FSA Intros Tools

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- FSA, the global voice of the fabless business model, announces the availability of its Hard IP Quality Risk Assessment Tool version 1.2. This tool is the first deliverable in the FSA IP ecosystem Tool Suite addressing the pain points of IP integration.

The Suite offers productivity tools to enable more efficient communication between IP vendors, IP integrators – fabless companies and integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) - as well as foundries. It enables evaluation of the risk and applicability of hard IP across the design process – from pre-purchase to licensing to process technology selection to manufacturability - all areas critical for design, yield and tape-out success.

The IPe tools create effective communication:

FSA Hard IP Quality Risk Assessment Tool

The first tool in the Suite, the FSA Hard IP Quality Risk Assessment Tool, collects information about an IP vendor, its design methodology and the IP under evaluation, to enable risk assessment across seven criteria: IP design, integration, verification, process technology, product documentation, reliability and test.

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