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Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Receives V0.9 DRM, SPICE Certifications from TSMA for 16FF+ Process

September 26, 2014 1:56 PM EDT

Cadence Design Systems (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced that its digital and custom/analog tools have achieved V0.9 Design Rule Manual (DRM) and SPICE certification from TSMC for its 16FF+ process, enabling systems and semiconductor companies to take advantage of the 15 percent speed improvement with the same total power compared to 16nm FinFET, or 30 percent total power reduction at the same speed compared to 16nm FinFET. 16FF+ V1.0 certification is on track to be concluded by November 2014. Cadence® also collaborated with TSMC to make several enhancements to its Custom Design Reference Flow (CDRF) for the 16FF+... More