Can You Help with Design
Yes! We offer comprehensive chip design services from specification to tape-out including RTL design, verification, physical design, and IP integration with experienced teams delivering 95%+ first-silicon success rate across 10,000+ tape-outs.
Full-Service ASIC Design
Complete Design Flow:
- Specification: Requirements analysis, architecture definition, specification documentation
- RTL Design: Verilog/VHDL coding, synthesis, timing analysis, power analysis
- Verification: Testbench development, functional verification, coverage analysis, formal verification
- Physical Design: Floor planning, placement, CTS, routing, timing closure, signoff
- Tape-Out: GDSII generation, DRC/LVS verification, mask data preparation
- Cost: $100K-$5M depending on complexity
- Timeline: 6-24 months depending on design size
Design Team Expertise:
- 200+ Design Engineers: RTL, verification, physical design specialists
- Experience: Average 15+ years industry experience
- Success Rate: 95%+ first-silicon success
- Tape-Outs: 10,000+ successful designs delivered
- Technologies: All nodes from 180nm to 7nm
Design Services Offered
RTL Design:
- Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog coding
- Microarchitecture development
- Synthesis and timing optimization
- Clock domain crossing
- Low-power design techniques
- Cost: $50K-$2M depending on complexity
Verification:
- UVM testbench development
- Constrained random verification
- Coverage-driven verification
- Assertion-based verification
- Formal verification
- Emulation and FPGA prototyping
- Cost: $30K-$1M depending on complexity
Physical Design:
- Floor planning and power planning
- Placement and optimization
- Clock tree synthesis
- Routing and optimization
- Timing closure (setup/hold)
- IR drop and EM analysis
- Signal integrity analysis
- DRC/LVS signoff
- Cost: $40K-$1.5M depending on complexity
Analog & Mixed-Signal Design:
- Op-amps, comparators, voltage references
- ADCs, DACs (8-16 bit, 1-100 MSPS)
- PLLs, DLLs (10MHz-10GHz)
- LDOs, DC-DC converters
- RF transceivers (2.4GHz, 5GHz, sub-6GHz)
- High-speed SerDes (1-56 Gbps)
- Cost: $100K-$2M per block
IP Integration:
- Processor integration (ARM, RISC-V)
- Interface IP (USB, PCIe, DDR, MIPI)
- Memory integration (SRAM, ROM, Flash)
- Analog IP (PLL, SerDes, ADC)
- Cost: $50K-$500K depending on complexity
DFM/DFT Services:
- Design for manufacturing optimization
- Scan insertion and ATPG
- Memory BIST, logic BIST
- Boundary scan (JTAG)
- Test coverage optimization
- Cost: $20K-$200K
Design Packages
Startup Package ($150K-$400K):
- Simple to medium digital design (10K-500K gates)
- RTL design, verification, physical design
- Standard IP integration
- 180nm-65nm process
- Timeline: 9-15 months
Production Package ($500K-$2M):
- Medium to complex digital design (500K-5M gates)
- Full verification and DFT
- Advanced IP integration
- 65nm-28nm process
- Timeline: 12-24 months
Enterprise Package ($2M-$10M):
- Complex SoC (5M-50M gates)
- Multiple power domains
- Advanced packaging support
- 28nm-7nm process
- Timeline: 18-36 months
Design Support Models
Full Turnkey:
- We handle entire design from spec to tape-out
- Customer provides requirements, reviews milestones
- Fixed price, fixed schedule
- Best For: Customers without design team
Co-Design:
- Collaborative design with customer team
- We provide expertise in specific areas
- Flexible scope and pricing
- Best For: Customers with some design capability
Design Augmentation:
- We provide additional engineers to your team
- Work under your direction and processes
- Time and materials pricing
- Best For: Customers needing temporary capacity
Consulting:
- Architecture review and recommendations
- Design review and optimization
- Troubleshooting and debug support
- Training and knowledge transfer
- Cost: $200-$400/hour depending on expertise
Tools & Infrastructure
EDA Tools Available:
- Synopsys: Design Compiler, IC Compiler II, VCS, PrimeTime, HSPICE
- Cadence: Genus, Innovus, Xcelium, JasperGold, Virtuoso
- Mentor/Siemens: Calibre, Questa, Tessent
- Ansys: RedHawk, Totem (power/thermal analysis)
Compute Infrastructure:
- 10,000+ CPU cores for simulation and synthesis
- High-performance storage (10+ PB)
- Secure, isolated customer environments
Why Choose Our Design Services
Expertise:
- 200+ experienced engineers
- 10,000+ successful tape-outs
- 95%+ first-silicon success rate
- All process nodes and technologies
Quality:
- Rigorous design reviews at every stage
- Comprehensive verification methodology
- DFM/DFT optimization
- Signoff-quality deliverables
Speed:
- Experienced teams work faster
- Parallel execution of design stages
- Proven methodologies and flows
- Fast turnaround on iterations
Cost-Effective:
- No need to hire and train design team
- No EDA tool license costs
- No infrastructure investment
- Pay only for what you need
Risk Mitigation:
- High first-silicon success rate
- Experienced team catches issues early
- Comprehensive verification reduces bugs
- DFM optimization improves yield
Contact for Design Services:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +1 (408) 555-0120
- Request: Free consultation and proposal
Chip Foundry Services provides world-class chip design expertise to bring your product from concept to silicon with high quality, fast turnaround, and competitive pricing.