system
Mil-spec environmental chamber for complete temperature testing
Characterization labs with wide array of electrical and optical test equipment for full characterization of a design

In-house pilot manufacturing capabilities including: die-attach/wirebonding, PCB design
Clean room space with production test stations, automated wafer probe capabilities
Product engineering services with extensive qualification experience including JEDEC test standards (e.g. ESD, LU, HTOL, etc.), yield analysis and improvement
Foundry wafer supply, wafer test, production packaging and assembly management
Final acceptance testing, yield tracking and improvement to delivery of qualified products