For IC/Hardware Engineers

Document Management for the Semiconductor Industry

One common factor in the design of ASICs, mixed-signal SoCs, DSPs or FPGAs is that good design reviews prevent expensive problems later in the product lifecycle.

• Development costs for a new chip or chipset can be tens of millions of dollars
• Most chip design projects slip against schedule and go over-budget. 40% fail to get to production
• Design flaws can make a maskset worth more than $1 million practically worthless
• 83% of semiconductor validation issues turn out to be design-related

Management of product information, from requirements through design specifications to manufacturing, is a huge factor for success in a Semiconductor product. CogniDox is used by Semiconductor companies worldwide as the solution to their product management and document control needs.

CogniDox can be integrated with the documentation outputs from synthesis, placement and routing tools used in IC design.It promotes silicon IP re-use by enabling the creation of a package of documents pertinent to a particular block making it easier for other engineers, teams or companies to use the technology in their designs.