Enabling Semiconductor
Design and AI
Through Software
Innovation and Automation
From Atoms to Systems

Silvaco is a provider of software solutions forsemiconductor and photonics design, including
TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions thatenable semiconductor design and digital twinmodeling through AI software and innovation.
The company’s innovative software and IP is used for the development of complex semiconductor andphotonics processes, devices and systems across a variety of market segments, including display,power devices, automotive, memory, high-performance computing, foundries, photonics, IoT, and 5G/6G
mobile markets. Silvaco offers a wide range of solutions as well as support for engineers and researchers
worldwide. Their expertise covers a broad range of semiconductor design, from simulating devices at theatomic level to designing and analyzing transistor-level circuits and providing semiconductor IP blocks
and creation tools for advanced SoC designs.
—The semiconductor revolution improves the performance,
cost, power and yield of processes and devices.
Semiconductor companies are also looking
at new materials and technologies beyond
silicon, such as gallium nitride (GaN), siliconcarbide (SiC) and ferroelectric materials,
to achieve better performance, energy
efficiency and functionality. Examples
include pixels in digital displays,
compound semiconductors for power
conversion, advanced processes anddevices for ICs (integrated circuits)
and photonics applications. Silvaco
provides a wide range of productsthat offer complete solutions for thesechanging markets. Our solutions aredeployed in production flows acrossbroad industry segments such as powerdevices, display, imaging, automotive
infotainment and ADAS (Advanced Driver
Assistance Systems), discrete DRAM and Flashmemories, High Performance Computing (HPC),
5G/6G and IoT (Internet of Things).

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TCAD Solution Platform
TCAD software simulates semiconductor processes and devices prior to and during the semiconductor
fabrication process to optimize yields, accelerate time-to-market and lower overall costs. Our TCAD solution
platform, starting at the atomic and molecular levels, simulate semiconductor device behavior reducing theneed to run expensive and time-consuming experiments in manufacturing. Our advanced graphical userinterface with 3D animation of the device and process simulations allows easy visualization of the results.
Using advanced physical models, we can simulate technologies ranging from display pixels like quantum
dots, to advanced SiC and GaN power devices and latest CMOS technologies such as silicon nanowires,including their quantum effects.
To explore the entire space of possibilities requires easy-to-understand automation software that canmanage large numbers of analyses to achieve optimum power and performance goals. Now in its thirdgeneration, the Silvaco TCAD platform employs sophisticated numerical methods to provide performance
without compromising accuracy. With Silvaco, engineers and researchers can design novel processes
and devices, explore trade-offs in performance, power, reliability and optimize their final designfor manufacturing.
Silvaco’s TCAD simulation of semiconductor devices combined with analog simulation of circuits reveals
how device processing, structure and circuit operating environment affect the performance of a real design.
Silvaco enables engineers to create optimized and reliable circuits in a single design environment. With theelectronics design flow integrated into one platform, Silvaco offers the capability to produce better ICs atlower cost. Our TCAD solutions are used in production flows in leading semiconductor fabs, power devices
IDMs (Integrated Device Manufacturers), Display, DRAM and Flash memory companies.

TCAD
Technology Computer-Aided Design
Simulate processes & devices
Builds the necessary
brick and mortar blocks
for the semiconductor
companies

Used to improve
manufacturability,reliability and scaling

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Reduces development
cycles and costs4Semiconductor wafer

