Magma Design Automation has announced that eSilicon has used its software tools to tape out a three-way microprocessor cluster based on MIPS’ leading-edge MIPS32 1074Kf Coherent Processing System (CPS).
The design services firm used Magma’s Talus IC implementation platform and the Talus-Flow-Manager-Based Reference Flow for Globalfoundries’ 28nm-SLP process technology.
“Magma engineers worked side-by-side with our designers and Globalfoundries to customise the design flow,” said Hao Nham, vice president of Engineering at eSilicon.
“This dedicated support and flow flexibility made it easier for us to harden the high-performance cores and get them to run properly in a cluster and a new process technology,” said Nham.
According to Magma, the implementation flow provides “advanced crosstalk avoidance and correction technology, accelerating design cycles”.
A feature of the reference flow for Globalfoundries' 28nm SLP process is that it allows chip developers to import an existing design, then analyse and evaluate its performance in the 28nm-SLP process.
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