GUC Delivers its First TSMC N3 Chip and First AI-Optimized N5 Design Using Cadence Digital Solutions
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that Global Unichip Corp. (GUC) successfully delivered an advanced HPC design and a CPU design using Cadence® digital solutions.
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that Global Unichip Corp. (GUC) successfully delivered an advanced HPC design and a CPU design using Cadence® digital solutions.
- The HPC design was created using the Cadence Innovus™ Implementation System on TSMC’s advanced N3 process and featured a 3.5 million instance count that reached clock speeds of up to 3.16GHz.
- The CPU design was created using the AI-enabled Cadence Cerebrus™ Intelligent Chip Explorer and the digital full flow on the TSMC N5 process technology, delivering 8% reduced power and a 9% area improvement while significantly improving engineering productivity.
- “GUC is a market leader providing advanced chip solutions for AI, HPC, 5G, industrial and other emerging applications,” said Dr. Louis Lin, senior vice president of Design Services at GUC.