=============================================================================== SIGDA -- The Resource for EDA Professionals http://www.sigda.org This newsletter is a free service for current SIGDA members and is added automatically with a new SIGDA membership. Circulation: 2,700 =============================================================================== 15 March 2008 ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER Vol. 38, No. 6 Online archive: http://www.sigda.org/newsletter =============================================================================== Contents of this E-NEWSLETTER: (1) SIGDA News Contributing author: Soheil Ghiasi Contributing author: Matthew Guthaus Contributing author: Umit Y Ogras Contributing author: Marc Riedel Contributing author: Lin Yuan (2) What Is Timing-Closure In High-End FPGAs ? Author: Angela Sutton and Jeff Garrison, Synplicity (3) Call For Applications: 2008 Design Automation Conference Young Student Support Program From: Qing Wu (4) Call For Participation: 21st SIGDA University Booth at the 45th Design Automation Conference From: Alex K. Jones (5) Paper Submission Deadlines From: Debjit Sinha (6) Upcoming Conferences and Symposia From: Debjit Sinha (7) Upcoming Funding Opportunities From: Qinru Qiu (8) Si2 Releases Open 45nm Library From: Sumit DasGupta =============================================================================== Dear ACM/SIGDA members, Design automation has been, on more than one occasion, the source of influential and fundamental contributions, with dramatic technical or educational implications. This year was no different - design automation is nicely represented by several ACM awardees: - ACM Turing award winners - Ed Clarke (Carnegie Mellon University), Allen Emerson (University of Texas at Austin), Joseph Sifakis (CNRS-Verimag Laboratory) - For their role in developing Model-Checking into a highly effective verification technology, widely adopted in the hardware and software industries. The ACM Turing Award is the most prestigious award given by ACM, equivalent to the Nobel Prize in computing. - Elected ACM Fellow - Don Thomas (Carnegie Mellon University) - for contributions to computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems. - Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award: Robert Walker (Kent State U.) - for a sustained record of dedicated and conscientious leadership within the ACM Special Interest Groups, including service as Chair of the SIG Governing Board, Chair of SIGDA, SGB Representative to Council, as well as leadership in ACM conference organization. Please join me in congratulating them on these fine achievements! Diana Marculescu ACM/SIGDA Chair Qing Wu, E-Newsletter Editor; Matthew Guthaus, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Marc Riedel, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Qinru Qiu, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Debjit Sinha, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Lin Yuan, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Soheil Ghiasi, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; =============================================================================== SIGDA News ----------------------- "Design Automation Conference Announces First 'Best of DAC' Awards" http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080317005332&newsLang=en The 45th Design Automation Conference (DAC) has introduced the inaugural Best of DAC Awards to recognize exhibitors for their innovation. Awards will be given based on attendee voting during the conference and will be presented on Wednesday, June 11 in the DAC Pavilion. The 45th DAC will take place June 8 - 13, 2008 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. "Researchers Ready System to Explore Parallel Computing" http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QYGU1EHK2KFZAQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=206903492 Work is nearly complete on an FPGA-based computer to help researchers find a parallel programming model for tomorrow's multicore processors. The so-called Berkeley Emulation Engine version 3 (BEE3) aims to help researchers quickly prototype processors with hundreds or thousands of cores and try out new ways of programming them. "Cadence Buys Chip Estimate" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6540307.html?industryid=47037 Cadence Design Systems Inc has acquired Chip Estimate Corp, an IC planning and enterprise-level IP reuse management company. Through the deal, the EDA industry giant gains Chip Estimate's Web portal, which hosts a collaborative partnership of more than 175 IP suppliers and foundries featuring more than 6,000 IP components. "TSMC, Powerchip, Vanguard to Invest $14.7B on 5 Fabs in Taiwan" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6540387.html?industryid=47037 The world's leading semiconductor manufacturing foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) along with fellow Taiwan-based chipmakers, Powerchip Semiconductor Corp and specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp, are reportedly planning to build 5 new semiconductor manufacturing plants for $14.7 billion. "ARM Opens Second Indian Design Center" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903436 ARM Ltd. opened a second design center in BENGALURU, India to accommodate more engineers, having grown from just 50 