Siemens unveils AI-powered library characterization to accelerate semiconductor design

Siemens has announced Solido Characterizer software, the next evolution in its Solido Characterization Suite software, designed to meet the semiconductor industry's rapidly evolving requirements for speed, accuracy and efficiency in library characterization across process nodes, from mature to the most advanced. Developed for foundries and in‑house chip design teams, Solido Characterizer uses advanced predictive AI technologies to accelerate and improve the creation of SPICE-based Liberty files, addressing the growing complexity of new processes, tighter margins, more corners and emerging formats such as LVF. Solido Characterizer delivers 7x greater throughput, cutting Liberty file generation from weeks to days, through two complementary innovations. Its faster AI engine drives Liberty generation for multi-PVT creation and advanced LVF techniques to achieve a 5x speedup. The industry's first purpose-built AI-accelerated characterization simulator, Solido LibSPICE, adds a further 2x+ pe