Making Semiconductor IP Migration Practical
IN2FAB develops technology and provides engineering services for moving semiconductor IP between foundries, process nodes, and design environments.
Our focus is simple: help companies reuse proven semiconductor designs instead of redesigning them from scratch.
For analog and mixed-signal IP in particular, migration can require extensive engineering effort because both the schematic and physical layout must be adapted to the requirements of a new process. IN2FAB has developed specialized technology and migration processes to address this challenge directly.
Our experience spans projects ranging from individual IP blocks and standard-cell libraries to large collections of analog, mixed-signal, and digital circuits. Our migration engineers have worked across a wide range of foundries, process technologies, and design environments.
Migration Technology
IN2FAB's OSIRIS Migration platform provides automated translation of semiconductor schematic and layout databases between process technologies.
OSIRIS operates within the Cadence Virtuoso environment and works at the design database and PDK level. IN2FAB's migration tools deliver a database containing PCells, connectivity, groups, clones and more, while preserving the hierarchy and structure of the original design. The result is a fully configured database in the new process that mirrors the structure of the original.
Unlike approaches that regenerate a schematic and leave the physical design to be recreated, OSIRIS provides direct layout migration. This allows proven physical design information to be reused in the target technology rather than discarded and redesigned. The result is a faster and more predictable path from an existing design to a verified design in a new process.
Migration Services
For companies that need engineering support, IN2FAB provides complete IP migration services using the same technology developed for our software products.
Our engineers can take a project from initial migration analysis and feasibility study through schematic and layout migration, verification, and delivery. Before a project begins, we establish the technical requirements, identify process-specific issues, and develop a detailed migration plan with the expected schedule and project requirements. This gives customers a clear understanding of the work involved before committing to a full migration.
IN2FAB has migrated hundreds of circuits across foundries and process nodes, including complex analog and mixed-signal IP, wireless and interface circuits, standard-cell libraries, and larger semiconductor designs.
Customers can engage IN2FAB for engineering services, license migration technology for their own teams, or combine the two approaches.
Experience That Comes From Real Designs
IN2FAB has been developing migration technology for over two decades, delivering tools and services that have been formed through practical migration work rather than from theoretical translation models. Our engineers have worked with production semiconductor IP across legacy processes through advanced technologies, dealing with the real-world differences in devices, PDKs, layout rules, connectivity, and physical implementation. From the world's biggest customer foundries to private foundries, standard CMOS to niche processes, IN2FAB has captured a wealth of experience in our tools and services. This experience continues to shape the development of our technology as our customers move to new foundries and processes.
That experience continues to shape the development of OSIRIS tools and services.
Our Approach
We believe that valuable semiconductor IP should not have to be redesigned simply because the manufacturing technology has changed.
By combining specialized migration software with engineering expertise, IN2FAB provides a practical alternative to starting over. Our objective is to make proven IP easier to reuse, extend its commercial lifetime, and enable companies to move designs to new technologies and foundries more quickly.
Whether you need migration software, engineering support, or an initial feasibility study, IN2FAB can help define the fastest and most practical path forward.
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