Nanometer-scale designs today require a new generation of physical-, electrical-, and manufacturing-aware routing technology. At 20/28nmprocess nodes, as well as mainstream 40nm and 65nm processes, power and manufacturability issues are enormous and interdependent with timing, signal integrity, and area requirements. In addition, when handling high-performance, giga-scale designs either flat or hierarchically, it is imperative that a router have sufficient capacity and capability to address multiple design objectives concurrently while mitigating on-the-fly any potential risks to performance and yield. Last but not least, a viable router must have the speed to meet aggressive time-to-market schedules.
NanoRoute Advanced Digital Router handles all routing challenges at both block and chip levels. It combines the performance characteristics of a grid-based router with off-grid flexibility, and it simultaneously evaluates and optimizes interconnect topology based on the 3D effects on timing, area, power, manufacturability, and yield. Powered by a superthreading backplane (multi-threaded and distributed processing combined), the NanoRoute solution finishes millions of nets of connectivity per hour. It delivers the highest quality of results in a fraction of the time taken by other routers on the market.
NanoRoute technology is also fully equipped to handle 20nm design requirements, including double patterning. Using a correct-by-construction approach, NanoRoute Router resolves potential double-patterning conflicts on-the-fly for a routing topology that is not only double-patterning and 20nm DRC–correct the first time, but also more area efficient.
Benefits
- Fully supports the latest 20/28nm process rules
- Ensures design and routing convergence for designs integrated with advanced process technologies
- Supports correct-by-construction double patterning with FlexColor routing technology
- Enables the implementation of giga-scale designs on advanced or mainstream process technologies
- Mitigates process variation by supporting a wide range of advanced node processes
- Improves overall quality of results, maximizes utilization, and meets multiple design objectives
- Shrinks die size by 5-10% with robust routing technology and congestion handling results
- Offers higher capacity for larger, more complex designs
- Enhances productivity through efficient single-CPU and multi-CPU performance
- Delivers 10x or more performance gain
- Speeds turnaround time with dynamic multi-thread and distributed processing capability
- Ensures a smooth path to design tapeout and production silicon
- Offers a silicon-proven track record with successful customer tapeouts and foundry endorsements