725 abbreviations with 1,246 meanings, from the gate and discipline codes on the lifecycle charts to the standards, bodies and industry terms the Hub uses. Where the same letters mean different things, each meaning is listed with the lifecycles that use it. The list is built from the lifecycle and compliance data, so it stays current. For definitions of terms in general, see the glossary.
Design software in general; in chip teams, also the group that runs the tools, flows and compute.
Design and verification
Used in: AI-assisted flow lifecycle: CAD and flow engineering
Chooses and runs the tools and compute the design needs: the EDA licensing model, cloud or on-premise compute, design kit and library installation, version control, regression, data security and the tape-out archive.
Discipline codes
Owns the flow step: describes the baseline, plans and runs the evaluation and pilot, integrates the qualified step into the controlled flow with its fallback, and releases and updates it.
Discipline codes
Sets the device targets, simulates devices with TCAD, characterises them on silicon and builds the compact device models the design kit carries.
Discipline codes
Designs the power device: cell and channel structure, drift layer, edge termination, gate and source layout, current sharing across a large die and the trade between on-resistance, switching loss, short-circuit withstand and gate oxide field, using TCAD and layout tools, then correlates the design with silicon and feeds ruggedness findings back.
Discipline codes
Simulation of how a process step or a device behaves physically, used to develop processes and devices.
Design and verification
Used in: Power and compound lifecycle: Device design and TCAD
Gate and discipline codes are plain initials chosen for the Hub's charts, not any company's internal codes. Standard names belong to their publishers; the guides explain them in our own words. Missing an abbreviation? Suggest one.