engineers in 2004 to 350. More are expected to be hired to support its global design activities. "iPhone Spurs Touch-Screen Market Growth" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6540573.html?industryid=47037 Global shipment revenue for leading touch-screen technologies will rise to $4.4 billion by 2012, up from $2.4 billion in 2006, according to recent research from iSuppli Corp. "Catalyzed by Apple Inc's iPhone, sales of touch screens using projected-capacitive technology are growing dramatically," said Jennifer Colegrove, senior analyst for emerging displays at iSuppli, in a statement. "Comment: IP Adventures in EDA" http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903639 By their own actions in the last few weeks, Mentor, Magma, and Cadence, have reopened the debate on whether or not IP belongs in EDA. Their answers respectively are: no, yes, and "on my own terms". "Analogue Logic For Quantum Computing" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080221101910.htm Digital logic, or bits, is the only paradigm for the IT world, and up to now researchers used it almost exclusively to study quantum information processing. But European scientists, in a series of firsts, have proved that an analogue approach is far easier in the quantum world. "Tinkering with Cellular Circuits Sparks Synthetic Biology at UCSF" http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/feature/200803141.html A team of UC San Francisco scientists, in work published in the March 14 issue of Science, have shown how a toolkit of modular molecular components and circuit boards can be used to engineer a wide variety of biochemical circuits in living cells, much as the old Heathkit electronic kits of the 1950s enabled students and hobbyists to assemble modular electronic parts into working radios and computers. "Philips Further Shrinks Share in LG Display" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6540558.html?industryid=47037 Philips Electronics NV is selling an additional 6.4% stake in flat-panel maker LG Display Co. The move, which will see Netherlands-based Philips sell some 23 million shares in the South Korean company, will raise approximately $1 billion. "FPGAs Help Drive Automation" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903236 Aiming to help automotive designers reduce board complexity by taking on more functionality and system integration, FPGA vendors are tailoring parts that offer low-cost connectivity and DSP capabilities, as well as new power management and security features with tighter overall design integration. "IMEC Claims Variability-Aware Design Flow at 45-nm" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903411 Research institute IMEC vzw (Leuven, Belgium) has demonstrated a variability-aware IC design flow as a result of work with Qualcomm and Samsung as its first two top-tier industrial partners in a Technology-Aware Design program. "Open SystemC Initiative Adds Members" http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903393 The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) announced it has added Texas Instruments Inc., Maple Design Automation as associate corporate members and Virtutech Inc. as corporate member. "Synopsys IC Compiler Routing Qualified for TSMC's 45nm Process" http://sst.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WireNews&Category=HOME&NewsID=159229 Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the qualification and immediate availability of Synopsys' IC Compiler for designs targeting TSMC's latest 45-nanometer (nm) process. The qualification by TSMC offers designers an assured path to design- rule-correct physical implementation. Multiple 45-nm designs utilizing IC Compiler with TSMC technology are already underway. The IC Compiler qualification validates compatibility with TSMC's process technology requirements. "Emerging Materials On The Roadmap for Silicon-Based IC Systems" http://sst.pennnet.com/display_article/322154/5/ARTCL/none/none/1/Emerging-materials-on-the-Roadmap-for-silicon-based-IC-systems/ In general, emerging materials will augment silicon transistor technology by providing enhanced speed, lower-power consumption, improved heat dissipation, improved memory capacity/data retention, or added RF/analog functionality while maintaining the large scale integration capability of CMOS. The augmentation of the silicon starting material need not be entirely silicon-based as long as CMOS system improvement is the end goal. As an example, the integration of III-V compound optoelectronics on silicon (Si) for enhanced bandwidth for I/O-limited CMOS technologies would be considered an emerging material application. "Organic Transistors That Assemble Themselves" http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/20368/ Researchers have found a quick and simple way to make arrays of high-performance electronic devices from organic semiconductor material. The development, led by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in Gaithersburg, MD, could lead to a simple, low-cost method to manufacture large, flexible electronic circuits that use organic semiconductors. "Processor Combines Coretex-A8 Core With Graphics and Digital-Signal Processing" http://www.edn.com/article/CA6535583.html Texas Instruments' latest OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Platform) processors integrate a superscalar, 