IPL Alliance Announces Lunch Workshop at Design Automation Conference on Monday 9 June 2008

Foundry Sponsor TSMC and Charter Sponsors Ciranova, Magma, SpringSoft and Synopsys to Present an Interoperable PDK Mechanism
Design Automation Conference 2008

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Interoperable PDK Library (IPL) Alliance announced today that it will host a free luncheon workshop at the Design Automation Conference in Anaheim, California on Monday June 9, 2008. Entitled, "Interoperable PDK Libraries: ‘The Proof is In the Pudding!,’" the workshop will explore the process and critical success factors of developing an interoperable PDK.

A complimentary hot buffet lunch will be served. Seating is limited and by reservation only. Please visit http://www.iplnow.com/ to register.

Details:
IPL Lunch Workshop

Interoperable PDK Libraries: "The proof is in the pudding!"

Foundry Sponsor: TSMC

Charter Sponsors: Ciranova, Magma, SpringSoft, Synopsys

IPL Sponsors: AWR, Mentor Graphics

Monday, June 9th
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom D

At this lunch workshop, IPL members will present an interoperable PDK mechanism. Attendees will hear about the challenges, features, and roadmap, as well as first-hand user experience with the interoperable PDK.

12:00 - 12:20 Complimentary lunch buffet
12:20 - 12:40 Introduction & IPL Overview - Ed Lechner, Synopsys
12:40 - 12:55 TSMC's View of Interoperable PDK - Tom Quan, TSMC
12:55 - 01:10 TSMC's PDK Support Process - Steven Chen, TSMC
01:10 - 01:20 IPL Alliance Future Activities - Michael Ma, Ciranova
01:20 - 01:30 Q&A

Register now for this free event. Seating is limited and registration is required. Please visit http://www.iplnow.com to register.

Other IPL events at DAC include:

* The Synopsys Interoperability Breakfast on Wednesday, June 11 from 7:30am to 9:30am.

* The IPL Alliance demo suite located in the Synopsys Standards Booth #1541.

Please visit the IPL Web site at http://www.iplnow.com to register for IPL DAC events.

About IPL Alliance

The IPL (Interoperable PDK Libraries) Alliance is an industry wide collaborative effort to create and promote interoperable process design kit (PDK) standards. Since its inception in April 2007, the IPL Alliance has made tremendous progress in solving PCell interoperability. A free IPL reference library and an online interoperability demonstration are available for download at http://www.iplnow.com, the IPL Alliance web site. An IPL ecosystem has been established to validate PCell interoperability within all members’ tools. The IPL Alliance has formed three technical working groups for Properties and Parameters, PCells and Constraints expanded its charters to address broader interoperability issues with foundry PDKs and design flows. IPL Alliance members include Applied Wave Research (AWR), Ciranova, Helic, JEDAT, Magma Design Automation, Micro Magic, Silicon Navigator, SpringSoft, Synopsys, TSMC and Virage Logic. Mentor Graphics and Pulsic are supporting members.

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