At the World Semiconductor Conference and Nanjing International Semiconductor Expo held in July 2023, Julin Technology’s signal integrity simulation platform SIDesigner won the "IC Future 2023" annual Chip Power product award.
The "IC Future 2023" Annual Chip Power Product Award is an industry honor specially established by the World Semiconductor Congress and Nanjing International Semiconductor Expo, aiming to show the innovative products and technologies of semiconductor industry with technical representative, landmark and milestone, establish the industry benchmark to lead the way, and play a demonstration effect. So as to provide the decision guidance for majority of users with business docking, technology upgrade and product purchase. The official highly recognized the signal integrity simulation platform SIDesigner of Julin Technology and hereby awarded this award.
In response to the high throughput and bandwidth requirements of 5G/AI, the high-speed SerDes interface has been introduced into applications. As the SerDes data rate increases to two digit Gbps, BERs smaller than 1e-12 require longer Bit Stream Simulations. If traditional SPICE engines are still used for such simulations, their efficiency cannot meet the requirements.
Julin Technology SIDesigner simulation platform provides fast eye map and bathtub curve calculations to verify BER performance with industry-leading channel simulation algorithms，and correctly capture the non-linear effects of SerDes systems. Supports statistical analysis of all interfaces with or without AMI model, PDA analysis, and Bit by Bit eye map analysis, making design choices more flexible. At the same time, by changing the channel parameters and TX/RX IBIS AMI parameters, the channel design margin and optimal design configuration can be quickly evaluated.
Function Overview of SIDesigner platform
1. Built-in powerful SPICE engine, with the Golden level of simulation accuracy in the industry.
2. Supporting transient simulation.
3. Supporting SerDes simulation.
4. Supporting DDR simulation.
5. Supporting S-parameter simulation support.
6. Supporting TDR simulation.
7. Supporting channel COM3.9 simulation analysis.
8. Supporting C-PHY, M-PHY, D-PHY, PAM3 simulation.
9. Supporting PAM4 simulation.
10. Supporting fast maximum distortion analysis PDA.
11. Scanning simulation, supporting batch post-processing of simulation results.
12. Supporting parameter coordination optimization function, you can manually adjust the parameters to be optimized to approximate the optimization goal.
13. High-precision transmission line model.
14. Data post-processing.
15. Built-in powerful waveform displayer.
16. Built-in highly flexible Grid interface,you can conduct a variety of function editing aimed at simulation results, place multiple simulation results at the same time,and import and export formulas and eye map measurement templates.
17. SI post simulation in low speed.
18. Supporting model Python modeling.
19. Providing an UI interface with simulation type grouping and hierarchical engineering structure design which is easy to master.
Simulation Diagram of SIDesigner platform
Core Advantages of SIDesigner platform
1.Simulation Accuracy
It experiences 100+ field cases testing, leads the industry in transient simulation accuracy and DDR and SerDes channel simulation accuracy.
2. Model Compatibility
Supporting various versions of IBIS model, 100+ port S parameter, chip transistor SPICE model, broadband SPICE model, supporting IBIS model automatic symbol adaptation.
3. Accessibility
Waveform displayer’s common functions benchmark standard tools’ in the industry, while adding Grid oscilloscope, realize waveform display settings save and automatic refresh functions. The product absorbs the advantages of various products in the industry, supports hierarchical principle design and bus design, and supports voltage and current waveform sampling at any node.
4. Customer Response
Tools’ improve communication and response speed is ten times faster than other vendors in the industry, and high-speed circuits incorporate traditional SPICE circuit functional simulation models and modules.
It's Julin Technology’s honor to acquire the award, and it’s the results of all staffs’ joint efforts to research and development, but also the results of superior leadership, the community, and many users’ support. Currently, advanced processes are facing blockades, Moore's law has entered the twilight, and we are in blank in the field of system-level, especially ultra-high-speed signal integrity simulation area in China. Julin Technology has been deeply engaged in this field for many years, and has a completely independent intellectual property rights of the core engine TJSPICE, to assist the early realization of semiconductor localization. Although the road ahead is far away, there are always some wise people choose to go ahead. Julin Technology hopes to gather the backbone of the upstream and downstream of the industry to exchange technological innovation, landing experience and industry insight, looking around the past, while exploring the future, and to contribute our whole efforts to the localization of semiconductors.
