Keysight and Synopsys Collaborate on AI-Powered RF Design Migration for TSMC's Advanced Process Nodes

Keysight, Synopsys Team Up To Fast-Track RF Migration To Taiwan Semi's N4P Process - Keysight Techs (NYSE:KEYS), Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS), Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM)

Keysight Technologies, Inc KEYS and Synopsys, Inc SNPS on Thursday introduced an AI-powered RF design migration flow to expedite migration from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's TSM N6RF+ process to N4P technology. The company said this approach addresses the performance requirements of today's most demanding wireless integrated circuit applications. Building on Taiwan Semiconductor's Analog Design Migration (ADM) methodology, the new RF design migration workflow integrates RF solutions from Keysight and the AI-powered RF migration solution from Synopsys to streamline the redesign of passive devices and design components to Taiwan Semiconductor's more advanced RF process rules. Also Read: Synopsys Halts China Sales After US Cracks Down On Chip Design Exports Using Taiwan Semiconductor's ADM methodology, RF circuit designers can now use AI technologies for RF design migration. Beyond the productivity gains ADM offers, the Keysight and Synopsys migration workflow leverages the performance gain of the N4P process for the LNA design migrated from N6RF+. Key components of the design migration flow include the Synopsys Custom Compiler layout environment with Synopsys ASO.ai for rapid analog and RF design migration, Synopsys PrimeSim circuit simulator, and Keysight RFPro for device parameterization, automated value fitting, and electromagnetic (EM) simulation, the company stated in the press release. AI enables and aids RF circuit designers in a novel way to rapidly achieve the migration process and redesign the N4P process, resulting in faster time-to-market. Meanwhile, key contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor recently said it highlighted to President Donald Trump the difficulties in completing the monumental construction in Arizona five years due to the skilled labor crisis. Price Actions: KEYS stock is down 0.12% at $160.86 at last check Thursday. SNPS is up 2.68%. Read Next: Apple Faces Modest Earnings Hit After Court Ruling But Analyst Expects Match, Bumble, Spotify To Gain Photo via Shutterstock KEYSKeysight Technologies Inc $160.85-0.13% Stock Score Locked: Want to See it? Benzinga Rankings give you vital metrics on any stock - anytime. Reveal Full Score Edge Rankings Momentum 68.30 Growth 53.39 Quality 21.26 Value 43.05 Price Trend Short Medium Long Overview SNPSSynopsys Inc $486.492.81% TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd $203.900.74% Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs

Keysight and Synopsys Deliver an AI-Powered RF Design Migration Flow for Transition from TSMC's N6RF+ to N4P Process Node

Keysight's Electromagnetic Simulator and AI-powered RF design migration flow, provide an efficient, integrated radio frequency circuit re-design solution. 's Analog Design Migration Methodology to accelerate migration of existing N6RF+ design to the advanced N4P technology for better design performance and productivity (NYSE: KEYS) and (Nasdaq: SNPS) introduced an AI-powered RF design migration flow to expedite migration from 's N6RF+ process to N4P technology, to address the performance requirements of today's most demanding wireless integrated circuit applications. Building on 's Analog Design Migration (ADM) methodology, the new RF design migration workflow integrates RF solutions from Keysight and the AI-powered RF migration solution from to streamline the redesign of passive devices and design components to 's more advanced RF process rules. RF circuit designers can now use AI technologies for RF design migration with 's ADM methodology. Beyond the productivity gains offered by ADM, the Keysight and migration workflow leverages the performance gain of the N4P process for the LNA design migrated from N6RF+. Key components of the design migration flow include the Synopsys Custom Compiler layout environment with Synopsys ASO.ai for rapid analog and RF design migration, Synopsys PrimeSim circuit simulator, and Keysight RFPro for device parameterization, automated value fitting, and electromagnetic (EM) simulation. AI enables and aids RF circuit designers in a novel way to rapidly achieve the migration process and redesign to the N4P process, resulting in faster time-to-market. Synopsys Custom Compiler, along with ASO.ai, an AI-driven analog design migration solution, identifies optimal design parameters to meet performance metrics. Keysight RFPro enables parameterization of passive devices, including inductors, and automatically re-creates simulation models with layouts tuned to the new process rules. , Senior Vice President of Strategy and Product Management at , said: 'Analog design migration is a challenging and time-intensive process requiring significant trial and error. Our deep collaboration with and enables design teams to boost their productivity with an AI-powered RF design migration flow to accelerate the redesign process and deliver RF designs more efficiently, while achieving the best PPA (Power, Performance, and Area) on 's advanced nodes.' , Senior Vice President of Keysight's , said: 'Meeting PPA requirements while adhering to new process design rules is one of the biggest challenges facing complex RF chip designs. RF circuit designers want to leverage and reuse their libraries of N6RF+ devices and component intellectual property to improve ROI. The deployment of Synopsys ASO.ai for efficient analog design migration and Keysight RFPro for passive device modeling within 's ADM methodology facilitates accelerated redesign in the advanced N4P technology for existing components originally built in N6RF+. No time-consuming data handoffs or domain specialization are required, which increases overall engineering productivity for RF circuit designers.' Lipen Yuan, Senior Director of Advanced Technology Business Development at said: 'We offer a powerful combination of advanced logic and mixed signal/radio frequency (MS/RF) technologies, enabling our customers to design differentiated wireless connectivity products. Through collaboration with our Open Innovation Platform (OIP) design ecosystem partners such as Keysight and , we're delighted to deliver a highly efficient RF design migration flow. This enables our customers to quickly transition their designs to more advanced processes, maximizing performance and power efficiency benefits while accelerating time-to-market.' About At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500 company, we're delivering market-leading design, emulation, and test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with less risk, throughout the entire product life cycle. We're a global innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and www.keysight.com. About Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, (Nasdaq: SNPS) delivers trusted and comprehensive silicon to systems design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP and system verification and validation. We partner closely with semiconductor and systems customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.