Foundry Partners - IBM Semiconductor Solutions

IBM Overview Video on YouTube  — Myra Boenke, Manager of Foundry Technical Solutions department for IBM, describes what IBM provides for mutual customers of Agilent EEsof EDA and IBM.

Associated enablement and IBM foundry services provide end–to–end solutions for the consumer electronics, networking, automotive, wireless communications, power management, media and entertainment, and aerospace and defense markets. IBM's offerings include bulk complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS), low–power CMOS, RF CMOS, silicon-germanium (SiGe), high voltage, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technologies.

NEW ADS front-to-back PDK for IBM's BiCMOS 8HP technology now available!!

The ADS PDK support matrix is given below:

The kits work seamlessly with ADS 2011, ADS 2009 Update 1 and prior ADS releases.

In addition to the various ADS PDKs, IBM also supports for all their Cadence Virtuoso PDKs:

• ADS Dynamic Link – Referencing Virtuoso schematics in ADS testbenches
• Momentum stack-up files for use in ADS and Cadence Virtuoso.
• GoldenGate RFIC Simulator support for use in Cadence Virtuoso PDKs.

Please also see the IBM Specialty Foundry Selection Guide .

For more information, refer to http://www-03.ibm.com/technology/foundry/index.html 

Press Releases

• IBM adds back-end PDK support for Agilent Technologies’ Advanced Design System Software (June 18, 2012)
• IBM Adds Design Kits for Agilent EDA Software to Speed RF Simulations (June 06, 2011)

For more information, refer to IBM Semiconductor Solutions .