Materials:
ZnO
SiO2
SiliconITO
CdSeCdS
Aluminum

Visualization of quantum effects in a nanostructure

Quantum dot device showing contact layers

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AI-Driven Fab Technology Co-Optimization (FTCO™)
We have combined our expertise in semiconductor technologies with machine learning and data analysis
to develop an artificial intelligence-based solution named Fab Technology Co-Optimization, or FTCO™,
for wafer-level fabrication facilities. FTCO uses manufacturing data to perform statistical and physics-basedmachine learning software simulations to create a computer model or “digital twin” of a wafer undergoing
various fabrication process steps that can be used to simulate the fabrication process. As a virtual
representation of the manufacturing process and the wafer, this “digital twin” serves as a platform throughwhich semiconductor and IDM companies can run experiments and tests to understand the impact on
the yield of a wafer due to variations in the parameters of the manufacturing process, predict the yield forfurther research on new products, and reduce the time-to-market for products, all without the need to run
physical wafers, which can be time-consuming and expensive. We have partnered with Micron Technology,
Inc. for the development of these modeling tools.
Throughout the lifecycle of the semiconductor fabrication equipment, feeding process data through digitaltwin models allows for continuous update and refinement of the models. FTCO, with its AI-driven statisticalanalyses and digital twin technology, fosters close collaboration between Fab and Process engineers,
enabling faster iteration on process technology development and significant cost savings.

AI-Driven
Fab Modeling

AI-Based Model Optimization
MODELFab Data MiningGOOD

Data Generation

Removing cost of trialand-error using AIdriven models throughdigital twins

Artificial intelligencebased solution for waferlevel fabrication facilities:
Memory, CMOS, SiC,GaN, etc.

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Uses manufacturing
data to performstatistical and physicsbased machine learning
software simulations
to create a computermodel or ‘digital twin’

6Digital twin simulation

Digital Twin
MemoryArray

MicroLED

Flexible
Display

FinFET
Transistor

Electron
Microscopy View

Electron
Microscopy View

Electron
Microscopy View

Electron
Microscopy View

Wafer

Display
PanelOLEDWafer

Real World

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EDA Solution Platform
Semiconductor design is impossible without EDA tools and solutions; they enable and enhance design
flows to accelerate time-to-market and lower costs. The world around us is an analog one where power,
temperature, voltages and currents are the key parameters for electronic circuits, requiring a broad suite ofadvanced tools for design and analysis. Silvaco offers comprehensive analog and custom design solutions
that bring electrical and physical layout views together along with circuit simulation and physical verification
to ensure correct behavior and manufacturability before committing to final silicon.
Our analog/custom IC design platform includes schematic capture, circuit simulation, layout design,
physical verification, parasitic extraction and reduction, post-layout analysis including statistical variationand yield analysis.
At the foundation of analog circuit simulation are the models used to abstract the behavior of transistors andanalog circuits. Circuit designers need models that can accurately predict the behavior of their designs. Ourdevice characterization and modeling solutions and services enable design teams to generate accurate,high-quality models for use in simulation and analysis of analog, mixed-signal and radio frequency (RF)circuits in broad market segments such as Power Devices, Display, 5G/6G, IoT and Memory.
In advanced nanometer design nodes, post-layout parasitic effects substantially impact the behavior ofcircuits. We offer a comprehensive suite of analysis tools to speed up post-layout verification flow foranalog, digital, RF, mixed-signal and memory designs. Leading IDMs and fabless companies have adopted
Silvaco’s suite of solutions to address the challenges of parasitic analysis and reduction for technology
nodes from 65nm (nanometer) down to 4nm.
Designing SoCs in advanced process technologies requires analyses of statistical variation in IC
manufacturing processes and operating conditions. Analysis of circuit structures across process, voltage andtemperature variations has traditionally consumed astronomical computing resources. Silvaco’s patented
machine learning technology reduces this problem so that statistical simulation is practical and accurate.
With our variation analysis tools, designers can make the right implementation decisions to develop efficientand reliable analog, standard cells, IO and memory designs.
Silvaco’s EDA solutions have helped create thousands of analog and custom circuit designs in partnershipwith semiconductor foundries. Whether the electronic application is in homes, factories, or automobiles,
Silvaco design solutions have touched lives throughout the world.

