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Mission
Ciranova's mission is to accelerate the integration of complex analog, RF and mixed-signal circuitry in advanced silicon. We believe the nature of analog IC design requires that circuit innovation, device design and process rules all be addressed together; our products are created to help achieve this.
Automated Analog Layout
Ciranova Helix™ is the industry's first automated analog layout solution that delivers production-quality layout results. It optimizes circuit and device layout simultaneously, delivering design-rule-correct layout comparable in quality to that produced by an experienced layout designer. Ciranova Helix also separates design IP from process rules, enabling users to migrate analog IP between processes. Helix is the only automated layout solution that can deliver compact, design-rule-correct, production-quality layout in minutes.
PDK Productivity
PyCell Studio™ delivers a massive productivity improvement in PCell development. Using a modern, object-oriented API and graphical development environment, PyCell Studio authors can create PyCells™ for use in any OpenAccess tool, including Cadence® Virtuoso®.
PyCells use less code than comparable SKILL PCells, execute faster, and can be re-used across multiple processes. Ciranova's RuleWise API eliminates the need for PyCell developers have extensive specific process knowledge to create kits. This makes PyCells an ideal choice for advanced nodes such as 40nm, which has thousands of design rules, including many conditional and DFM rules.
PDK development groups creating PyCells find they can produce many more design kits faster than using the traditional approach. The PyCell Studio software and the Interoperable PCell Library are FREE products which you can download from this web site. Fast, professional support is available. Once you've created PyCells, you won't go back to SKILL!
PCell Xtreme™ enables OpenAccess tools from multiple vendors to utilize PCells written in any language, including proprietary languages like SKILL®. The combination of these two products represents the most significant advance in analog/mixed signal design interoperability in the past decade.