www.avnet-asic.com
Nadav Ben-Ezer – Managing Director
March 5th,
2008
Complete ASIC & COT Solutions
1986 - 2008
ASIC/SoC Design and Implementation
RTL Design – Sub-system
IP Integration
RTL to GDSII Flow (Synthesis, Layout, Formal, DFT, etc.)
Turnkey Manufacturing
Test and Package Development
Characterization, Quality and Reliability
Production Logistics Management
Structured ASIC
Analog and Mixed Signal Designs
20 years of continuous activity in the ASIC market
as a leading
vendor and Design Center for High-End ASIC and COT
projects
More than 250 first-time-success tape-outs
, most of them
complex SoC, integrating many IPs, using various vendors and
in various technologies
The largest and most experienced
ASIC Design Center in
Israel
Avnet Israel Organizational Chart
Avnet Inc.
Avnet Israel
Memec Avnet Components
EBV Telmil
Avnet ASIC Israel (AAI) 20 employees
• Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of semiconductors, connectors, passive and electromechanical components, and RF & microwave devices; enterprise networking and computer equipment, and embedded systems from leading manufacturers.
Service customers in 70 countries, Avnet markets, inventories, and adds value to these products. • Avnet ASIC Israel (AAI) is independently managed subsidiary of Avnet Israel, providing
Managing Director Nadav Ben-Ezer Technical Director Eugene Lyubinsky Operations Director Irena Gaidenko Avnet Inc. Field Sales Worldwide
Engineering Manager Arie Komarnitzky
12 ASIC Engineers
CAD & IT Engineer Product/Test Engineer
Administrator Operations Assistant
Avnet Finance Avnet Logistics
Avnet General
Maintenance Avnet IT Services
Avnet Warehouse Avnet Marketing Analog Director
Dr.Offer Schwartzglass
2 Analog Engineers
• AAI personnel = 22
• Additionally AAI utilizes services of Avnet Israel (e.g. Financial, General Maintenance, Marketing, Logistics etc.) • Avnet Israel personnel is 100 people
• AAI employs freelance engineers in times of need
Customers’ Markets & Applications
Vision for Automotive Consumer Market High Speed Com
Wireless Access GPS Processing Biomedical 3G Cellular WiMax RFID
Point of Sale Readers Video Processing Industrial Control
Toys & Gadgets Image Sensors Multimedia Modems WiFi ATM VSAT
Business Models
ASIC Model:
AAI - design center & distributor of ASIC vendors (Fujitsu, NXP)
Quasi-ASIC:
Similar to COT Model, but AAI is responsible for yields & quality
Turnkey Manufacturing Model:
AAI provides manufacturing services to customers with design capabilities
COT Model:
AAI - independent design center offering design & turnkey manufacturing services
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Low
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FPGA
Unit Price
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Structured
ASIC
ASIC
COT
Technology Choice Guidelines
T o t a l C o s t COT FPGA 1m 100k 20k ASIC Structured ASIC Prototypes & Low Qty Production Low-Medium Quantity Production Medium Quantity Production High Quantity Production Q u a n t i t y ASIC COT Structured ASIC FPGABroad Range of ASIC Design Services,
among them:
RTL logic design, IP integration
Synthesis and formal proof
DFT insertion and ATPG
Floor planning and P&R
Timing closure and signal integrity
Physical verifications (extract/DRC/LVS)
GDSII generation and tape-outs to Fabs
Robust Methodologies for Deep Sub Micron SoC Designs,
Low Power designs (active and stand-by)
High performance, High density and High speed interfaces
Cross Talk timing and noise effects
Voltage Drop
DFM Issues
ASIC Design Flow
RTL Logic Design IP Integration Physical Verifications (DRC/LVS) Synthesis/Physical Synthesis Formal Proof DFT Insertion ATPG Timing Closure Signal IntegrityTarget Markets
Industrial control
Ultra low power biomedical devices
Full custom image sensors
High speed communication front-end
Full custom analog blocks on digital SoC projects
High voltage, high current (DMOS) applications
Radiation tolerant (up to 300k Rads) devices
Typical Design Capabilities
A/D D/A converters
PLLs and CDRs (clock data recovery)
Step up/down charge pumps
Regulated power supplies and band-gap reference
Line drivers
Electro-optical device drivers
Analog testing
eASIC Corporation – New Partner – Structured ASIC
90nm ASIC with zero mask cost
Combining the benefits of FPGAs and cell-based ASICs
Perfect mix of power, performance and cost
Structured ASIC Services
FPGA Cell-based ASIC
• Lowest Unit Cost
• Lowest Power Consumption
• No Mask Charges • No MOQ • Fast Turnaround • No Mask Charges • No MOQ • Fast Turnaround +
• Low Unit Cost
• Low Power Consumption
bRAM Bits eRAM Bits bRAM Blocks eRAM Blocks 260 2 416K 13 416K 104 26,624 350,000 NX750LP 310 4 864K 27 864K 216 55,296 750,000 NX750 449 6 1568K 49 1568K 392 100,352 1,500,000 NX1500 586 8 2656K 83 2656K 664 169,984 2,500,000 NX2500 748 8 4320K 135 4320K 1080 276,480 4,000,000 NX4000 790 8 5600K 175 5600K 1400 358,400 5,000,000 NX5000 Max. User I/O PLLs Block RAM Distributed RAM (Max.) eCells Gates*
Nextreme™ Family
P a r t n e r s
ASIC Vendors
Foundries
Fujitsu Semiconductors: 0.18um, 0.13um, 90nm, 65nm TSMC: 0.18um, 0.13um, 90nm, 65nm NXP: 0.18um, 0.13um, 90nm Tower Semiconductors: 0.18um, 0.13um MHS:
Mixed Signal & Analog
Assembly & Test
IP Vendors
Unisem ARM
ASE MIPS
Amkor ARC
CAD Suppliers
ChipIdeaCadence Sidense
Synopsys Virage Logic
