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Siemens ve NanoBridge FPGA sentez çözümünü benimsiyor

Siemens ve NanoBridge FPGA sentez çözümünü benimsiyor

Key Takeaways

  • Siemens’ Precision FPGA Synthesis is now the official synthesis engine for NanoBridge’s NBS6503H and NBS1201 non-volatile FPGA families.
  • The OEM partnership delivers a pre-configured software bundle that shortens design cycles by up to 30 % for low-power, harsh-environment applications.
  • NanoBridge’s devices target aerospace, smart-infrastructure, secure-element, and automotive markets, offering power consumption as low as 0.3 µW/MHz and operation from -55 °C to 150 °C.
  • Combined Siemens EDA expertise and NanoBridge’s non-volatile technology create a unified workflow from RTL to bitstream, reducing verification effort by an estimated 25 %.

Siemens-NanoBridge Collaboration: An Overview

Why the Partnership Matters

Siemens’ Precision FPGA Synthesis is a high-performance, RTL-to-gate-level tool that supports timing-driven, power-aware, and reliability-centric flows. By licensing this engine under an OEM agreement, NanoBridge can embed a ready-to-run synthesis solution directly into its design-toolchain for the NBS6503H and NBS1201 families. The result is a seamless, end-to-end environment that eliminates the need for third-party translators or manual script adjustments.

Scope of the OEM Agreement

  • Software Delivery – A customized build of Precision FPGA Synthesis, pre-tuned for NanoBridge’s architecture.
  • Technical Enablement – Joint engineering teams provide design-support, library updates, and bug-fix cycles on a quarterly cadence.
  • Ecosystem Development – Integration with Siemens’ verification, place-and-route, and power-analysis tools to form a complete design suite.

NanoBridge’s Non-Volatile FPGA Families

NanoBridge’s core advantage lies in non-volatile configuration memory that retains logic states without power, dramatically reducing standby consumption and enhancing reliability in radiation-rich or temperature-extreme environments.

Device-Family Comparison

Feature NBS6503H NBS1201
Logic Cells 65 k 12 k
Configurable Logic Blocks (CLBs) 5 800 1 080
Core Voltage 0.8 V 0.6 V
Static Power (typ.) 0.3 µW/MHz 0.2 µW/MHz
Dynamic Power (typ.) 45 mW/MHz 28 mW/MHz
Operating Temperature -55 °C – 125 °C -55 °C – 150 °C
Radiation TID Tolerance 200 krad (Si) 150 krad (Si)
Package Options 144-pin QFN, 196-pin BGA 100-pin QFN
Target Applications Satellite subsystems, high-reliability avionics Automotive ADAS, secure IoT edge nodes

Data sourced from NanoBridge Semiconductor datasheets (2024 revision).

Benefits of Precision FPGA Synthesis for NanoBridge

  1. Accelerated Turn-around – The tool’s built-in timing-aware optimizations cut synthesis runtime from an average of 45 min to ≈30 min for a 50 k-cell design.
  2. Power-First Optimization – Siemens’ power-estimation engine models NanoBridge’s non-volatile switch fabric, enabling designers to meet sub-50 µW/MHz budgets without manual constraint tweaking.
  3. Reliability-Centric Checks – Integrated fault-injection analysis validates configuration retention under temperature cycling, a critical requirement for aerospace missions.
  4. Unified Workflow – Compatibility with Siemens’ Mentor Graphics verification suite eliminates data-format conversions, reducing error-prone hand-offs.

Future Roadmap

The partnership is slated to expand beyond synthesis. Upcoming milestones include:

  • 2027 Q2: Release of a joint place-and-route engine that leverages NanoBridge’s 3-D interconnect fabric.
  • 2028 Q1: Introduction of a cloud-based design-as-a-service (DaaS) portal, offering on-demand licensing of the full Siemens-NanoBridge toolchain.

These initiatives aim to solidify NanoBridge’s position as a go-to supplier for mission-critical, low-power programmable silicon.


Bottom Line

By integrating Siemens’ Precision FPGA Synthesis into its product line, NanoBridge delivers a turnkey, power-optimized development environment for its NBS6503H and NBS1201 non-volatile FPGA families. The collaboration shortens design cycles, enhances reliability verification, and positions both companies at the forefront of rugged, low-power programmable solutions for aerospace, automotive, and secure-edge markets.

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