EDA

Electronic Design Automation
Design electronic systems
Design, analysis
and verification tools
for implementing
chip designs

Addresses verticalmarket segment
needs

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Helps achieve lower
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High performance computing

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Semiconductor IP (SIP)
for SoC Designs
Moving from analog and custom design to complex SoCs, design teams need pre-verified, productionproven IPs as building blocks to accelerate time-to-market (TTM). Silvaco provides semiconductor design
IP (SIP) blocks as well as tools for the creation and verification of IP building blocks Additionally, we provide
an enterprise-level SIP management platform for managing, tracking, and controlling usage of IP blocksin SoCs.
Silvaco SIP products include wired interfaces, bus fabrics, peripheral controllers and cores for automotive,
consumer and IoT/sensor applications. Our catalog of IP meets the requirements for consumer, mobile andHPC applications including wired and high-speed interfaces, analog and mixed-signal blocks.
Silvaco Foundation IP offerings include Standard Cell Libraries, Embedded Memory Compilers for SRAMs(Static Random Access Memory), ROMs (Read Only Memory) and Register Files. Our Foundation IP enables
customers to reduce power consumption in their designs while providing optimal performance, density andyield, for foundry process technologies from 250nm to 3nm. We work closely with semiconductor foundries
to optimize our physical IP, enabling our customers to fast-track their IC design while reducing risks.
Our Standard Cell IP creation platform enables creation, optimization, characterization and verificationof Standard Cell libraries. It enables semiconductor foundries and digital CMOS IC design teams tocustom-tailor digital cell libraries and explore the impact of alternate device models, design rules and cellarchitectures. Silvaco is committed to offering best-in-class Foundation IP and associated services and is a
one-stop shop for chip developers, fabless companies and foundries.
With the increasing usage of SIPs in large and multinational semiconductor companies, tracking andmanaging usage of SIPs across various design groups and geographies has become a critical and timeconsuming effort. Our unique enterprise-level IP management platform enables semiconductor companies
to manage, track and version-control both internal IP and the IP purchased from various suppliers, saving
effort and preventing unauthorized or erroneous usage of SIPs in SoC projects.

SIP
Semiconductor Intellectual PropertyReuse proven design modules
Silicon-proven,functional SIP blocks
used within larger
designs

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Helps achieve lower
cost, and shorter time
to market

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Automotive
Controllers

I3C
Controllers

AMBA

Processors

MemoryStandardCells

I/O

Power
Management

SIP Management

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Power Semiconductor Devices Leader
The power electronics market is growing rapidly, driven by the accelerating demand for electric vehicles, high-performancecomputing power systems, renewable energy, communications, aerospace and consumer electronics. The new requirementsof these markets are driving the increased adoption of different types of semiconductors such as silicon carbide (SiC),
gallium nitride (GaN) and other wide bandgap materials to replace traditional silicon in high-voltage applications.
Companies designing or manufacturing power devices using silicon, SiC, or GaN technologies need to use TCAD simulations
as part of their R&D efforts to understand their devices in greater detail and improve their device performance.
TCAD modeling of power technologies allows engineers to make virtual changes in device operating conditions such asprocess, voltage and temperature, device structure (for example, planar versus trench-based), or in device level process
technology (such as doping and layer thicknesses). This exploration builds qualitative and then quantitative understandingof devices. Iterative simulation then allows engineers to optimize device performance and operating area.
With optimized devices, engineers can produce better semiconductor products and reduce the time needed to reach volumeproduction by decreasing the number of prototype wafers that need to be manufactured and characterized. Another benefit
for product engineers in fabless companies is the ability to suggest improvements in the manufacturing process to theirchosen foundry to improve yield and performance. Silvaco is a leading provider of TCAD to power devices market and its
AI-driven FTCO solution uniquely optimizes power electronics fabrication process.
Power devices deployed in manufactured circuits require analog design software such as Silvaco’s analog and custom
design suite. Schematic capture of the circuit components and their connectivity is combined with device modeling andcircuit analysis to simulate real world operation across a wide variety of temperature and electrical conditions to ensure
correct performance. Because Silvaco’s TCAD and analog/custom design solutions are integrated, they are ideal for powerdevice engineering teams.
Used by foundries and fabless semiconductor companies worldwide, Silvaco is a market leader in software solutions for thedevelopment and analysis of power devices.

