Toshiba’s ASIC & Foundry Support Organisation
Toshiba‘s Application, Design and Implementation teams in Düsseldorf
(Germany) and Tokyo (Japan) support specification, development,
implementation and verification of customer products. The European based ASIC &
Foundry Solution team will help to find the
optimal technical and commercial solution for the target
application, including selection of technology, package,
specification, design and verification of microcontroller
sub-systems, and selection and pre-verification of IP blocks.
Toshiba’s Design And Implementation Service
In the implementation phase, the customer’s project will be supported
by the Design and Implementation team, also based in Germany.
Toshiba will assign one full-time, fully dedicated project manager
from the Design Centre. He/She will manage the entire implementation
process, in addition to leading the synthesis (if required),
net-list and timing verification activities. The project manager
will be assisted by experts for DFT and test-pattern generation.
Physical implementation (layout), timing closure and signal
integrity verification will be done in Düsseldorf by the Physical
Design team. One dedicated layout engineer will be responsible for
the customer’s project. During hot phases, additional layout
engineers will assist him/her as required. Regular project review
meetings at the customer’s premises or in Düsseldorf are part of the
specification and implementation process.
The final layout data (GDSII) will be transferred to the Toshiba
Engineering team in Japan, who will manage mask making, sample wafer
production, packaging, test program generation and testing (if
required). Prototype material is shipped back to the customer, and
the European Toshiba organisation (with backup from Toshiba Japan)
will assist in evaluation towards prototype approval and ramp up of
mass production.
Second level expert support will also be provided locally from
Germany, with EDA experts (Toshiba's SoC EDA Tools) providing consultation and managing the
tool and library chain. Analogue and mixed signal design teams are
available for design or modification of special cells or functions,
and mixed signal application experts support the design-in of these
blocks into the target products. Package experts take care of
package selection and implementation, considering all physical,
electrical, and thermal effects.
Note: The Design & Implementation Service Diagram is an interactive
element. Please select the service by moving your cursor over the
image and you will get key task listed in a text-box.
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