EDA廠商採用電子產品設計開發平台之研究-以Ｃ公司為例

Abstract

隨著現今積體電路功能越趨繁複，在講求成本與效率的前提下，IC設計已無法透過紙筆及人工來進行設計，仰賴電腦所提供高速計算及資料處理的特性已是必然，電子設計自動化就在這樣的趨勢下應運而生。從半導體產業的體系來看，EDA為半導體設計、製造的上游，透過電腦軟體工具將複雜的產品設計過程自動化，縮短開發時間，藉由EDA的輔助，大大縮短IC設計開發的時間，提升半導體產業製程技術。電子電路產品功能日新月異，積體電路在設計上所可能遭遇的問題越發複雜，包含開發過程中的系統電路規劃與模擬、軟硬體共同開發，一直到設計驗證與除錯等等，皆需要企業內部開發人員間緊密的相互合作與配合。 本研究的目的在於探討EDA產業建立電子產品設計開發平台之可行性，以降低開發過程可能面臨的潛在風險。本研究透過C公司的訪談，得到的結論如下：電子產品設計開發平台可以模擬真正生產的過程，並且避免投產後發生的設計變更而產生損失，精確迅捷且可以虛擬化的設計過程。電子設計開發平台可以是一個方便的工具，可幫助和工程師進行知識的交流，知識的復用，呈現問題，呈現項目進度，節省溝通的成本。電子設計開發平台中事先討論過設計交互的場景，資料交換與轉換就省下許多的麻煩，並且確認與上下游的協同更順暢。電子設計開發平台將知識和資料管理模塊化，讓新的產品項目可以其為基礎加上新的需求，新的創新，而不必從零開始，從犯當初犯過的錯誤，節省許多開發時間，減少錯誤。

With the increasing complexity of integrated circuit functions today, IC design can no longer be designed with paper, pen and manual on the premise of cost and efficiency. It is inevitable to rely on the characteristics of high-speed computing and data processing provided by computers. Under this trend, from the perspective of the semiconductor industry system, EDA is the upstream of semiconductor design and manufacturing. It uses computer software tools to automate complex product design processes and shorten development time. With the assistance of EDA, IC design and development time is greatly shortened and the semiconductor industry is improved. The functions of electronic circuit products are changing with each passing day, and the problems encountered in the design of integrated circuits are becoming more and more complicated, including system circuit planning and simulation during the development process, joint development of hardware and software, and design verification and debugging. The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility of the EDA industry to establish an electronic product design and development platform to reduce the potential risks that the development process may face. In this study, through the interview of company C, the conclusions obtained are as follows: The electronic product design and development platform can simulate the real production process and avoid the loss of design changes that occur after commissioning. The design process is accurate, fast and can be virtualized. The electronic design and development platform can be a convenient tool to help exchange knowledge with engineers, reuse knowledge, present problems, present project progress, and save communication costs. The electronic design development platform has discussed the design interaction scenarios in advance, and the data exchange and conversion save a lot of trouble and confirm that the collaboration with the upstream and downstream is smoother. The electronic design and development platform modularize knowledge and data management, so that new product projects can be based on it and add new requirements and new innovations without having to start from scratch, making mistakes that were made at the beginning, saving many development time and reducing error.