Silicon powers the world: Learn how to scale your EDA workloads (CMP325)
Summarized Transcript
Evolving Challenges and Opportunities in the EDA Industry
Increasing Design Complexity
Sophisticated and powerful chip designs are driving an increase in complexity
Advanced EDA infrastructure with the right compute and storage solutions can help drive these sophisticated designs
Time-to-Market Pressures
In a highly competitive landscape, a cutting-edge EDA infrastructure can become a competitive edge by streamlining silicon design, verification, and simulation to accelerate time-to-market
Global Teams and Enhanced Security
Global talent is a huge opportunity, but requires an EDA infrastructure that can provide seamless collaboration in a secure way
Adapting to the Latest Technologies
The rapid pace of innovation in the semiconductor industry can be an opportunity to accelerate your own innovation by adapting the latest hardware and software technologies
Cost Optimization
Strategically managing your infrastructure to align with your business needs can help maintain a competitive edge while delivering powerful and innovative solutions
How Leading Semiconductor Companies are Leveraging AWS
Power of Scalability and Elasticity
Static on-premises data centers cannot keep up with fluctuating demand, but AWS allows semiconductor companies to scale up and down as needed without guessing capacity
Global Presence and Enhanced Security
AWS provides a robust, secure, and global infrastructure that allows semiconductor companies to connect global teams and access diverse talent pools
Access to the Latest Technologies
Accessing the latest hardware and software innovations through AWS can optimize EDA license costs and ensure the right compute solution for each workload
Aster Labs' Silicon Innovation Journey on AWS
Aster Labs' Background
7-year-old company with over 400 employees, $400M+ quarterly run rate, and multiple product lines
Executed 12+ tape-outs in the last 5.5 years, all 100% on AWS
Key Pillars of Success
Execution Excellence
Close Partnerships (Synopsis, TSMC, AWS)
100% Cloud-based EDA Infrastructure
Scaling EDA Workloads on AWS
Utilized a wide range of EC2 instances (Intel, AMD, Graviton) to optimize for performance, memory, and cost
Leveraged spot instances and save/restore capabilities to manage costs
Ran frontend design, backend implementation, and DRC analysis entirely on AWS
Benefits of Cloud-based EDA
Accelerated time-to-market and improved design quality by enabling 10x more simulations
Seamless scalability and elasticity to handle dynamic workload changes
Optimized costs through judicious use of on-demand and spot instances
Tight integration with EDA partners (Synopsis) to enable cloud-native workflows
Conclusion
Cloud-powered EDA will continue to accelerate, and AWS is committed to being at the forefront of this revolution
AWS will continue investing in the latest hardware and software solutions, collaborating with the EDA community, and providing a robust, secure, and global infrastructure
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