Case Study: Open-Silicon achieves first-pass silicon success and meets aggressive time-to-market with Synopsys DesignWare IP solutions

Open-Silicon Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success and Exceeds Performance Requirements with DesignWare IP Solutions

Open-Silicon, a custom SoC and ASIC design company offering the OpenMODEL end-to-end development solution, was tasked by a customer to deliver a highly integrated, low-power satellite base-station SoC (UMTS 3G) on an aggressive six-month schedule. The project required silicon‑proven MIPI DigRF and 10/100 Ethernet IP and a low integration risk to meet tight form‑factor, power and performance targets.

Open-Silicon integrated Synopsys DesignWare MIPI 3G DigRF controller/PHY and 10/100 Ethernet IP—using pre-verified IP, documentation, training and responsive support—which accelerated integration to a matter of weeks. The result was first‑pass silicon success, compliance with performance and low‑power requirements, and delivery within the customer’s aggressive time‑to‑market window.

Open-Silicon

Colin Baldwin

Director of Marketing