Talus DFM

Talus® DFM is a foundry-qualified manufacturability and yield enhancement solution for designs targeted at the 65-nm process. It provides interfaces for accessing foundry-specific DFM data to provide improved accuracy bringing DFM to the designer’s desktop. With Talus DFM, Magma users can improve manufacturability and yield while concurrently optimizing timing, area, power and noise. The flow addresses both random and systematic yield loss and provides tighter correlation to silicon by managing process variation. Built-in DFM compliance checks correlate to foundry internal tools, simplifying handoff.

Enables manufacturability and yield improvement throughout the RTL-to-GDSII implementation flow.
Includes concurrent optimization of yield, timing, area, power and signal integrity, ensuring optimum performance and improved yield.
Provides a comprehensive solution for maximizing yield and design robustness due to manufacturing variability and process effects.
Includes cell yield optimization by performing yield-aware technology mapping and sizing.
Uses critical-area analysis (CAA) and CAA-driven wire spreading and widening to lower failure probability due to random particulate defects.
Eliminates potential systematic yield hot spots due to variability by performing lithography process checks (LPC) based on accurate lithography simulation.
Supports accurate modeling of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) effects which drive advanced metal fill and parasitic extraction.
Generates user-friendly yield reports through embedded yield analysis.
Supports foundry and integrated device manufacturer (IDM) advanced manufacturability rules.