ENOVIA Synchronicity

ENOVIA Synchronicity products help Semiconductor companies to streamline business processes and reduce new product development time through one cohesive source of information that allows management and collaboration of design information and visibility into every product development process.

ENOVIA Synchronicity products are used by semiconductor companies to manage the hardware and software data in their products. Data can be managed at both the detailed file/directory level, and at a "modular" level of abstraction. As such, design data contributed by individual teams can be seamlessly integrated into higher level designs. The product's SITaR workflow manages design data through its "Submit", "Integrate", "Test" and "Release" phases. SITaR leverages the power of module-based design in an environment consisting of multiple design modules that are then aggregated by an integrator into a higher-level system. The ENOVIA architecture eliminates the problems associated with integrating large designs by providing a single unified design data management system, which could exist at a single data center, or could be distributed around the world.

Furthermore, ENOVIA Synchronicity products can be deployed as the foundation for a semiconductor company's PLM strategy. Through the ENOVIA Semiconductor Accelerator solutions, semiconductor design data is available to product development processes such as issue management, project management, IP management, and operations bill-of-material (BOM) management.

The ENOVIA Synchronicity V6R2009 products are:

• ENOVIA Synchronicity DesignSync Central (SNC)
• ENOVIA Synchronicity DesignSync Data Manager (SYN)
• ENOVIA Synchronicity DesignSync Add-On for DFII (SYD)
• ENOVIA Synchronicity DesignSync Add-On for Milkyway (SYM)
• ENOVIA Synchronicity DesignSync Add-On for CTS (SYC)
• ENOVIA Synchronicity ProjectSync (SYP)

Semiconductor companies face intense pressures in today's marketplace, including escalating design costs, growing product complexity, shrinking sales prices, and a compelling need to increase the pace at which they innovate. When combined with daunting design challenges, accelerated development lifecycles and complex supply chains, these difficult conditions can lead to slipped product launch dates, budget overruns and missed quality targets.

The creation of complex electronic products is not an easy proposition, and is becoming increasingly complex with the proliferation of globally dispersed teams. Since 1998, integrated circuit (IC) design teams have relied on ENOVIA Synchronicity products to help manage the hardware and software data in their products. Today, over 120 development organizations, including 13 of the top 15 semiconductor companies, take advantage of ENOVIA Synchronicity products to boost design productivity. ENOVIA Synchronicity products were designed specifically for Design Data Management (DDM) of complex IC design, and continues to evolve as challenges facing the semiconductor industry evolve as well.

ENOVIA Synchronicity products:

• Increase designer productivity through deployment of a collaborative infrastructure that ties together multiple design teams, partners, and customers
• Reduce mask spins and increase first-sample success rate by managing complex, multi-vendor/tool IC design data and processes
• Improve engineering efficiency through implementing comprehensive IP Reuse and hierarchical, top-down design methodologies, decreasing costs, and reducing the design productivity gap
• Reduce process costs through automation, system consolidation, and data synchronization
• Define, create, track and measure common enterprise processes
• Consolidate and develop strategic suppliers and partners