A Not-for-Profit Membership Organization
Suppliers and users who innovate on trusted standards and share solutions that lower development costs and increase design productivity.
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Si2 provides a collaborative environment and access to shared solutions for users and suppliers from corporations, institutions and academia. Si2 solutions are co-developed in a way that permits innovation while guaranteeing compatibility with trusted standards.
Coalition members continuously innovate on top of trusted standards. Coalitions have their own member-led Board or officers who may create sub working groups. Learn more at Join Si2
A collaborative environment supporting the evolution of the extensible API that improves, extends and shares implementation solutions for the world’s most widely used open reference design database.
Collaborative working groups with industry and academic leaders who select, develop, and standardize SPICE simulation models in a way that assures accuracy with target applications.
A collaborative environment that expedites the development of high-quality large language models (LLMs) for semiconductor design problems by creating relevant and comprehensive evaluation datasets and metrics.
A collaborative environment that improves and extends solutions for the IEEE 2416 UPM standard in a way that delivers powerful, flexible modeling for IP and system-level design.
An Si2 Base membership allows members to participate in any SIG or OpenStandards working group in addition to or independently from one of the above Coalitions. Learn more at Join Si2
Collaborative groups of experts from member companies who socialize important emerging topics, share knowledge, publish results, and propose next steps. SIGs may form, execute and conclude in relatively short order.
Collaborative groups of experts who define an initial Si2 standard, build prototype solutions and conduct proof of concepts on practical examples. The OWGs give early access to new solutions for testing and tuning in member environments.
Si2 hosts selected standards and member contributed solutions for free public download as part of our mission to offer standards, technology, and services to all interested organizations and individuals at a fair and reasonable cost. These include the latest released version of the Library Exchange Format and Design Exchange Format (LEF/DEF) with its API Format Specification Reference Documentation, the latest public releases of CMC models, and other member or Si2 contributions.
There are roughly 65 corporate members of Si2. Our members drive the Si2 roadmap, codevelop and enhance solutions and share in the results. One such member is Keysight EDA. Keysight’s EDA industry heritage goes back more than 40 years, with a history of technical innovation, customer support, training, and industry leadership. They play a prominent role in the semiconductor industry’s success with new technologies such as AI/ML, cloud-based design, heterogeneous integration and 3D IC design, and enterprise lifecycle management. They understand EDA’s importance and value in the electronic product development process and bring a broad perspective to the Si2 by serving the interests of EEs and designers as well as those of test, measurement, and manufacturing engineers.
