Z Circuit supplies high-end cell library characterization and validation tools to some of the largest semiconductor design companies in the world. Z Circuit is a privately-held company based in Mountain View, California.

Z Circuit Products

ZCHAR is a tool for fast, automatic characterization of digital cell libraries which is essential to the success of an integrated circuit, particularly in the areas of timing closure and power consumption.

Z Circuit Library Analyzer is a library validation and analysis tool targeted towards library integration and library development engineers. It is the first library analysis system that that gives you a thorough understanding of your choices so that you can make the right decisions.

Z Circuit Partners and Partnership Programs

Z Circuit is an active member of Synopsys in-Sync, Cadence Connections, and Mentor OpenDoor programs. Z Circuit partners closely with leading EDA companies to ensure tool interoperability and to incorporate the latest industry standard formats, such as Synopsys Liberty. We have extensive experience working with Liberty, as well as other standard formats, in the areas of timing closure and RTL-to-GDS design flows. Z Circuit keeps complex model generation methods up-to-date through customer requirements and tracking technology changes.

Standards Organizations

Z Circuit participates with standards orgaizations such as SI2 and OpenSourceLiberty.