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Designing for the Future

Below 65 nm, sub-wavelength lithography challenges and the corresponding process variability create new design challenges. Some of the challenges are familiar and can be handled by applying known techniques with additional rigor. But as process technologies approach fundamental physical limits, design and analysis flows increase in complexity and traditional methodologies fail.

An effective nanoscale design methodology must embrace the capabilities and limitations of the latest process technologies and at the same time meet the demands of a competitive marketplace.

Fabbrix delivers design solutions based on a regular-structures implementation of nanoscale process technologies. Based on over 10 years of advanced research, the Fabbrix approach results in higher yields, simpler design flows, less expensive masks, reduced transistor variation, more effective resolution enhancement and better use of your process technology.

Fabbrix offers a unique combination of physical building blocks, implementation and analysis tools and design methodologies that enable an improved IC design style. Fabbrix based designs are characterized by extreme regularity, predictability and simplicity and are precisely matched to the realities of nanoscale manufacturing.

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Fabbrix based designs are currently in fabrication by leading manufacturers using their most advanced process technologies. These early Fabbrix partners know that their historic design approaches will not meet the needs of nanoscale manufacturing and they are choosing Fabbrix for the road ahead.

Fabbrix Corporate Information

Fabbrix is a venture backed company that was founded in Pittsburgh PA in 2004 by Carnegie Mellon University researchers and veterans of the EDA and IC design industries.

Board of Directors

Dr. Lucio Lanza, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Fabbrix and Managing Director of Lanza techVentures
Dr. Lanza has more than twenty-five years of operating experience in the electronics industry, including engineering management at Olivetti, Chairman of the microprocessor business segment at Intel, General Manager at Daisy Systems, and CEO of EDA Systems. Dr. Lanza was also chief strategist and in charge of the M&A activity for Cadence Design System from 1990-1995. Prior to founding Lanza techVentures he was a general partner of US Venture Partners. Dr. Lanza served on the board of directors of Artisan Components, Inc. beginning in 1996, becoming Chairman in 1997, and continuing through its acquisition by ARM Holdings, Ltd. in December 2004. He is currently a member of the ARM Holdings board of directors, and serves on the board of directors of several private companies, including PDF Solutions, Forte Design Systems and Pharmix Inc.

Dr. Larry Pileggi, Member of the Board and CTO of Fabbrix and Tanoto Professor of ECE at Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Pileggi has twenty years of experience in IC design, Electronic Design Automation, and university education and research. From 1984 through 1986 he worked for Westinghouse Research and Development where he was recognized with the corporation’s highest engineering achievement award. Prior to his position at Carnegie Mellon, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin. He has received various research and best paper awards including the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation in 1991. He has co-authored two books and over 200 refereed conference and journal papers. He holds 14 U.S. patents and is a fellow of the IEEE. He has served as a consultant for various EDA and semiconductor companies, and he helped to found Extreme DA of Palo Alto, CA and Xigmix Inc. of Pittsburgh PA.

Corporate Advisors

Mark Templeton
Mark Templeton is a corporate advisor to Fabbrix. He co-founded Artisan Components in 1991 and was its President and Chief Executive Officer for 13 years. Mr. Templeton has served on the Board of Directors of ARM holdings since its acquisition of Artisan Components. He has been instrumental in driving growth in the IP market through a combination of technical and business innovation. His vision of developing an open community of resources for IC designers – including foundries, EDA vendors, design service companies and IP providers – has proven to be a significant contribution to the IC design and manufacturing industries. Before co-founding Artisan, he held executive positions with Silicon Compiler Systems and Mentor Graphics.