This business model is attractive to
customers that wish to outsource both the back-end
design and the turnkey
manufacturing and production of a product.
Design:
The design hand-off can be made at the same flexible
points as described above: with written RTL, or netlist,
or placed-gates. The design is then completed and fully
verified by a comprehensive set of tapeout sign-off
verification checks. IPCore provides all of the
foundry checkout logistics scheduling and after a
sign-off review of the work and verification results,
IPCore transfers the GDSII database to the foundry for
manufacture of samples. IPCore can complete the package
design work and order package tooling if necessary.
New Product
Checkout: Sample
manufacturing can be run on a multi-project wafer (MPW)
shuttle to reduce upfront costs, or a full-mask set and
dedicated wafer lot can be scheduled to provide faster
time-to-market. IPCore supports regular or
split-skew lots which can be used to help validate
product operation across process variations.
IPCore also typically provides a
mini-characterization of the product across temperature,
voltage, and frequency to verify the operation of the
product across different conditions. For customers with
high reliability requirements, IPCore provides a
comprehensive set of options to meet those needs. A
sign-off to production review is held prior to the start
of production. Production:
We offer the broadest coverage of
process technologies at industry leading foundries for
your design needs, ranging from 0.65um to 0.09um, and
covering mixed-mode, high voltage, and low power.
Our team has design experience of up to 22 million gate
designs, with in-depth knowledge in how to optimize your
part for highest performance. The IPCore
manufacturing team includes production scheduling and
logistics, product engineering, test engineering, and
quality assurance, providing a whole range of production
management services that can be tailored to meet a
specific customers needs. IPCore received an
ISO9001 certification in September 2004. |
