Semiconductor & VLSI
RTL-to-GDSII, verification, DFT and physical implementation for fabless silicon teams and IP houses.
Engineering built for semiconductor & vlsi.
Our VLSI practice serves fabless startups, semiconductor IP houses and system companies with front-end design, verification, DFT and physical implementation. We run production tapeouts on TSMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung and UMC nodes from 180nm down to 7nm, silicon-verified, on schedule.
- RTL design in Verilog and SystemVerilog with UVM verification.
- Physical design in Cadence Innovus and Synopsys ICC2.
- Sign-off STA, PV, IR-drop and EM analysis.
- DFT insertion, MBIST and ATPG for high test coverage.
- Silicon-proven flows on 180nm through 7nm nodes.
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RTL Design
Micro-architecture, RTL coding, lint clean-up and CDC / RDC analysis for digital IP and SoC blocks.
Functional Verification
UVM testbenches, coverage closure, assertion-based verification and formal property checking.
DFT & ATPG
Scan insertion, MBIST, boundary scan, JTAG and ATPG pattern generation for high stuck-at and transition coverage.
Physical Design
Floorplanning, placement, CTS and routing on advanced nodes with congestion and timing closure.
STA & Sign-off
Multi-mode multi-corner STA, IR-drop, EM, LEC and PV closure on Calibre / IC Validator.
Analog & Mixed-Signal Layout
Custom layout for PLL, ADC, DAC, LDO, bandgap and SerDes with symmetry and matching discipline.
FPGA Design
Xilinx and Intel FPGA prototyping, RTL implementation and timing closure for pre-silicon validation.
Emulation & Prototyping
Palladium and Veloce emulation setup and Protium / HAPS prototyping for early software bring-up.
Silicon Bring-Up Support
Post-silicon validation, ATE test program development and characterisation.
Focused expertise across the sector.
AI & ML Accelerators
TPU-class inference engines and NPU IP with dataflow architecture and physical closure at advanced nodes.
Automotive Silicon
ISO 26262 ASIL-B / D flows for MCUs, sensors and safety-critical automotive ICs.
Communications & 5G
SerDes, PHY, MAC and baseband IP for 5G, Ethernet and PCIe.
IoT & Sensors
Ultra-low-power SoCs, sensor front-ends and BLE / Wi-Fi combo chips.
Memory & Storage
SRAM compilers, memory controllers, NAND / NOR interfaces and DDR PHY / controller IP.
Analog & Mixed-Signal IP
Data converters, PLL, LDO, bandgap and clock generation IP in TSMC / GF PDKs.
A predictable four-stage process.
Specification & Planning
Micro-architecture freeze, PPA targets, verification plan and DFT strategy.
RTL & Verification
RTL coding, lint / CDC clean, UVM verification and coverage closure to sign-off.
Physical Implementation
Floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing and timing closure across corners.
Sign-off & Tapeout
STA, PV, IR-drop, EM, LEC sign-off and GDSII delivery to fab.
Deliverables
- ✓Synthesised netlist and RTL freeze package
- ✓UVM testbench and coverage report
- ✓DFT-inserted netlist and ATPG patterns
- ✓Placed-and-routed GDSII and LEF / DEF
- ✓Sign-off STA, PV, IR-drop and EM reports
- ✓Tapeout package and silicon bring-up support
Built for this industry.
Silicon-Proven Engineers
Every lead has been on multiple tapeouts, you're getting judgment shaped by real bring-up debug, not just simulation.
EDA Licence Flexibility
We maintain floating Cadence and Synopsys licences and can also work on your existing licence pool.
Full Flow or Slice
Take on RTL-to-GDSII ownership or a specific slice, verification, DFT, PD or analog layout, the choice is yours.
Advanced-Node Ready
Silicon-proven flows at 7nm with the discipline (power, congestion, DFM) that advanced nodes demand.
Work we've shipped in this space.
AI Accelerator Tapeout
Physical design and sign-off of a 7nm AI inference chip, 320 mm² die, 4-corner sign-off, first-spin success.
Automotive MCU Verification
UVM verification and coverage closure of an ISO 26262 ASIL-B microcontroller with formal fault-injection.
Sensor Front-End IP
Mixed-signal front-end IP delivered to a fabless sensor startup, silicon-verified in first spin.
Numbers that matter.
Tools & platforms we use
Compliance & quality
- ✓ISO 26262 ASIL-B / D flows
- ✓DO-254 aware
- ✓Silicon-proven at 7nm+
- ✓TSMC / GF / Samsung PDKs
Questions we hear often.
Do you own EDA tool licences?+
Yes, we maintain floating licences for Cadence and Synopsys and can also work on client-owned licences.
Can you support only a slice of the flow?+
Yes. Engagements range from a specific IP block verification to full RTL-to-GDSII ownership.
Which foundry PDKs are you set up on?+
TSMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung Foundry and UMC, from 180nm down to 7nm production nodes.