Siemens Digital Industries Software introduces its Solido Simulation Suite software, which is an integrated suite of AI-accelerated SPICE, Fast SPICE and mixed-signal simulators designed to help customers accelerate critical design and verification tasks for their next-generation analogue, mixed-signal and custom IC designs.
Built on Siemens’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) platform, Solido Sim incorporates three new simulators: Solido SPICE , Solido FastSPICE and Solido LibSPICE.
“This a significant leap forward in custom IC simulation technology, providing unmatched accuracy and efficiency for chip design and verification engineers,” said Michael Ellow, CEO, Silicon Systems, Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Powered by AI technologies, Solido Sim is developed with next-generation process technologies and complex integrated circuit (IC) structures in mind, providing the required toolsets and capabilities to help achieve accurate signal and power integrity goals.
Solido SPICE is a feature-rich SPICE simulation technology, providing a 2-30x speedup for IC verification. With newer convergence, cache efficient algorithms and high multi-core scalability, Solido SPICE provides a significant performance boost for large pre- or post-layout designs.
Solido FastSPICE is provides an order-of-magnitude speedup for functional verification. It has a scaleable interface, enabling speed goals with predictable accuracy.
Solido LibSPICE is a purpose-built batch solver for small designs, providing optimised runtimes for Library IP applications.
Solido Sim integrates natively within Siemens Solido Design Environment and Solido Characterisation Suite.
“We are pioneering CMOS image sensor technology, driving innovation across industries from automotive to cinematography and verification of high-resolution, high-frame rate sensors is challenging due to the sheer size of the extracted post-layout netlist which presents a bottleneck in terms of simulation run time,” said Loc Duc Truong, Division VP at Ametek. “The Solido Simulation Suite from Siemens provided us with SPICE and FastSPICE toolsets that demonstrated up-to 19x faster across our analog and memory designs. This enables us to accelerate our verification schedules significantly, while empowering us to expand our roadmap with more innovative design solutions for our customers.”
