Superconducting Technology Assessment - nitrd

Investment
The investment estimated for the design and CAD development activity is $24.1 million, as detailed in Table 3.3-2.
This includes standard tasks plus the development of device level, logic level, and board level capability.
TABLE 3.3-2. ESTIMATED INVESTMENT FOR DESIGN AND CAD DEVELOPMENT
Pcells, DRC & LVS Verification
Place-and-route
Physical Device Models
Inductance Extraction
Cadence Suite Tool Integration
VHDL Timing Analysis & Design
Auto Logic Synthesis
Superconductor 3D EM Software
CAD Training & Support
Total Investment
Task Cost ($M)
Present design and CAD capability has been developed with moderate government funding coupled to a comparable
measure of industry support. Table 3.3-3 depicts the expected results for three different levels of government investment.
Funding Level
Full Funding
Moderate Funding
No Funding
TABLE 3.3-3. EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT IN CAD TOOLS
Expected Improvement
2.0
1.2
4.4
3.4
1.3
4.3
2.2
3.1
2.2
24.1
– Build on existing design and CAD tools.
– CAD tools will be developed that meet the roadmap schedule and goals.
– Minimum improvement to meet the needs of HEC.
– Slowly and only in those areas where effort is required to achieve an industry result.
– No improvement in design capability to meet the needs of HEC.
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