600-MHz ARM Coretex-A8 core with DSP processing, HD (high-definition)-video acceleration, and 2- and 3-D graphics engines. The devices, which can operate with Windows CE or Linux operating systems, target applications with graphics interfaces and video capabilities for power-constrained products, such as handheld devices for home management and patient monitoring, as well as graphical user interfaces for consumer and home appliances. "Synopsys Tries to Organize Its Efforts in EDA Multiprocessing" http://www.edn.com/blog/1690000169/post/1790023179.html It's hard to imagine a set of applications that need computing resources more than the chain of EDA tools for a 65 nm chip design. (OK, searching for extraterrestrials, maybe, but the economics are a bit different there.) And yet, unlike some other massive applications such as finite-element analysis or Web searching, the majority of EDA applications are blessed by neither embarrassingly parallel data structures nor obviously parallelizable algorithms. Progress has been made on exploiting data parallelism on simulations, and on parallelizing some specific algorithms such as matrix inversions. But these are special cases. No single, sweeping initiative has unleashed massively-parallel computing on the EDA world. Yet as data sets and processing loads escalate faster than the dollar/Euro exchange rate, something must be done. ============================================================================== What Is Timing-Closure In High-End FPGAs ? ---------------------------------------------- Angela Sutton and Jeff Garrison, Synplicity http://www.pldesignline.com/205917199 ============================================================================== Call For Applications ------------------------- 2008 Design Automation Conference Young Student Support Program http://vlsi.ws.binghamton.edu/~studprog08/ The 45th Design Automation Conference is sponsoring a Professional Development Program to encourage advanced undergraduate students (Junior or Senior levels) and first-year graduate students (beginning first year, or finishing first and beginning second year) to join the electronic design automation profession or pursue graduate studies in this field. This program will introduce students to DAC and the design automation profession through meetings, tours, and by association with a mentor who is an advanced graduate student already working in the area. Student Award DAC will pay the student registration fee, a banquet ticket, and $100 for students applying from Southern California $300 for students applying from Northern California/Oregon/Washington/Nevada/Arizona $500 for students applying from overseas or other US states for partial coverage of the travel expenses for the students. The awardees are required to attend an organizational meeting in Anaheim, CA and submit a one-page report describing their experience at DAC. The location and timing of the organizational meeting will be announced later. Mentor To organize this effort, we also need student mentors. Student mentors are advanced graduate students who are already working in the DA field and volunteer to bring in qualified students from their university or college and act as tour guides for these students at DAC. The student mentors will receive the same award as the student awardees. How to Apply Candidate students must be recommended by a professor in the DA profession. The professor must provide a reference letter for the student stating that he/she is enrolled in a major suitable for DA profession, is considering working in the DA profession, or will benefit professionally by attending DAC. The professor should also commit to help the student make arrangements for transportation and lodging at the conference site. The student should in turn provide a brief (2 pages maximum) biography and a short statement outlining his or her goals and objectives. Please include the postal address and a day-time phone number as well. If you are qualified and interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to attend DAC, please send the required documents to Parth Malani via email (mail to: parth@binghamton.edu ) by Friday, April 25th, 2008. Coordinators Parth Malani Binghamton University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, EB F-Area Binghamton, NY - 13905 Office: (607) 777-2717 Email: parth@binghamton.edu Qing Wu Binghamton University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, EB-Q10 Binghamton, NY - 13905 Office: (607) 777-4536 Email: qwu@binghamton.edu Acknowledgements DAC thanks ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA ) for administering the Young Student Support Program. DAC also thanks all the sponsors, (ACM/SIGDA) , (EDA Consortium), (IEEE CASS) for their financial support of the Young Student Support Program. ============================================================================== Call For Participation ------------------------- 21st SIGDA University Booth at the 45th Design Automation Conference Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California June 8-13, 2008 Registration is now open for the 21st SIGDA University Booth at the Design Automation Conference at http://www.sigda.org/ubooth.html. The SIGDA University Booth at the Design Automation Conference provides an opportunity for the university community to demonstrate EDA tools, design projects, and instructional