Faraday’s multi-foundry design implementation service for FinFET technology leverages our abundant ASIC design experiences and resources to support global fabless houses, system houses, ASIC providers, and foundries who access advanced FinFET technology. The flexible service can facilitate customers with any designated section of IC design on any FinFET technology processes of all foundries, for their short time-to-market and efficient resource allocation.
Design capability
Faraday deliveries more than 50 ASIC projects per year, including 20% with SoCs. These accumulated ASIC design experiences in a wide range of applications have led Faraday acquainted with not only each part of IC design flow but also possible issues about mass production. We make good preparation in all details to ensure the best yield rate while assisting customers in design integration, design and layout verification, synthesis, DFT implementation, and/or physical implementation.
Design resources
Faraday’s R&D centers are located in 8 cities in the globe, collaborating design projects with their specialties. From the abundant ASIC experiences, we have built up solid SoC expertise and steady talent pool which can effectively fulfil customers’ demand for backend or front-end design implementation service. Customers can focus on their core design parts and make good use of Faraday’s resources to complete the rest.
Faraday’s DIS embraces a dedicated team with a technical project leader for best schedule control and the security of customers’ proprietary information.
Project Management
In addition to the experienced management team, Faraday’s DIS applies an in-house online system ADMIRETM to manage the implementation flow and schedule. It supports in 5 categories as below.
Security
We understand customers’ consideration about the security of their proprietary information. The remote collaboration between Faraday and customers will be arranged via a secured room to guarantee the security of customers’ proprietary information.
Faraday ISMS (Information Security Management System) framework covers controls related to organizational structure (physical and logical), human resources, information technology, and supplier management among others.
FAQ
Overview
- Faraday has been founded as an ASIC design service company since 1991 and accumulated 30 years of ASIC experience in mass production. We deliver more than 50 ASIC projects T/O per year, including 20% with SoC. We hold an efficient in-house design flow and management system based on its abundant design and debugging experience.
- Faraday implements the chips for mass production instead of hard block implementation only. We plan ahead to reduce the risk after silicon. Competences in a wide range of IC design including
- Specification define, IP design, CPU hardening, integration, design verification, synthesis, DFT, physical implementation, layout verification, implementation for testability, and packaging
- Low power implementation methodology, co-sim, and etc.
- The service focuses on FinFET process nodes.
- Faraday is acquaint with whole IC design service flow; we can take care of requests from spec. definition to mass production. The business model is flexible to fulfill the customers’ requirements embracing
- SoC architecture, verification, and integration
- Design, pre-layout, post-layout verification
- Physical implementation
- CPU subsystem integration & CPU hardening
It targets at FinFET process nodes of all foundries, such as 14nm, 12nm, 8nm, 7nm, 5nm, 4nm, 3nm, and beyond across UMC, Samsung, and TSMC.
- Experienced design implementation capability
- Strict schedule and project management
- Security guaranteed
- Flexible resource allocation
Faraday has accumulated plenty of experience in a wide range of the FinFET process nodes, such as N6, N3, N3, SS14, SS8, and U14. The applications include mobile, NPU, wifi 7, ASIC, and etc.
Business
Please contact Faraday’s sales for the details.
Faraday doesn’t own any product to compete with customers.
Faraday has devoted in ASIC business for over 30 years. We focus on the design implementation methodology as well as resource management of the collaborating project. Faraday’s interest is to achieve the service quality and schedule for customer. In addition, customer’s database will be stored on customer’s server; only authorized engineers can access through VPN. Customer’s right is secured.
Resource Capability
The dedicated resource will be designated based on the project scale & schedule. Faraday evaluates each project and propose the scale of dedicated resource.
Faraday currently has around 110 manpower dedicated to the design implementation service, and expects to expand to 500 manpower within 5 years.
Security
- Database will be stored at customer’s end. Faraday supports remotely through VPN to prevent database from leaking. Isolated environment
- Dedicated design room with access control
- Authorized project members only
- No data download from customer data vault allowed
- Working environment
- Access control for the design room
- Strict selecting project designers
- Constant investment in educations of information security
- Network security
- Internet VPN or dedicated line to access customer’s design environment
- Logically separate network with firewall appliance protection
- Access by authorized persons
- Two-factor authentication mechanism with authorization
- Faraday has no own product; no competition issue between Faraday and the customer
