Synopsys RTL-to-GDSII solution qualified for GF’s 22nm FD-SOI (including body biasing)

Synopsys has announced a comprehensive RTL-to-GDSII solution for GlobalFoundries 22nm technology process. The implementation and signoff tools from the Synopsys Galaxy™ Design Platform have been enabled for the current version of GF’s’ 22FDX™ platform reference flow. GF has qualified these tools to use body bias to manage power, performance and leakage to achieve optimal energy efficiency and cost effectiveness. (See the press release here.)

The Galaxy Design Platform supports body biasing techniques throughout the design flow, key to achieving optimal power and performance when using the 22FDX technology. Both forward body bias and reverse body bias are supported, enabling power/performance trade-offs to be made dynamically and delivering up to 50% power reduction.

The reference flow using the Galaxy Design Platform is now available for early customer engagement.