materials in the Exhibits section of the Design Automation Conference. Presenters and attendees at DAC are especially encouraged to participate, but participation is open to all members of the university community. Participants will conduct a one-hour demonstration at the booth each day. The University Booth provides booth space, poster areas, computers, and a high-speed connection to the Internet. Participants at the University Booth are also provided with modest travel grant reimbursements, provided that posters are hung for the entire duration of the conference and that demonstrations are completed during the time slots that they are scheduled. Participants who receive funding for the conference via alternative sources such as the Ph.D. forum and Student Design Contest are not eligible for travel grants through the University Booth. To apply for participation, visit the University Booth website at http://www.sigda.org/ubooth.html. Deadline for registration is May 5, 2008. Contact Information Booth Coordinators: Baris Taskin Drexel University taskin@coe.drexel.edu Joe Zambreno Iowa State University zambreno@iastate.edu SIGDA Program Director: Alex K. Jones Univ. of Pittsburgh akjones@ece.pitt.edu ============================================================================== Paper Submission Deadlines: ---------------------------- IWLS'08 - Int'l Workshop on Logic & Synthesis San Diego, CA Jun 4-6, 2008 Deadline: Mar 19, 2008 http://www.iwls.org/ SBCCI 2008 - 21st Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design (25 years edition) Gramado, Brazil Sep 1-7, 2008 Deadline: Mar 24, 2008 http://www.sbc.org.br/sbcci PACT'08 - Int'l Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques Toronto, Canada Oct 25-29, 2008 Deadline: Mar 28, 2008 http://www.pactconf.org/ ICCAD.08 . Int.l Conference on Computer-Aided Design San Jose, CA Nov 10-13, 2008 Deadline: Apr 14, 2008 http://www.iccad.com/ ESWEEK'08 - Embedded Systems Week (CASES, CODES+ISSS, and EMSOFT) Atlanta, GA Oct 19-24, 2008 Deadline: Apr 14, 2008 http://www.esweek.org/ PESPMA.08 - Workshop on Parallel Execution of Sequential Programs on Multi-core Architectures, in conjunction with ISCA.08 - International Symposia on Computer Architecture Beijing, China Jun 22, 2008 Deadline: Apr 28, 2008 http://cccp.eecs.umich.edu/pespma ICM'08 - Int'l Conference on Microelectronics (technically co-sponsored by IEEE-VSATC) Sharjah, UAE Dec 14-16, 2008 Deadline: May 1, 2008 http://www.ieee-icm.com/ ASP-DAC'09 - Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (sponsored by SIGDA) Yokohama, Japan Jan 19-22, 2009 Deadline: Jul 14, 2008 http://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2009/ ============================================================================== Upcoming Symposia, Conferences and Workshops: --------------------------------------------- ISQED'08 - Int'l Symposium on Quality Electronic Design San Jose, CA Mar 17-19, 2008 http://www.isqed.org/ SPL'08 - Southern Conference on Programmable Logic Bariloche-Patagonia, Argentina Mar 26-28, 2008 http://www.splconf.org/ SLIP'08 - Int'l Workshop on System Level Interconnect Prediction Newcastle, UK Apr 5-6, 2008 http://www.sliponline.org/ ISVLSI'08 - Annual Symposium on VLSI Montpellier, France Apr 7-9, 2008 http://www.lirmm.fr/isvlsi2008/ ASYNC'08: Int'l Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems Newcastle, UK Apr 7-11, 2008 http://async.org.uk/async2008/ NOCS'08 - Int'l Symposium on Networks-on-Chips Newcastle, UK Apr 7-11, 2008 http://async.org.uk/nocs2008/ RCE'08 - Reconfigurable Computing Education Montpellier, France Apr 10, 2008 http://helios.informatik.uni-kl.de/RCeducation08/ ISPD'08 - Int'l Symposium on Physical Design (sponsored by SIGDA) Portland, OR Apr 13-16, 2008 http://www.ispd.cc/ RAW'08 - Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop Miami, FL Apr 14-15, 2008 http://www.ece.lsu.edu/vaidy/raw/ RFID'08 - Conference on RFID Las Vegas, NV Apr 16-17, 2008 http://www.ieee-rfid.org/ GLSVLSI'08 - Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (Sponsored by SIGDA) Orlando, FL May 4-6, 2008 http://www.glsvlsi.org/ ISCAS'08 - Int'l Symposium on Circuits and Systems Seattle, WA May 18-21, 2008 http://iscas2008.org/ EWME'08 - European Workshop on Microelectronics Education Budapest, Hungary May 28-30, 2008 http://www.eet.bme.hu/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=160 RSP'08 - Int'l Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping Monterey, CA Jun 2-5, 2008 http://www.rsp-workshop.org/ ICAC'08 - Int'l Conference on Autonomic Computing Chicago, IL Jun 2-6, 2008 http://www.acis.ufl.edu/~icac2008/ MEMOCODE'08 - Int'l Conference on Formal Methods and Models for Codesign (sponsored by SIGDA) Anaheim, CA Jun 5-7, 2008 http://svl1.cs.pdx.edu/memocode08/ DAC'08 - Design Automation Conference (sponsored by SIGDA) Anaheim, CA Jun 9-13, 2008 http://www.dac.com/ PESPMA.08 - Workshop on Parallel Execution of Sequential Programs on Multi-core Architectures, in conjunction with ISCA'08 - International Symposia on Computer Architecture Beijing, China Jun 22, 2008 http://cccp.eecs.umich.edu/pespma ACSD'08 - Int'l Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (sponsored by SIGDA) Xi'an, China Jun 23-27, 2008 http://ictt.xidian.edu.cn/acsd2008/Pages/ACSD_main.jsp CAV'08 - Int'l Conference on Computer Aided Verification Princeton, PA Jul 7-14, 2007 