At Tenasic, we specialize in delivering high-performance, low power silicon through cutting-edge hardware and software co-design. Our team excels at translating complex requirements into scalable, high-performance SoCs through a combination of proven design methodology and decades of experience.
With a track record of multiple successful tapeouts and commercial product deployments, we’ve delivered reliable, production-grade silicon across data center, consumer electronics, and industrial sectors.
Architecture exploration forms the cornerstone of our SoC design methodology. We leverage transaction-level modeling, cycle-accurate simulation, and workload analysis to evaluate compute, memory hierarchy, interconnect strategies, and power-performance trade-offs. By quantitatively comparing architectural choices, we identify the most optimal design points that align with system requirements and long-term scalability. At Tenasic, we go a step further by incorporating software considerations early in the process, ensuring that system-level decisions are optimized not only for silicon efficiency but also for real-world software performance. This hardware-software co-design approach at an early stage minimizes downstream integration risks and provides a solid foundation for RTL development.
Successful SoC design demands seamless integration of diverse IPs into a unified and efficient system. We rigorously evaluate 3rd-party IPs for functionality, performance, and interoperability to ensure they meet stringent product requirements and cost structure. Where gaps exist, we complement them with custom IP development tailored to customer specifications. Our in-house integration framework further streamlines this process, enabling rapid configuration and adaptation of IPs to match each customer’s unique system needs. This combination of flexibility, technical rigor, and automation allows us to accelerate time-to-market while maintaining the highest standards of quality and reliability.
Verification is at the heart of ensuring first-time-right silicon. We employ a comprehensive methodology that spans from block-level to full system-level validation. Our team builds robust UVM-based testbenches to enable reusable, scalable, and coverage-driven verification. We apply functional verification techniques, including assertion-based verification, to catch corner-case scenarios early in the design cycle. Low-power verification methodologies ensure designs meet stringent power requirements, while code and functional coverage closure provide measurable confidence that all design behaviors have been thoroughly exercised. This end-to-end approach ensures reliability, performance, and compliance with customer specifications.
At Tenasic, our Design Verification competencies cover the full spectrum of the development life cycle, from the initial formation of verification strategy, to the final closure of coverage and quality metrics.
Quality is built into every step of our front-end design process. Our dedicated quality assurance flow ensures that RTL is clean, robust, and ready for downstream implementation. From early-stage static checks like linting and clock/reset domain crossing analysis to formal verification and synthesis-friendly coding, we proactively eliminate risks that could impact performance or schedule. This disciplined approach, combined with continuous regression testing, gives our customers confidence in a smooth path from design to silicon — reducing costly iterations and accelerating time-to-market.