Frontend

Overview

At Insaito, we provide extensive frontend silicon engineering solutions tailored to your needs, including microarchitecture design, RTL coding, and hardware-software co-verification. We maximize efficiency for performance, power efficiency, and scalability. Our experience ensures high Quality of Results (QoR) across diverse sectors by optimizing designs for area, power, and performance.

Expertise

We utilize advanced tools and methodologies to enhance our design and verification processes. Our team at Insaito possesses exceptional knowledge in frontend silicon engineering in:

• Spec to RTL
• Pre-silicon verification
• IP Development
• Heterogenous IP handling
• Multivoltage, DVFS
• Optimization for area, power and performance
• Designs for networking, edge, servers, mobile, IoT, AI

With extensive expertise across platforms, we deliver high-quality, scalable semiconductor solutions tailored to client needs, ensuring flexibility and effectiveness throughout the entire engineering lifecycle.

Offerings

We offer comprehensive design services to ensure correctness by construction, and the best Quality of Verification (QoV) for functional accuracy:

• Design Services
  • Microarchitecture
  • RTL Coding
  • IP Customization
  • DFT Insertion
  • Heterogeneous IP Integration
  • DFT Signoff
  • Design Signoff
  • Power Optimization
  • Area Optimization
  • Correct by Construction
• Verification Services
  • Verification Strategy
  • Test Plans
  • Test Benches
  • Formal Verification
  • VIP Development
  • Gate Level Simulation
  • Emulation
  • Verification legacy TB/environment porting
  • Infrastructure automation
• Hardware & Software Co-Verification
  • Virtual Prototyping
  • FPGA prototyping/ Emulation
• Quality of Results (QoR)
  • QoR Assessment:
  • Design Flow Optimization

Tools, Flows and Methodologies

• Cadence Xcellium, Cadene Encounter Low power
• Synopsys DC, VCS
• IP-XACT Flow
• UPF, CDC, Lint
• VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog, SystemC
• Mixed language (Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, SystemC)
• Uniform language and methodology (UVM)
• VCS, IUS, Questa, MBD
• Emulation boxes like Zebu, Palladium and Veloce,
• FPGA-based emulation boards like HAPS and Prodesign FPGA
• FPGA synthesis/mapping  SynplifyPro, Vivado, ISE, Quartus Prime
• Partitioning tools HES-DVM, Prism, proFPGA, RPM Emulator
• Debug tools ChipScope, SignalTap, JTAG, Probing - Logic analysers, oscilloscope

Summary

Our team utilizes rigorous verification methods, including formal verification and emulation, to ensure reliable outcomes. Our virtual prototyping capabilities help identify bottlenecks and performance issues early in the process. Committed to optimizing design, we aim to reduce time to market while upholding high standards.