Method and system to optimize semiconductor products for power, performance, noise, and cost through use of variable power supply voltage compression

A method to optimize semiconductor products, comprising:

• defining at least one first relationship between decap use and transient power supply noise;
• defining at least one second relationship between decap use and die area;
• defining at least one third relationship associated with technology and library element minimum and maximum voltages;
• defining at least one fourth relationship between power supply voltage and semiconductor product performance;
• defining at least one fifth relationship between system power supply and system power supply tolerance;
• embedding the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth relationships in an optimization tool running on a computer device;
• inputting product data and technology data associated with a circuit in the optimization tool;
• and
• calculating product design parameters comprising a power supply voltage, a noise-induced voltage variation, and a decap area, wherein the calculating is performed using the optimization tool and is based on the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth relationships, the product data, and technology data.

A computer program product comprising computer program code embodied in a tangible storage medium which, when executed on a computer device, causes the computer device to perform:

• receiving a set of user-defined relationships associated with a circuit design;
• receiving a set of product data and a set of technology data associated with a product being designed;
• calculating and outputting a power supply voltage, a noise-induced voltage variation, and a decap area, wherein the calculating is performed based upon the set of product data, the set of technology data, and the set of user-defined relationships;
• receiving a change to the set of product data;
• and
• re-calculating and outputting the power supply voltage, the noise-induced voltage variation, and the decap area, based upon the changed set of product data and the set of user-defined relationships.