http://www.princeton.edu/cav2008/ ============================================================================== Upcoming Funding Opportunities ---------------------------------- NASA Applied Information Systems Research Deadline: July 23, 2008 http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B6FE1E776-C046-383D-8475-62A73BECFA4C%7D&path=open DOC Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEEL) Grants Program Deadline: June 15, 2008 http://origin.www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/. (The full call can be located by searching the Federal Register for "fr25ja08N Measurement, Science and Engineering Grants Programs." ) DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (DE-PS02-08ER08-01) Deadline: September 30, 2008 http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html DOD Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) Deadline: April 11, 2008 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070412a1 Modeling and Simulation for Information Systems Research Deadline: FY 09 should be submitted by June 1, 2008 FY 10 should be submitted by June 1, 2009 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20061030a9 Military Networking Technology for Global Information Exchange (GIE) Deadline: Continuous until September, 2008 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20040909a11 Enabling Technologies for Modeling and Simulation (BAA-03-12-IFKA) Deadline: September 30, 2008 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/BAA-03-12-IFKA/Modification%2005.html SPINS in Semiconductors Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/0708baa/baa.htm Artificial Intelligence Technologies Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/0708baa/baa.htm Quantum Information Science and Technology Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/0708baa/baa.htm Microsystems Technology Office-Wide Deadline: January 14, 2009 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-18/Attachments.html BAA for Simulation and Training Technology R&D Deadline: Continuous until December 31, 2010 http://www.rdecom.army.mil/STTC/2006_N61339-05-R-0095__BAA_FY06_Amendment_0001.pdf Army Research Office (ARO) Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research (W911NF-07-R-0003) Deadline: Continuous through September 30, 2011 http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8 ARL/ARO Core Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2011 (W911NF-07-R-0001) Deadline: Continuous through September 30, 2011 http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8 NSF Theoretical Foundations 2008 (TF08) Deadline: March 19, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08518/nsf08518.htm Petascale Computing Resource Allocations (PRAC) - NSF 08-529 Deadline: March 31, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08529/nsf08529.htm High End Computing University Research Activity (HECURA) - NSF 08-531 Deadline: April 8, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08531/nsf08531.htm Computer Systems Research (CSR) Program - NSF 08-538 Deadline: April 23, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08538/nsf08538.htm Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) Deadline: April 24, 2008 http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759&org=CISE&from=home Expeditions in Computing Deadline: Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required): July 10, 2008 July 10, Annually Thereafter Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required): September 10, 2008 September 10, Annually Thereafter http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07592/nsf07592.htm Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure (STCI) Deadline: August 14, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066 Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) Deadline: February 26, 2008 October 30, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5147&org=CISE&from=home High Performance Computing Acquisition: Towards a Petascale Computing Environment for Science and Engineering - NSF 05-625 Deadline: November 28, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05625/nsf05625.htm ============================================================================== Si2 Releases Open 45nm Library ------------------------------- Si2 has released an open library based on the 45nm technology node to support academic research in EDA algorithms, procedures and IC design flows. It is immediately available from Si2's web-site: https://www.si2.org/openeda.si2.org/projects/nangatelib There is a discussion forum and issue tracker that will allow us to track its usage and to accept proposals for future extensions. The library comes with multiple views - Verilog, LEF, SPICE-level netlist, timing, GDS2, etc and contains over 100 combinational and sequential elements. Many have played critical roles in its development. This library has been contributed by Nangate which used its Library CreatorTM generator to produce this library. It is based on 2 prior developments - the FreePDK45 PDK, created by Prof. Rhett Davis at North Carolina State University under funding from SRC and Si2, and the Predictive Technology Model (PTM) from Arizona State University. Prior to its release, the library was in co-operation with Nangate successfully validated by Fenix Design Automation. 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