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Moving IP to a new foundry or process node is a complicated business.  IN2FAB's migration tools can tackle the most complcated IP but migration services deliver silicon in a fixed timeframe.  

A migration service that moves IP from one node to another can be very attractive when resources are scarce and schedules are tight.  Experienced and dedicated IP migration engineers take existing analog and mixed signal IP and return it in the process of a customer’s choice.  

Migration Project Manager, Sarah Grant, highlights the importance of having a dedicated design flow for these projects. “The key to migration is the initial feasibility study that examines the data and acts as a baseline for the migration work. This study identifies the relationships between the original and new manufacturing process as well as the contents of the circuit; drawing out information that allows us to build a schedule and highlight important technical information.”

Schematic and layout migration services are an extremely efficient way to move IP from one process to another, but engineers and managers are sometimes reluctant to explore its potential.  “Analog engineers often want to craft every transistor to the finest degree but there’s not always time for that”, says Grant.  “Market windows can be very small so a migrated circuit that’s a few points from absolute peak performance can make the difference between a lucrative product and a missed opportunity.  Migration services deliver silicon in a fraction of the time for a redesign while leaving a company’s engineers to focus on designing the next generation of products.”

“Our IP migration group has transferred everything from small IP analog IP blocks to entire IP platforms between foundries and process nodes. Sometimes it’s exactly what’s needed to fit our customers’ business needs.”