Foundry Services

• Low-threshold access to various semiconductor technologies for academic and industrial customers - especially for small-volume projects from prototype status to series production
  
  
• Development of solutions for more efficient setup of customer-specific design flows for start-ups/SMEs
  • Cloud or container-based workflows
  • Integration of various PDKs into the design environment
  • Combination of tools from different EDA manufacturers (incl. open source)
• Broad partner network along the entire HL value chain from idea/system development to series production

Access to semiconductor technologies

• Processes from 350 nm to 12 nm
• Technologies: CMOS, FDSOI, RFSOI, FinFET, GaN/ GaAs, SiC, SiGe, Photonics
• Features: HV, logic, ULP, NVM, OPTO, HF/ RF
  
  

Design infrastructure and deployment models

• User-friendly design environments (on-premise or cloud-based) for flexible and scalable IC design
• Access to EDA tools and IP libraries
  
  

Design & development services

• Feasibility studies, specification and system design
• Design and development of customized ICs:
  • ASICs, IP cores, SoCs & chiplets
  • Analog, Digital and Mixed-Signal & RF
• Design optimization:
  • Design for Manufacturing
  • Design for Testability
    
    

Prototyping & Integration

• MPW & Ramp-Up Support
• Access to pilot lines
• Modular integration of chiplets and specialized components
• Connection to semiconductor ecosystem
  
  

Transfer to series production

• Migration to full-mask set
• Test & qualification services
• Yield optimization and analyses
• Supply chain management
  
  

Access to OSAT and post-fab services

• Customized Packaging Services
• Advanced System Integration
• Product Engineering
• Upscaling.
  

Further information on Virtual ASIC Foundry can be found here.