Intel Foundry Services Forms Alliance to Enable National Security, Government Applications
October 24 2022 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
IFS USMAG Alliance combines a trusted design
ecosystem with U.S.-based manufacturing to enable assured chip
design and production at leading-edge nodes.
What’s New: Intel Foundry Services (IFS) today launched a
strategic addition to its design ecosystem Accelerator program. The
new USMAG (United States Military, Aerospace and Government)
Alliance brings together a trusted design ecosystem with U.S.-based
manufacturing to enable assured chip design and production on
advanced process technologies and meet the stringent design and
production requirements of national security applications. A first
in the industry, the program’s initial members include leading
companies like Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens EDA, Intrinsix and
Trusted Semiconductor Solutions.
“Semiconductors enable technologies critical
to U.S. national security and economic and global competitiveness.
Intel is committed to restoring end-to-end U.S. chipmaking
leadership through major investments in both R&D and scale
manufacturing here in the United States. As the only U.S.-based
foundry with leading-edge process capabilities, IFS is uniquely
positioned to lead this effort and galvanize the ecosystem to build
a more resilient and secure supply chain for U.S. military,
aerospace and government customers.” –Randhir Thakur, president of
Intel Foundry Services
Why It’s Important: National security and government
applications focus on securing vital information systems and
decision networks, requiring scalable chip design and production
capabilities. Leading-edge semiconductors are the bedrock of these
systems and networks. In addition to requiring the most advanced
process technologies, MAG applications also impose unique
functional requirements like radiation hardening by design, wide
ambient temperature tolerance and others. Securing these chips
requires end-to-end capabilities across the semiconductor design
and manufacturing life cycle. A closely coordinated effort between
advanced manufacturers and their electronic design automation
(EDA), IP and design service alliance members is crucial to deliver
the functional and operational security required by MAG
applications.
How It Works: Through the USMAG Alliance, IFS will
collaborate with members to enable their readiness to support MAG
designs on leading-edge technology nodes. The alliance will ensure
that EDA members’ tools are optimized to deliver secure design
methodologies and flows and enabled to operate in secure design
environments, while meeting the requirements of IFS’ process design
kits (PDK). IFS will also work with IP-provider members to deliver
design IP blocks that serve MAG specifications for quality and
reliability. Finally, IFS will enable the members who provide
design services to implement USMAG design projects using IFS
reference flows and methodologies. The USMAG Alliance will provide
an assured and scalable path for customers to deploy designs that
fully achieve the unique requirements of MAG applications.
The new USMAG Alliance builds on IFS’ leadership role in the
U.S. Department of Defense Rapid Assured Microelectronics
Prototypes - Commercial (RAMP-C) program. The RAMP-C program
facilitates the use of a U.S.-based commercial semiconductor
foundry ecosystem to fabricate the assured leading-edge custom and
integrated circuits and commercial products required for critical
Department of Defense systems.
About the IFS Accelerator: In February 2022, IFS launched
its Accelerator design ecosystem program to help foundry customers
bring their silicon products from idea to implementation. Through
deep collaboration with industry-leading companies, IFS Accelerator
taps the best capabilities available in the industry to help
advance customer innovation on Intel’s foundry platform offerings.
The IFS Accelerator provides customers a comprehensive suite of
tools, including validated EDA solutions, silicon-verified IP and
design services that allow customers to focus on creating unique
product ideas.
More Context: Enabling a Trusted Design Ecosystem (Quote
Sheet) | IFS Accelerator
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