Case Study: Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group achieves lower development costs and faster time-to-market for smart cards with Synopsys HAPS FPGA-Based Prototyping System

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Decreases Development Cost and Time-To-Market of Smart Card with Synopsys HAPS FPGA-Based Prototyping System

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group, a leading Chinese ASIC designer for security, identification and smart-card applications, faced the challenge of developing a high‑end smart card IC running at 50–100 MHz with millions of gates while verifying an MCU and multiple coprocessors. The team needed a way to validate real‑world I/O scenarios and meet tight design-cycle and cost targets for bank and ID card deployments.

Fudan selected Synopsys HAPS FPGA‑based prototyping hardware with HapsTrak connector technology to run designs at near real‑time speeds using real I/O (serial, USB, SPI, I2C, RF). The flexible, high‑performance platform accelerated software development, hardware/software integration and system validation, was reusable across projects, and—backed by comprehensive documentation—allowed self‑sufficient validation. The result: months shaved off the ASIC schedule and reduced development cost and effort.

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group

Wang Jiaqian

Engineering Manager