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Delaunay mesh to resolve complex 3D geometry features and doping profilesDoping profile of a silicon-carbide power device

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Display Design Leader
A wide range of consumer and commercial products are moving to more advanced display technologies. In the mobile phone,wearables, virtual reality, tablet, laptop and TV markets, manufacturers are making huge investments in new technologies
such as OLED, AMOLED, quantum-dot LED, MicroLED and flexible displays. At the same time, well-established display
technologies, such as LCD, continue to evolve and improve. These trends are driving large changes in materials andfabrication methods for displays worldwide.
Significant innovation for display technology starts with simulation of complex atomic and quantum-level behaviors. This
creates the need for tools that can work in almost every physical domain – electronic, electromagnetic, optical, thermal andchemical. These tools need advanced physics modeling that span from the quantum mechanical level to the system level.
Silvaco’s TCAD solution models the complex and diverse structures found in the newest displays and simulates them toprovide insight into their performance and behavior.
Silvaco’s analog/custom design tools enable innovation in the display market. With the significant growth in display sizes
beyond 100” along with increasing pixel density from 4K to 8K UHD standards, the scale of display designs is growing
dramatically, requiring even more detailed analysis of pixel elements. Our device modeling tools help display designers
generate accurate models of pixels to enable them to simulate the correct behavior of displays.
Our analog/custom design solution, with its pixel array placement and routing capabilities, is tuned to quickly produce circuit
layouts that match the required manufacturing constraints and ensure design quality. To analyze the electrical behavior ofdisplays, our circuit simulation tool uses advanced modeling of devices to capture their static and dynamic behavior, withcapacity to handle millions of thin-film transistors (TFTs).
The integration of Silvaco’s TCAD with analog/custom design suites provide display development teams with thecomprehensive analysis they need to better understand and optimize pixel performance. Silvaco’s complete display solution
is the reason it is deployed at the world’s top display manufacturers.

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Bending stress of oxide TFT device on flexible substrate

Final MicroLED structure for device simulation

Micro LED

OLED Simulation

OLED Simulation

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A Brilliant Future
From the electrification of automobiles to the potential of 5G/6G wireless networks,
utilization of AI and IoT, our connected world is being shaped by the growth ofthese transformative technologies. Powerful on their own, these technologies
are fundamentally changing the ways we interact with the world, the ways inwhich we do business and even how we communicate with each other. As thisconvergence continues, new opportunities and challenges are emerging.
At the edge of IoT, new devices with ultra-low energy demands will beneeded to harvest sensor data across a wide variety of environments. IoT
communication to the cloud requires newer kinds of wireless connectivity,
such as 5G/6G, that operate at extreme frequencies. Materials such as gallium
nitride and composite materials such as silicon carbide are needed for thenext generation of electronics to make proliferation a success. At the datacenter, AI technologies require new types of memory solutions. In consumer
electronics and computing, the move to advanced nodes is driving the needfor deeper process analysis for yield improvement and closer collaboration
across multiple disciplines of design and semiconductor fabrication. For ultrafast computing in data centers, cryogenic cooling of hardware will be needed toachieve the target of what we now consider to be extreme performance. All ofthese technologies rely on semiconductors and the necessary TCAD and EDA
software to simulate, analyze and optimize their performance, reliability andefficiency. At the same time design teams rely increasingly on pre-verified IPs asbuilding blocks to accelerate time to market. With its comprehensive portfolio ofproducts and its strong customer base, Silvaco is well positioned to benefit fromthese trends. Silvaco’s customers are building the future and driving our productdevelopment roadmaps.
To realize this future, we need more than just technology. Silvaco is investingin and fostering the next generation of designers. We have deployed ourdesign suites at hundreds of universities and academic institutions worldwide
to support new innovations and to educate the next generation of engineers
and researchers.

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Semiconductor design challenges span the levelsof atoms, devices and systems. Silvaco is committed
to solving these challenges with competitive software,
design IP and world-class support services for engineers
and researchers across the globe. We see a brilliant future
for this fast-changing industry. Silvaco is matching thisgrowing pace and will continue to be the technology
behind our customers’ success helping them moveat a faster pace.

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