Silvaco Japan Leading Future EDA in Japan

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1 Silvaco Japan Leading Future EDA in Japan 株式会社シルバコシルバコジャパン Dr. Ivan Pesic and Kazuya Fujimoto

2 Problem and Opportunity Problem Japan today, even with a significant electronics industry, does not have an EDA provider tailored to local technical and software needs or that adheres to local business culture. Opportunity Japan presents a good opportunity for ONE EDA company to locally grow and establish itself as the EDA leader. The electronics industry has matured, the need is real and the opportunity is NOW. Silvaco Japan intends to be this EDA company

3 Key Requirements Frequently Demanded by EDA Vendor Customers Full design flow for Analog/Mixed Signal/RF and Digital (Full tool set provider: from TCAD to TapeOut) Functionality and capabilities of products that satisfy local technical needs Support PDKs from all local foundries Provide migration path from other existing EDA vendor tools Look and feel (GUI) designed in Japanese language and with emphasis on local culture. All manuals and documentation in local language Good local support personalized and based on long term real relationship Good pricing - 3 -

4 Full Design Flow for Analog/Mixed Signal/RF and Digital (Full tool set provider: from TCAD to TapeOut) Essential to get TCAD and EDA software and support from a single vendor - 4 -

5 Full Design Flow for Analog/Mixed Signal/RF and Digital Data communication between tools supported by single EDA vendor Direct interface between TCAD and EDA software Statistical analysis with SPAYN under VWF integration umbrella - 5 -

6 Full Design Flow for Analog/Mixed Signal/RF and Digital Data communication among tools Direct interface with TCAD VDD Vg MP MP MP OUT ATLAS SmartSpice Device level VSS MN MN Guardian Gateway Expert HIPEX - 6 -

7 Full Design Flow for Analog/Mixed Signal/RF and Digital Statistical analysis with SPAYN under VWF umbrella Virtual Wafer Fab SPAYN UTMOSTIV SmartSpice Spice Parameter Spice Parameter Spice Parameter - 7 -

8 Functionality and Capabilities of Products that Satisfy Local Technical Needs Product capability and functionality must be tailored to local needs More customization needs to be done to answer local companies technical needs This demands: Local R&D Local software development team Closer collaboration with local Universities - 8 -

9 Support PDKs from all Local Foundries Foundry Simucad Process Data Initial PDK QA Final PDK - 9 -

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11 Provide Migration Path from Other Existing EDA Vendor Tools Direct compatibility with many Legacy formats Migrate part or entire design flow using existing migration paths Migration support from local offices

12 Localization Look and feel (GUI) designed in Japanese and user interface designed for local culture All documentation material in Japanese Brochures Training Manuals Software Manuals All other documentation

13 Good Local Support Personalized and based on long term real relationship Specific support team depends on business volume and real relationship Silvaco Japan maintains two offices based in Yokohama for supporting Japan East and Kyoto for supporting Japan West customers

14 Good Pricing of Silvaco/Simucad Tools Universal Token Based Remix License Supports FULL Analog/Mixed-Signal/RF and Digital design flow and TCAD software Significantly reduces EDA software costs compared to ANY OTHER EDA software vendor Purchased on Daily or Yearly terms according to internal team requirements Company Worldwide Unlimited License Use of unlimited copies of single or multi-core design tools Any supported platform at all company worldwide locations TCAD OMNI License for University

15 Conclusion Silvaco Japan clearly understands the need that exists in Japan today for a locally grown EDA company that tailors its R&D, products, services, and support according to local rules and needs Silvaco Japan has started the localization process already, and our products and documentation today is all in Japanese Moving forward, Silvaco Japan will focus on growing the local R&D team and expanding the already excellent AE support team

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