Synopsys PrimeTime vP-2019.03

Synopsys PrimeTime is the industry-leading markup tool at semiconductor companies worldwide – including Fujitsu, Hitachi, LSI Logic, NEC, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and TAEC. PrimeTime’s integration into logical and physical design flows enables rapid debugging of complex timing issues and accelerates timing closure.

The PrimeTime suite delivers fast, memory-efficient scalar and multi-core computation, distributed multi-scenario analysis and ECO remediation using POCV and change-aware modeling. PrimeSim delivers HSPICE’s precise markup analysis that helps identify problems before chip removal, thereby reducing risk, ensuring design integrity and reducing design cost.

This industry gold standard improves your team’s productivity by delivering fast turnaround to remove valuable time from development schedules for designs large and small, while ensuring silicon-first success through greater predictability and the highest accuracy. This solution is designed to manage the largest chips imaginable with distributed analytics, scalable architecture, and a scalable hierarchical approach.

Features and functions of the Synopsys PrimeTime program:

• Advanced Waveform Spreading (AWP) technology: Models the Miller effect and other distortions observed at low and ultra-low voltages and FinFET nodes.
• Parametric OCV (POCV): Provides detailed analysis for FinFET designs.
• Positive Timing Slack (PTS) for Leakage Power Reduction: Optimizes ECOs for leakage power reduction opportunities.
• ECO Incremental Changes: Supports ECO incremental changes in the Synopsys design platform, reducing turnaround time.
• Hierarchical Scheduling Analysis: Offers HyperScale technology for smarter, block-level methodology, allowing teams to use smaller machines.