The Cadence Innovus+ Synthesis and Implementation System is an integrated RTL-to-GDS chip design environment that transforms how digital chips are designed and optimized. The Innovus+ system integrates RTL synthesis and implementation technologies into a cohesive platform, delivering exceptional power, performance, and area (PPA) results while simplifying complex design workflows. With its cutting-edge AI-driven tools and support for the most advanced process nodes, the Innovus+ platform ensures predictable, efficient design closure for even the most challenging chip designs.
Effortless Scalability
Ensures effortless scalability with parallel architecture, multi-threading on multicore workstations, and distributed processing
Comprehensive Foundry Support
Fully certified for technologies from 130nm to 1.4nm nodes instills confidence in designing leading digital chips
Unified User Experience
Unified user experience offers a common database and GUI for easy use, facilitating cross-probing between layout and RTL source and ensuring a smooth RTL synthesis to implementation flow.
AI-Driven Design Insights
Integrated LLM AI assistant delivers design insights by automating script generation and speeding up debugging through natural language analysis
Predictable Design Closure
Unified synthesis and optimization engines like GigaPlace and GigaOpt ensure precise placement and convergent design flows
Mixed-Signal Design Support
The OpenAccess database enables seamless data exchange with the Virtuoso platform, integrating digital and analog/mixed-signal designs efficiently
Integrated AI-Driven Workflows
The Innovus+ platform includes a cutting-edge LLM AI Assistant, which provides natural language-driven design analysis. It streamlines the debugging process by offering instant insights and automatically creating scripts based on user prompts.
Advanced Physical Synthesis
Built on the renowned GigaPlace and GigaOpt core engines, the Innovus+ platform delivers outstanding PPA results. These engines unify physical synthesis and implementation, providing superior correlation and rapid design closure.
Foundry-Optimized Design
The Innovus+ platform supports advanced nodes, including angstrom-scale technologies, empowering designers to create for the leading edge of semiconductor innovation with full confidence.
Comprehensive Mixed-Signal Capabilities
By leveraging Cadence’s OpenAccess database, the Innovus+ platform bridges digital and custom analog design, enhancing interoperability with the Virtuoso platform for precise mixed-signal designs.
The Innovus+ platform is your solution for accelerating chip design from concept to signoff. Transform your design process today with the most advanced tools in the industry.
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